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SUMMARY:Revelations From The Collection
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Museums has a growing collection of over 50\,000 items\, including objects\, archival material\, and photographs. This collection allows us to record the tangible and intangible history of the place we now call Guelph. Using large-scale photography\, Revelations from the Collection showcases a diverse selection of artifacts and archival material from Guelph Museums’ extensive collection. It provides an opportunity for visitors to engage with artifacts in a unique way and enhance their knowledge and understanding of Guelph’s history and community.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/revelations-from-the-collection/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Fables In Yarn: Guelph Exhibition by Alisa McRonald
DESCRIPTION:Visit Creative in Residence Alisa McRonald’s community led textile punch needle art piece at the Guelph Civic Museum during Ontario Culture Days. \nThis exhibition will be on display for the duration of the listed dates. Registration is not required to visit the exhibition. Registration will provide updates and reminders of the event. \nProgram Description:\nAlisa McRonald is a contemporary textile artist who experiments with themes of folklore\, fables and the esoteric. For her residency\, Alisa will create colourful\, contemporary punch-needle wall-hangings. During the Festival\, visitors are invited to visit the Guelph Civic Museum to see a punch needle art piece created collaboratively between the artist and the public. Visitors are invited to identify themes within the work. \nAbout the Artist:\nAlisa McRonald’s woven and needle-punched weirdos live in the ironic pop-culture paradise of a Queer GenX Feminist. As a contemporary textile artist\, she has always straddled the line between art and craft. Alisa’s sustainable creative practice involves making her own tools and textiles through scavenging and recycling as a way to connect her current work to the past. Alisa maintains her art practice in Guelph where she is a mentor\, teacher and facilitator. She has exhibited and performed both nationally and internationally\, and has been featured in the publications\, curatorial lists and shops of institutions like Ontario Craft Council and the Textile Museum of Canada. \nThis program is a part of the Creatives In Residence series by Ontario Culture Days.\nOntario Culture Days is dedicated to fostering the public’s engagement with Ontario’s arts\, culture and heritage as a means of enriching our communities while supporting the vibrancy and sustainability of our sector.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fables-in-yarn-guelph-exhibition-by-alisa-mcronald/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Touching Sound: A tactile art installation created by Olivia Brouwer
DESCRIPTION:Touching Sound is a three-dimensional collage created by individuals with sight loss\, following a sensory-led nature walk and workshop at the Guelph Arboretum in late-June 2023. The six participants were asked to rely on their senses of touch\, smell\, and hearing to navigate their walk\, and to record their feelings\, memories\, and associations through a “deep listening” practice grounded in the environment. The walk informed what was created in the workshop\, which consisted of mixed media\, abstract\, mobile sculptures. . Audio recordings made by the participants can be found near their sculpture as touch-activated buttons. \nTouching Sound is supported by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and funded by the Ontario Arts Council. \nMeet the artists: \nOlivia Brouwer is a partially blind artist based in Cambridge\, Ontario. Olivia creates mixed media paintings\, prints\, sculptures\, and sound art of abstract interpretations of our natural surroundings while inviting both sighted and non-sighted audiences to interact and perceive using the senses of touch and hearing. \nDawn Matheson is an interdisciplinary artist from Guelph\, Ontario\, with a social practice\, co-creating within diverse populations living with difference or disability\, using the medium of video\, installation\, and sound. Dawn hopes to interrupt civic and social spaces with unexpected moments of beauty\, curiosity\, and joy. \n \n 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/touching-sound-a-tactile-art-installation-created-by-olivia-brouwer/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Call & Response: Querying the Collection
DESCRIPTION:Using a community-curation and crowd-sourcing framework\, Guelph Museums’ invited members\, volunteers\, and staff to select an item from the museum’s collection for display. Call & Response: Querying the Collection highlights what they are most interested in and why. \nVisitors to the museum are encouraged to respond to the items on display with their own reflections\, experiences\, and “queries”. Guests can share their impressions on our community corkboard or use our iPad portal to write directly to the Curatorial team. \nCall & Response strives to connect artifacts to contemporary stories\, shed light on the depth of Guelph Museums’ collection\, and reveal gaps in our collecting narratives. \n\n\n\n	DIY Punk T-Shirt and Photographs\, 1985-1990.  Guelph Museums\, 2022.18.1\, 2\, 9\, 12\, 15\, 16. Chosen by: Laura Coady \n\n\n	Coronation Medal of Queen Elizabeth II\, 1953. Guelph Museums\, 1979X.00.155. Chosen by: Wendy Dabbs \n\n\n	Cribbage Table by Holman Luggage Co.\, 1935. Guelph Museums\, 2006.54.1. Chosen by: John and Anne Holman. \n\n\n	T. Holliday Guelph Brewery\, Name Stone\, 1868. Guelph Museums\, 2018.43.1. Chosen by: Wendy Dabbs \n\n\n	Camouflage; Not just what it seems; A Handsome Couple\, 1916. Guelph Museums\, 1969.48.64\, 77\,85. Chosen by: Julia Busatto. \n\n\n	Advertising Card\, Bell Piano and Organ Company\, Limited\, 1890. Guelph Museums\, 2000X.11.4.  Chosen by: Taliesin Ho-Devine
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/call-response-querying-the-collection/
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SUMMARY:Guelph Pipe Band: Celebrating 100 Years
DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Black and white photo of Guelph Pipe Band in front of City Hall circa 1922. Pictured\, left to right: Pipe Major Jim Hill\, Pipe Cpl. Bill Flanigan\, Jim McHaffie\, Alex Livingstone\, Jimmy Ferguson\, Art Corstorphine\, Tom Patterson\, John Corstorphine\, Dave Fulton\, and two drummers (unknown). 1992.33.1\, Guelph Museums \nThe creation of a pipe band was inspired by the Guelph Burns Club\, which celebrated poet Robbie Burns in the local Scottish diaspora. To fund the band\, a Tag Day campaign raised $72 and the Victoria-Guelph Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire collected $500. The Guelph Pipe Band was officially formed in the fall of 1922. \nMembers of the band served with the Highland Light Infantry during the Second World War. Guelph’s Pipe Major Art Corstorphine led the Canadian bands as they marched into Berlin in 1945. After the war\, the Guelph Pipe Band competed in the Ontario highland games circuit\, under Pipe Major Bob Whittle. \nIn 1968\, Whittle and Lead Drummer Andy Donachie led the band to fifth place in their class at the World Pipe Band Championships in Grangemouth\, Scotland. As a competitive soloist\, Edward Neigh was one of the first non-Scottish players to win the Dunvegan medal\, a prize sought by pipers around the world. In 1976\, the Guelph Pipe Band captured the North American Championship in Grade II. In 1977\, they were the first Canadian band to win the Intercontinental Pipe Band Championship at the Scottish World Festival in Toronto.\nToday\, the Guelph Pipe Band celebrates 100 years under Pipe Major Tyler Bridge and Lead Drummer Thomas Litherland. \nPhotograph taken at the Cambridge Highland Games by Meagan Young \n\nWatch History Bites: Guelph Pipe Band at 100 Years with Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen\, and past and present band members Tyler Bridge\, Jim McGillivray\, Ellen Mole\, Marilyn Willis\, Larry Willis and more! \nPart 1:\n \nPart 2:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/guelph-pipe-band-celebrating-100-years/
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SUMMARY:The Origin of Fan: Folding Form and Function
DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: (left to right) Peacock Hand Fan\, circa 1925\, Guelph Museums 1982.55.8\, Ostrich Feather Fan\, not dated\, Guelph Museums 1981.46.21\, Koldaire Electric Fan\, not dated\, Guelph Museums 2006.20.14\,\nDrawing from our collection of over 80 fans and related photographs\, postcards\, and ephemera\, this exhibition considers the local and global histories\, technological innovation\, and cultural significance of fans. \nFrom palm leaves and flywhisks to folding and industrial fans\, The Origin of Fan reflects the creativity and ingenuity of human invention over 5\,000 years. Learn about fans as cross-cultural\, sacred\, and secular objects – and how the museum came to hold so many examples.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/the-origin-of-fan-folding-form-and-function/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mind the Gap - Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth
DESCRIPTION:Image: Zoom Call Screen Capture of Wren & Suad drawing each other’s hands\, 2021 \nOrganized by Centre[3] for Artistic & Social Practice (Hamilton\, ON) and presented at Guelph Civic Museum\, Mind the Gap is an exhibition of artworks created by a community of seniors and youths working with practicing artists in Hamilton and Guelph. Through co-creative artmaking\, the project aimed to decrease isolation among the participants and to bridge their generational gap. \nCentred in collaborative storytelling\, multimedia installation\, and experimental portraiture\, artists Becky Katz and Chyler Sewell in Hamilton and Dawn Matheson in Guelph were each joined by three seniors and three youths\, paired together: Joanne and Janeil\, Suad and Wren\, and Judith and Subomi. \nThe co-creative elements of the project were originally meant to take place in person. Due to the pandemic and required safety measures\, Mind the Gap developed in the virtual realm. The community participants took part in the program digitally. The artists fostered an inviting space that encouraged creativity\, trust\, intimacy\, experimentation\, compassion\, humour\, vulnerability\, and genuine connection. The artists and participants bonded with one another despite their physical distance. \nThe seniors and youths met as strangers at the start of the project. Through virtual workshops\, they learned to be attentive to each other’s needs and to engage with curiosity\, empathy\, and affection. They developed and applied new creative skills\, shared knowledge and interests\, practiced active listening\, and reflected on their own and each other’s identity\, culture\, and belonging. \nThe artworks\, co-created by the senior and youth pairs\, are on view in the Mind the Gap exhibition. Through their art\, visitors to the exhibition will discover how strangers became friends\, barriers became opportunities\, and digital meetings became physical artworks. \n\n\n\n	"Cat Moms" collaborative mixed media by Janeil\, Joanne\, and Becky\, 2021  \n\n\n	Multimedia 'Zoom Dissolve Still 1' by Dawn Matheson\, 2021 \n\n\n	Multimedia 'Zoom Dissolve Still 2' by Dawn Matheson\, 2021 \n\n\n	Multimedia 'Zoom Dissolve Still 3' by Dawn Matheson\, 2021 \n\n\n	Digital Photograph of Judith\, Subomi\, and Becky by Dawn Matheson\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n  \nMind the Gap: Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth was funded by the Ontario Arts Council. This project was made possible by Alex Jacobs Blum\, Ron Siu\, Alex Borghesan\, Colina Maxwell\, and Arturo Jimenez of Centre[3]\, by lead artists Dawn Matheson\, Becky Katz\, and Chyler Sewell\, and by community participants Joanne and Janeil\, Suad and Wren\, and Judith and Subomi. \nWatch History Bites: Mind the Gap\, a conversation with the artists and facilitators behind the project: \n\n\n 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/mind-the-gap-intergenerational-connectivity-between-seniors-and-youth/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years
