History Bites
History Bites: Guelph Circa 1999
ONLINEJoin us for a series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen will be chatting about current exhibit, Guelph Circa 1999 with special guests Ajay Heble, Dean Palmer, Ian Findlay, Jessica Steinhauser, and Mark McAlpine. Watch guests compete in a 90s trivia challenge, as they…
History Bites: Lay of the Land
ONLINEJoin us for a series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. This History Bites session featuring current exhibition, Lay of the Land. The exhibit orients…
History Bites: From Farmland Irrigation to Martian Exploration – 125 Years of Physics in Guelph
ONLINEHistory Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Visitor Experiences Assistant Anna Patterson chats with Dr. Joanne O'Meara and Orbax…
History Bites: Memory Cycle, Resonified Artifacts
ONLINEHistory Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. In this episode, Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen chats about the exhibition Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts, with special guests Gordon Monahan and Jesse Stewart. Did you miss the live event? Watch the recording of History Bites -…
History Bites: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived
ONLINEHistory Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. In this episode, Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen chats about the exhibition Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived, with special guests Kween, Kavya Yoganathan, Justin Reid, June Wilson, and Alison Dunkley. Did you miss the…
History Bites: Life on the Grand, Reflections from the Black Community
ONLINEHistory Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Guelph Museums visitor experiences supervisor, Val Harrison, chats about the history of Black settlement around the Grand River, with special guests Kween and Denise Francis from the Guelph Black Heritage Society. This event is hosted in partnership with The…
History Bites: From Trailblazers to Changemakers
Launched last September, Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County celebrates the trailblazing stories of local women. They are activists, artists, caregivers, health care workers, mothers, politicians, scientists, and writers, as well as women-led organizations. Our exhibition will close before the museum reopens, but the conversation, like the work of all trailblazers, continues. At noon on…
History Bites: Uncovering the Museum
ONLINEJoin us on Wednesday August 18th for History Bites: Uncovering the Museum. Take a tour of the Civic Museum with Visitor Experiences Assistant Anna as she interviews museum staff, shows behind the scenes of our re-opening preparations, and gives you VIP access to our day to day activities. It's bound to be a packed episode…