Rotary in Guelph 1920–2020: 100 Years of Service Above Self
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaImage: Rotarians of Guelph, 1921 The Beginning of Rotary in Guelph: On February 23, 1920, 25 local business leaders hosted a meeting to organize a Rotary Club in Guelph. Under…
Every Child Matters
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAcknowledging the legacy of Canada’s Residential School system and its impact on Indigenous communities, past, present and future. What is Residential School? The 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. There…
Guelph Circa 1999
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaLike a time capsule, visitors will discover Guelph of 20 years ago. Told through the stories of the people who spent time at The Bookshelf, a cultural hub in this city since 1973, the exhibition also features artifacts from the 1990s and early 2000s.
Lay of the Land
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaYou are here! This interactive exhibition will orient visitors in time and place through an installation of maps, spanning time immemorial to present day. Lay of the Land invites all visitors to understand our complex relationship to the land, past and present, and to the place that we now call Guelph. Cartography is the art,…
Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIn 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…
History Bites: Rapid Response: Collecting Today for Tomorrow
ONLINEJoin us for a series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. First up in our online series, Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen talks Rapid…
Military Lecture – Fighting for Citizenship: Black Union Soldiers on the Battlefield and in Politics
Image: 1864 Union recruitment broadside, P. S. Duval and Son, Philadelphia Guelph Museums’ 2020-2021 military lecture series is going digital! Dana Weiner presents, Fighting for Citizenship: Black Union Soldiers on…
History Bites – Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County
Join us for an online series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen will be chatting about Her Story: Trailblazers…