DESCRIPTION:Image: 2010 GGHA Bantam BB Provincial Champions salute their families and friends after 1-0 win in overtime (vs Waterloo Ravens). April 2010. Photo credit: Sandra Pitts \nGuelph’s history in organized ice sport includes hockey\, ringette\, curling\, speed skating\, and figure skating. Guelph Museums’ collection shares the stories of many Guelph athletes who have competed at provincial\, national\, and international levels and reflects the enduring interest in recreational ice sport. \nMen’s hockey dates to 1908 – from the Guelph Royals\, the Guelph Holody Platers\, and the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters to the Guelph CMC (Central Mechanical Contractors)\, the Guelph Beef Kings\, and the present-day Guelph Storm. \nBut the story of women’s hockey in Guelph has yet to be told – until now. \nThe exhibition Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years traces the history of the Guelph Girls Hockey Association. Since 1996\, GGHA has offered recreational and competitive hockey for female players\, centred in physical fitness\, self-esteem\, and confidence building\, and on the development of volunteers and community leaders. \nGuelph has become a well-respected centre in Ontario for the development of female hockey players. With just 75 participants in the first season\, GGHA now includes 450 players across seventeen house league teams and eleven travel teams in five divisions (ages 5 to 20 plus)\, under the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association. \nFrom 1996 to 2013\, the GGHA travel teams were known as the Guelph Thunder. In 2013\, GGHA entered into a partnership with the University of Guelph. Now known as the Guelph Jr. Gryphons\, they are champions\, medalists\, and leaders in women’s hockey across the province. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				GGHA Bantam A forward Amelia Edmunds flying past a defender during the St. Catharines tournament. November 2010. Photo credit: Sandra Pitts\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				GGHA Peewee A players (L to R: Rachael Hanna\, Erika McFarlane and Kendra Pitts) celebrate their gold medal performance at the GGHA tournament. January 2008. Photo credit: Sue Campbell \n				\n		\n\nVisit Guelph Museums to learn about the women and girls who play hockey in Guelph and how the Guelph Girls Hockey Association is changing the story of hockey in this community.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/guelph-girls-hockey-association-at-25-years/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Between the Crosses\, Row on Row: 100 Years of the Remembrance Poppy
DESCRIPTION:During the First World War\, the horrors of trench warfare\, poison gas and tanks wrought carnage never before seen. About 9 million military personnel and 20 million civilians lost their lives in The Great War. \nThe devastation of war created fertile ground for the Papaver rhoeas to take seed and grow. Poppy seeds can remain dormant in the soil for as long as 100 years. Trench digging\, bombs\, and mass cemeteries caused millions of poppies to bloom in the disrupted soil across Europe. The common poppy would become the symbol of wartime sacrifice and remembrance. \nBeginning with Guelph-born Lt. Col. John McCrae’s 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields”\, this exhibition tells the story of the poppy as it evolved to be an enduring symbol of remembrance in Canada and around the world. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				The Poppy\, Decoration Day 1921\, Canadian War Museum 19720228-001\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Cover of Guelph Horticultural Society Annual\, Flowering Shrub\, Hedge and Vine Issue\, 1972\nGuelph Museums 1987.44.14\n				\n		\n\nBanner Image: https://www.discoveringbelgium.com/the-poppies-of-flanders/\n 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/100-years-of-the-poppy/
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SUMMARY:Bravo! Guelph Little Theatre Celebrates 85 Years
DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: The cast from “Angel Street” (1991)\, based on the 1938 play titled “Gaslight” by British dramatist Patrick Hamilton.\nBravo! As the city’s longest running community theatre\, Guelph Little Theatre celebrates 85 years of creativity and entertainment. \nGuelph Museums invites you behind the curtain and on the stage through stories\, photographs\, costumes and props. The rich history and resilient spirit of Guelph’s community theatre is on full display at the Guelph Civic Museum from August 10 to December 5\, 2021. \nWatch the Guelph Little Theatre Spotlight\, powered by GuelphToday.com. \n\nPresented in partnership with:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/guelph-little-theatre-at-85/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:CFRU: 40 Years on the FM Dial
DESCRIPTION:CFRU Radio & Media Centre celebrates 40+ years of broadcasting the voices of Guelph’s campus and community at 93.3 FM. Featuring interactive audio and visual links\, artifacts\, and ephemera pulled from reel-to-reel archives\, poster bins\, cassette collections\, and the reminiscences of CFRU alumni. This display guides viewers through the eclectic\, creative\, social-justice-promoting\, funny\, and wild story of this beloved local outlet.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/cfru-40-years-on-the-fm-dial/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:From Farmland Irrigation to Martian Exploration: 125 Years of Physics in Guelph
DESCRIPTION:“I believe the scientific farmer is going to be the farmer of the future. […] If farming is to be made a success in this country\, it has to be done on a scientific basis.” \n— J.B. Reynolds (1867-1948) \nWith that pronouncement in 1895\, the Department of Physics was born at the newly formed Ontario Agricultural College (est. 1874). Since then\, the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph has grown to become one of the most respected in Canada. With a rich history of research and a strong commitment to innovation in teaching\, Guelph Physics has come a long way since its agrarian roots.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/from-farmland-irrigation-to-martian-exploration-125-years-of-physics-in-guelph/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Fred Hallett and The Sewing Machine Factory
