Scholar, Soldier, Spy: Captain John Kenneth Macalister
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBetween 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. The year 2020 marks the…
History Bites: Second World War Remembered
ONLINEBetween 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. In this 75th anniversary year, we come together to remember their lives and reflect on their sacrifices. Join us on Wednesday,…
Military Lecture – War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada
ONLINEGuelph Museums’ 2020-2021 military lecture series is going digital! Dr. Alex Souchen presents, War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada. War Junk reveals the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada. During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000…
History Bites: Live from the Vaults
ONLINEJoin us for a series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. This History Bites session featuring a deep dive into the collection vaults. We'll be looking into the museum's collection of cookbooks and cooking tools. From Second World War rationing to a Covid Community Cookbook, and all the happier…
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…
Military Lecture – The Power of Witnessing in the Work of Battlefield Painter Mary Riter Hamilton
ONLINEClearing the Battlefields in Flanders, 1921, Mary Riter Hamilton Dr. Irene Gammel presents, "The Power of Witnessing in the Work of Battlefield Painter Mary Riter Hamilton". Canadian painter Mary Riter Hamilton blazed a trail by painting the First World War graveyards and battlefields in oil and daring to be—unofficially—Canada’s first female war artist. In…
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 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…
Military Lecture – A Tethered Dragon: The Eight Nation Army Occupation of Beijing & Tianjin, 1900-1902
ONLINEMeridian gate, the entrance to the Emperor’s quarters in Beijing’s Forbidden City, 1900. Blaine Chiasson presents, A Tethered Dragon: The Eight Nation Army Occupation of Beijing & Tianjin, 1900-1902. In September 1900 American, British, French, Italian, Russian, German, Japanese and Austro-Hungarian troops, the multi-national ‘Eight Nation Army’ occupied northern China, having invaded Qing China…