DESCRIPTION:Alfred “Fred” Thomas Hallett was born in October 1863 in Lewisham\, Kent\, England – over 150 years ago! His parents\, William and Eliza\, moved their family to Canada in May 1869\, when Fred was six years old. He had seven siblings: William\, Henry\, John\, Elizabeth\, Esther\, Charles\, and Arthur. \nThe Hallett family settled in Guelph. At the age of twelve\, Fred left school to work at Raymond’s Sewing Machine Company. He operated a machine called a gear cutter. \nOn February 3\, 1879\, Fred’s hand was caught in the gear cutter. He tried to pull free\, but he lost his arm in the accident. Fred recovered from his injury and returned to work at Raymond’s Factory. He became a wheel turner\, a task that he could do with one arm. \nFred lived in Guelph until 1891. When he was 28 years old\, he moved to Chicago\, Illinois\, USA. He got married a year later. Fred and his wife Emily had four children: Hazel\, Alfred\, William\, and Anna. Their descendants continue to live in Upper State New York\, USA. \nFred’s story is a permanent fixture of the Families Gallery but this display featuring Fred Hallett\, Raymond Sewing Machine Factory and child labour in 19th century Guelph extends beyond the gallery to the second floor\, opposite from the elevator. \nThanks to local historian Bonnie Durtnall\, Labouring All Our Lives\, who discovered Fred Hallett’s story. Her research contributed greatly to this display. \nPortrait of Alfred “Fred” Hallett\, Courtesy of Tom Large.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fred-hallett-and-the-sewing-machine-factory/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Scholar\, Soldier\, Spy: Captain John Kenneth Macalister
DESCRIPTION:Between 1939 and 1945\, the Second World War was an international conflict fought on land\, on sea and in the air. Canadian soldiers played a major role in the war\, including many from Guelph. Some of Guelph’s soldiers returned home\, but many died in battle and as prisoners of war. \nThe year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In remembrance of those who fought and died in the fight for freedom\, Guelph Museums presents exhibitions that share the stories of two Guelph soldiers. \nThe first display\, titled Liberation of Holland 1945\, traces Canada’s central role in the conflict through the story of Trooper Clarence Oliver James of Guelph. As a tank driver with the 1st Hussars\, Trooper James was among the Canadian soldiers in the Rhineland on February 26\, 1945. It was a pivotal battle that triggered the end of the Second World War. The display includes artifacts on loan from the James family archive and from the Museums’ permanent collection. \nThe second display\, titled Scholar\, Soldier\, Spy\, tracks Germany’s role in inciting the Second World War and the establishment of the concentration camps that took over 6 million lives. This dark chapter in world history is recounted through the story of Captain John Kenneth Macalister of Guelph. Captain Macalister served in the Intelligence Corps. He was captured in occupied France and imprisoned at Buchenwald for more than a year before his death in 1944. The display includes photographs and artifacts from the Museums’ permanent collection. \nIn this 75th anniversary year of the end of the Second World War\, these exhibitions help us to remember the lives of these soldiers and to commemorate their deaths. On view at Guelph Museums until January 31\, 2021. \nRelated Events:\n\n\n\n \nHistory Bites – Second World War Remembered\nWednesday\, November 18\, 12 to 1 p.m. | ONLINE\nJoin us Guelph Museums’ curator Dawn Owen for an online series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Register through Eventbrite.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/scholar-soldier-spy-john-kenneth-macalister/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Liberation of Holland 1945: Trooper Clarence Oliver James
DESCRIPTION:Between 1939 and 1945\, the Second World War was an international conflict fought on land\, on sea and in the air. Canadian soldiers played a major role in the war\, including many from Guelph. Some of Guelph’s soldiers returned home\, but many died in battle and as prisoners of war. \nThe year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In remembrance of those who fought and died in the fight for freedom\, Guelph Museums presents exhibitions that share the stories of two Guelph soldiers. \nThe first display\, titled Liberation of Holland 1945\, traces Canada’s central role in the conflict through the story of Trooper Clarence Oliver James of Guelph. As a tank driver with the 1st Hussars\, Trooper James was among the Canadian soldiers in the Rhineland on February 26\, 1945. It was a pivotal battle that triggered the end of the Second World War. The display includes artifacts on loan from the James family archive and from the Museums’ permanent collection. \nThe second display\, titled Scholar\, Soldier\, Spy\, tracks Germany’s role in inciting the Second World War and the establishment of the concentration camps that took over 6 million lives. This dark chapter in world history is recounted through the story of Captain John Kenneth Macalister of Guelph. Captain Macalister served in the Intelligence Corps. He was captured in occupied France and imprisoned at Buchenwald for more than a year before his death in 1944. The display includes photographs and artifacts from the Museums’ permanent collection. \nIn this 75th anniversary year of the end of the Second World War\, these exhibitions help us to remember the lives of these soldiers and to commemorate their deaths. On view at Guelph Museums until January 31\, 2021. \nRelated Events:\n\n\n\n \nHistory Bites – Second World War Remembered\nWednesday\, November 18\, 12 to 1 p.m. | ONLINE\nJoin us Guelph Museums’ curator Dawn Owen for an online series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Register through Eventbrite.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/liberation-of-holland-1945-clarence-oliver-james/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County
DESCRIPTION:In fall 2019\, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) approached Guelph Museums about an exhibition that would mark the 75th anniversary of CFUW Guelph. Through the stories of local women\, who fought for the advancement of the status of women\, the exhibition began to take shape. The goal was to write the history of Her Story and to share women’s legacies in Guelph\, past and present. \nThen\, in March 2020\, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the temporary closure of Guelph Museums. What began as a display in the museum became a major research project and a virtual exhibition. \nCFUW Guelph sought a partnership with the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute and the College of Arts at the University of Guelph. Under the guidance of Professor Catherine Carstairs\, nine students undertook the research and writing and the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory agreed to host the virtual exhibition. \nHer Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County celebrates women who have led the way towards a diverse and gender inclusive community. The project aimed to share the stories of cisgender women\, trans women\, two-spirit\, and gender non-conforming people. We recognize the historical barriers faced by all women. We acknowledge that Black\, Indigenous and People of Colour and LGBTQ2IA+ women have faced and continue to face even greater barriers. \nThe featured trailblazers are activists\, artists\, caregivers\, health care workers\, mothers\, politicians\, scientists\, and writers\, as well as women-led organizations. We celebrate their accomplishments. They show us that change is possible. \nHer Story: Women Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County Virtual Exhibition\nFeatured Trailblazers\nTito Alawode\, Kim Anderson\, Parvathi Basrur\, Lois Betteridge\, Norma Bowen\, Deanna Clatworthy\, Amy Ellard-Gray\, Karen Farbridge\, Anne Godfrey\, Adelaide Hoodless\, Gwen Jacob\, Suzy Lake\, Jean Little\, Marisse Scott\, Shakiba Shayani\, Jan Sherman\, Audny-Cashae Stewart\, Gayle Valeriote\, Marva Wisdom\, and Anne-Marie Zajdlik \nTrailblazing Organizations\nCanadian Federation of University Women – Guelph\, Chalmers Community Services\, Guelph-Wellington Women In Crisis\, The Suffrage Movement in Guelph and Wellington County\, and Zonta Club of Guelph \nStudent Researchers\nTanesha Black\, Julia Cole\, Shelby Mawson\, Sofia Mayer\, Emma Ongman\, Brittany Pompilii\, Anne Sanatagi\, Nicole Scott\, and Katrina Stephany \nAcknowledgements\nThe project benefitted from the invaluable guidance of Susan Brown\, Kim Martin\, Mihaela Ilovan\, and Thomas Smith of the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory. CFUW Guelph\, through Isobel Boyle\, Mary McEwen and Teresa McKeeman\, provided inspiration and key support. Many historians shared their research in women’s history and the history of Guelph. Thank you to Heidi Bohaker\, Christine Bold\, Vicki Hodgkinson\, Franca Iacovetta\, Kris Inwood\, Melissa McAfee\, and Alison Norman. Trailblazers were nominated by Denise Francis of the Guelph Black Heritage Society\, Sarah Dermer at Chalmers Community Services\, and Amanda Derksen at the Guelph Chamber of Commerce\, as well as by individuals from across the region. \nProject Partners\n   \nRelated Events:\n\n\n\n \nHistory Bites – Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County\nWednesday\, October 21\, 12 to 1 p.m. | ONLINE\nJoin us Guelph Museums’ curator Dawn Owen for an online series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Register through Eventbrite.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/her-story-trailblazers-of-guelph-and-wellington-county/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Every Child Matters
DESCRIPTION:Acknowledging the legacy of Canada’s Residential School system and its impact on Indigenous communities\, past\, present and future. \nWhat is Residential School? \nThe term “Residential School” refers to the education system that forced Indigenous children into mainstream “Canadian” ways of living. The practice removed Indigenous children from their families\, languages\, customs\, and traditional teachings. \nThere were 139 Indian residential schools funded and operated by the federal government. Opened in 1828 and located only 50 kilometres from Guelph\, the Mohawk Institute Residential School was the first and longest continually operated residential school in Canada. It closed in 1970\, after 142 years. \nThe Orange Shirt Story \nPhyllis Webstad (Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation) started the Orange Shirt Society in 2013 based on her experience at the St. Joseph Mission Residential School in Williams Lake\, British Columbia. Phyllis grew up on Dog Creek Reservation with her grandmother. In 1973\, at six years old\, Phyllis was to attend the local residential school. Her grandmother purchased a beautiful orange shirt for her to wear on the first day. Phyllis was nervous and excited\, as she was not sure what to expect. Upon arriving to the St. Joseph Mission Residential School in her brand new orange shirt\, it was stripped from her body never to be returned. \n“The color orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter\, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.” \n– Phyllis Webstad \nThe Orange Shirt Society \nThe Orange Shirt Society witnesses and honours the healing journey of residential school survivors and their families. The society aims to create conversations about the residential school system\, among all Canadians. Their message is simple: Every Child Matters. \nOrange Shirt Day \nAnnually on September 30\, we wear orange shirts to commemorate the survivors of residential school.   It was the time of year when children were taken from their homes and sent to residential schools. Today\, we must talk about anti-racism and anti-bullying. Let’s come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come. \nFor more information visit: www.orangeshirtday.org \nPhyllis Webstad\, author of The Orange Shirt Story\, wears a 2019 Orange Shirt Day T-shirt\, designed by Vinita Rathod\, a grade twelve student from Richmond\, B.C. Source: UVIC Photo Services
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/every-child-matters/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Rotary in Guelph 1920–2020: 100 Years of Service Above Self
DESCRIPTION:Image: Rotarians of Guelph\, 1921 \nThe Beginning of Rotary in Guelph:\nOn February 23\, 1920\, 25 local business leaders hosted a meeting to organize a Rotary Club in Guelph. Under the direction of Alex Stewart\, the club held its Charter Night on April 9\, 1920 at the Royal Canadian Café. \nThe Rotary Club of Guelph has sponsored nine other Clubs in Guelph and the surrounding the region: Kitchener (1922)\, Orangeville (1936)\, Acton (1947)\, Drayton (1950)\, Georgetown (1955)\, Fergus (1966)\, Guelph Wellington (1986)\, Guelph Trillium (1995)\, and Guelph South (2003).\nEstablished in 1988\, the Rotary Club of Guelph Charitable Foundation is mandated “to solicit\, manage and allocate funds to support long term projects\, which enhance the quality of life in our community.” \nMembership in Rotary opened to women in 1989. Today\, approximately half of local Rotarians are women and female presidents lead three of the four local clubs. \nOver the past 100 years\, Rotary Guelph has realized many community projects and initiatives. One hundred percent of all profits from Rotary fundraising events go toward projects that help people in and beyond Guelph.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/rotary-in-guelph-1920-2020-100-years-of-service-above-self/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:In Our Cases
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SUMMARY:Lacrosse: The Creator's Game
DESCRIPTION:Dewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ is the Cayuga Nation word for lacrosse\, which has multiple meanings: “they play with webbed sticks” and “to throw or pass the ball” and “hitting their hips. \nLacrosse was gifted to the Haudenosaunee Peoples (Cayuga\, Mohawk\, Oneida\, Onondaga\, and Seneca) from the Creator at the time of Creation. Other Indigenous Nations have their own Creation stories\, as well as different stories about how the game of lacrosse came to be. Today\, many variations of the game are played across Nations. \nIn the Haudenosaunee Creation story\, there was a place that lived above the clouds called Sky World. This land looked very much like our own\, where plants\, trees and people lived. The Chief of Sky World took care of the Tree of Light. Sky Chief and his wife\, Sky Woman\, were expecting a child. \nSky Woman was curious about the herbs that grew beneath the Tree of Light. Noticing a hole under the roots of the tree\, she leaned in to look closer and fell through\, towards the vast waters below. The Geese saw Sky Woman falling and they flew up to catch her. The Geese placed Sky Woman upon the Great Turtle’s back. \nSky Woman had the power to create land. She asked the animals if there was dirt. “Yes\,” they said\, “but far beneath the waters.” So the Beaver\, the Otter and the Muskrat dived into the water to retrieve some earth for Sky Woman. At last\, the Muskrat’s body surfaced with dirt clutched in his paw. Sky Woman made circular motions on the Turtle’s back with the dirt and began to dance. As she danced\, the earth grew. This is how North America became known as Turtle Island. \nSky Woman gave birth to a baby girl. Her daughter grew\, came of age\, and mysteriously became pregnant with twins. They fought furiously in her womb. The Creator – called the Good Minded twin – was born. His brother – the Bad Minded twin – left their mother’s body through her armpit\, killing her. The mother was buried into the earth\, which is why earth is called Mother Earth. \nSky Woman raised the twins and taught them the traditions of Sky World. One way to settle disputes was to play the game of Dewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ (lacrosse). The twins competed to see who would “win the world.” They played for six days. The Bad Minded twin grew impatient and he tried to end his brother with a spear. The Creator (the Good Minded twin) subdued his brother with a deer’s antler. \nThe Creator said that fighting is not the way of the Good Mind. He said that lacrosse would be the way to settle all disputes. He very much enjoyed the sport and hoped the Peoples would play for his entertainment.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/lacrosse-the-creators-game/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Indigenizing Galt
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Civic Museum was established in the 1960s to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then\, our founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada Company. Founded by John Galt\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company is responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, now known as the Huron Tract. This version of our founding story implies that Galt established Guelph on unpopulated land and negated\, by omission\, the local history of the Original Peoples. \nIndigenizing Galt includes a local history timeline which documents the actions of government\, of Mohawk leaders Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant\, 1743–1807) and Ahyonwaeghs (John Brant\, 1794–1832)\, and of Guelph’s founder John Galt (1779–1839)\, which continue to inform our present-day civic narrative. \nThe case also includes artifacts which until recently\, the Museum’s City Gallery (located on the 3rd floor) displayed as part of Guelph’s founding story\, told through a colonial narrative\, repositioned and their stories extended to further our collective learning.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/indigenizing-galt/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Guelph's Founding Story
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Museums is in the process of decolonization through the restructuring of our colonialist framework and by collaborating meaningfully with First Nations\, Inuit and Métis Peoples. We are committed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and we strive to initiate dialogues and create safe spaces for truth telling. These guiding principles inform all that we do at Guelph Museums. \n\nIn the 1850s and 1860s\, provincial and university-based museums were created across Upper Canada; however\, after Confederation in 1867\, the government began to recognize the value of national collections in encouraging exploration and resource development—effectively tools of colonization. During this period the National Museums of Canada were established including the National Museum of Man (1856)\, the National Gallery of Canada (1880)\, and the Canadian Museum of Nature (1905)\, among others. \nCanada’s centennial in 1967 significantly increased public interest in Canadian heritage and was a pivotal moment in the growth of the museum sector. In 1968\, the National Museums Act and the National Museums of Canada Corporation focused on strengthening the role of all Canadian museums and establishing the government’s intentions for their future management and funding. \nIt was in this milieu that the Guelph Civic Museum was created to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then\, Guelph’s founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada Company\, a colonization company that was chartered in 1825 and remained in operation until it sold its last parcel of land in the 1950s. Founded by John Galt (1779–1839)\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company was responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, which became known as the Huron Tract. Galt arrived in Upper Canada in 1825\, founded the towns of Guelph and Goderich in 1827\, built a road between these “instant cities” in 1828\, and was recalled to Britain by May of 1829. \nThis version of our founding story implied that Galt and the Canada Company settled a vast and unpopulated wilderness and negated\, by omission\, the rich history of the Original Peoples who have lived on these lands for millennia\, as well as the atrocities enacted upon them by the same mechanisms of colonization that led to the establishment of our city and of this museum.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/decolonizing-guelphs-founding-story/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Winter Wonderful: The Game of Carpet Ball
DESCRIPTION:During the cold winter months\, both children and adults engage in seasonal outdoor activities\, such as hockey or tobogganing. Winter evenings are often spent indoors\, playing board games or watching movies. A hundred years ago\, the game of carpet ball was a popular winter sport\, played inside of course! \nSimilar in gameplay to curling and bowling\, carpet ball was especially popular in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, but the game has existed for thousands of years. (Bowling dates to ancient Egypt in 5200 B.C.) In carpet ball\, the intricately designed balls were rolled — not thrown — down a mat or carpet\, with the goal of rolling the ball as close as possible to the small white ball\, called the “jack\,” in the middle of the room. \nInvented in Scotland\, carpet ball became especially popular in England and Canada at the beginning of the 20th century. Leagues and clubs were founded so that youth and adults could play recreationally\, as well as competitively. There was even a league in Guelph in the early 1900s. \nAlthough carpet ball is not as popular today\, the game is still played all over the world. Present day clubs exist across England and there has recently been a carpet ball revival at youth summer camps in North America. Antique carpet balls have also become popular collector items\, for private collectors and museums alike.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/winter-wonderful/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Coming Home: First World War at 100 Years
DESCRIPTION:November 11\, 1918 at 11:00 a.m. marked the profound but symbolic end to the four-year conflict on the Western Front. After the last gun sounded\, an eerie quiet must have greeted the soldiers along the front lines. The world was finally ready for peace. \nIn Guelph\, people celebrated the end of the First World War but grieved the loss of over 250 local men and women who died in the conflict. Families looked forward to their loved ones returning home to restart lives put on hold by war. Many soldiers remained overseas as “troops of occupation.” Others had to wait for available transport; some troops waited over a year to return home. \nThe trauma of the war impacted those who served overseas in countless ways. Many needed assistance to reintegrate into their civilian lives. In Guelph\, the Ontario Reformatory became the Speedwell Military Convalescent Hospital\, established to rehabilitate\, reemploy\, and reeducate veterans. The hospital operated from 1917 to 1921. \nWoodland Farm\, near the corner of Niska and Whitelaw Roads\, became Vimy Ridge Farm. Operated by the War Veterans Welfare Commission between 1923 and 1926\, the farm gave injured veterans a place where “they could work as they were able\, keeping them productive and dignified while readying them for regular employment.” \nThrough the story of Sergeant Duncan Robert Irvine\, a Guelphite who came home\, this installation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. Let us never forget.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/first-world-war-at-100-years/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Unmentionables and Under Things
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the twentieth century\, the design of undergarments offered a mix of durability\, comfort\, and aesthetic appeal. As hemlines rose\, women had new choices in stockings\, knickerbockers\, girdles\, and brassieres. Men’s smalls led to long johns and eventually to the jock strap that coincided with the invention of the bicycle. \nUndergarments\, originally unseen and unmentionable\, became functional\, fashionable\, and affordable. The undergarment industry boomed and competition forced manufacturers to innovative and market their designs to the public. \nUnderwear advertising first appeared in the 1910s. Early advertisements emphasized durability and comfort over fashion. By the end of the decade\, bloomers gained popularity with ‘Gibson Girls\,’ who enjoyed pursuits such\nas cycling and tennis. The ‘Gibson Girl’ was an ideal of feminine beauty and independence\, named for the artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) whose figurative drawings inspired the ‘look.’ This new female athleticism\,\ncoupled with a metal shortage during the First World War\, helped push the prevailing corset out of style. In the 1920s\, undergarment manufacturers produced flexible and supportive materials and designs that became the\nstandard for women. \nThe corset\, an undergarment worn by both men and women from the 16th century (some say even earlier) to the turn of the 19th century\, came back in the 1930s. The modern girdle marketed solely to women shaped the waist\nlike a corset but provided support rather than constriction. In 1934 Arthur Kneibler\, an executive and designer at the Wisconsin hosiery company\, introduced a new kind of snug\, legless underwear for men\, establishing the\nboxers-versus-briefs phenomenon that persists today. \nDuring the 1950s and 1960s\, women’s underwear became both fashionable and simplified\, emphasizing the attributes of the female form. Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ (first presented in 1947) featured shaped\, push-up\, and\nstrapless bras that dominated fashion for decades. Panties and pantyhose replaced old-fashioned girdles\, garters\, and stockings. \nSex appeal\, marketed to both men and women\, became the focus of advertising and sales for underwear in the 1970s and 1980s. Although some women shed their bras as a feminist political statement in the seventies\, underwear in the eighties took a romantic turn\, bedecked with lace and ruffles. In the last decades of the twentieth century\, renewed interests in health and fitness inspired ‘active wear’ for everybody.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/unmentionables-and-under-things/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180731T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181028T170000
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UID:10015596-1533031200-1540746000@guelphmuseums.ca
SUMMARY:Hot Rollers and Hairdos – So Last Century
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/hot-rollers-and-hairdos-so-last-century/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Family Game Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/family-game-night/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180729T170000
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SUMMARY:Guelph Pride 2018: Celebrating 15 Years
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, Guelph Pride celebrates 15 years of LGBT2Q+ culture and community in Guelph and Wellington County. Guelph Museums celebrates this significant moment through an exhibition that advocates for accessibility\, inclusivity and historical knowledge among all LGBT2Q+ identified persons and their allies. \nOrganized in timelines\, we consider LGBT2Q+ human rights\, the emergence of the Pride movement and the adoption of the\nrainbow as a signifier of diversity and inclusion\, and Guelph’s own LGBT2Q+ stories. \nCo-presented by Guelph Pride\, Guelph Museums\, and the Guelph Arts Council\, this installation includes contemporary artworks by local LGBT2Q+ artists and allies\, who offer personalized narratives through a broad range of creative forms. \nGuelph Museums offers this installation in support of all LGBT2Q+ identified people; however\, we cannot interpret this history without acknowledging the intersectional complexities of lived experiences. While this installation aspires to advance knowledge and acceptance among all people\, it is just one step in the long journey toward true equity. \n \nThe various communities that fall under the Pride umbrella are illustrated here by the extended acronym\, LGBTTQQIAAP2S\, and by the identifiers that each character represents. The introductory text to this installation uses LGBT2Q+ as a shortened but contemporary and all-encompassing acronym. In the historical timeline\, the various acronyms and terminologies used reflect the specific communities involved in or impacted by each event.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/guelph-pride-2018-celebrating-15-years/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180206T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180701T170000
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SUMMARY:Toys and Games
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/toys-and-games/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181203
DTSTAMP:20260530T205319
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SUMMARY:From Convent to Museum: The Renovation Story
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, whose members are commonly known as the Sisters of Loretto\, is a Roman Catholic congregation founded in France in 1609. In 1847\, the Loretto Sisters arrived in Canada and by 1856 they had established a convent in Guelph\, located on “Catholic Hill” near to the Church of Our Lady Immaculate (built between 1875 and 1883\, designated as a basilica in 2014). \nThe Loretto Sisters opened the first Catholic school in the county and\, later\, founded a residential school that was the first boarding school for girls west of Toronto. Education was\, and continues to be\, a core mandate of the Sisters’ work. \nIn 1883\, two additional stone buildings were constructed on the property adjacent to the convent to accommodate the educational needs of Guelph’s growing community — St. Stanislaus School for boys (rebuilt in 1977) and St. Agnes School for girls (the original structure is still standing). Night classes were also offered to students who tended farms during the day. \nThe convent was expanded again in 1953 and the addition became Notre Dame High School. Loretto Academy and Notre Dame were joined in 1962 and renamed Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School. By 1995\, the student population had outgrown the site. The school was closed and the later additions were demolished in 2004. Although the original 1856 structure was preserved\, the convent remained vacant until 2008. \nGuelph Civic Museum began in the 1960s\, when members of the Guelph Historical Society started to collect artifacts\, which were displayed in store fronts and community centres. In Canada’s Centennial Year (1967)\, the Museum opened its first home in the horse stables\, where the Farmer’s Market is currently located. \nIn 1980\, the Museum moved to 6 Dublin Street South\, at the corner of Dublin Street and Waterloo Avenue. Situated along the first road into Guelph and at the centre of the city’s pre-railway business district\, the building was among the largest and earliest limestone structures in Guelph (before 1850). Originally operated as the Victorian Inn by William Armstrong\, over the years the building housed a store\, a school\, a lumber merchant’s office\, a boarding house and\, from 1931 to 1977\, the Knights of Columbus. \nIn 2000\, the Museum created the “Growing Up in Guelph Children’s Gallery” that attracted many more visitors and significantly increased the number of family memberships. By 2008\, the Museum had reached the full capacity of its Dublin Street location. The unoccupied Loretto Convent was an optimal new home for the Museum. \nAfter securing a long-term lease with the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton\, the City of Guelph began renovations to the convent. The extensive modifications included the restoration of the heritage staircase\, between the main and second floors\, and of the stained glass windows\, originally located in the chapel and that can now be seen in the Families Gallery. \nThis display highlights the transformation of the building from convent to museum and includes photographs and artifacts preserved and collected by the Museum. The Loretto Sisters’ story continues in the Loretto Gallery\, located on the third floor of the Museum.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/convent-museum-renovation-story/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180115
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SUMMARY:Yorklands Green Hub
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/yorklands-green-hub/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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