Call & Response: Querying the Collection
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaUsing 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. The exhibition, Call & Response: Querying the Collection, highlights what they are most interested in and why.
Who What Wear: 200 Years of Local Fashion
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTold through the clothes they wore and the pictures they took, Who What Wear shares stories and experiences of people in the place we have called Guelph for over 200…
March Break Museum-Style
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaMake March Break memories at the Civic Museum. Explore exhibitions, including Who What Wear: 200 Years of Local Fashion, and participate in our daily specials: Monday, March 13 - 11:00…
Military Lecture: We Both Survived – The Soldier-Horse Relationship in the First World War
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaHorses and mules were essential to the ability of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces to operate in the First World War. Equines hauled supplies, ammunition, artillery, as well as acted as cavalry. Working alongside each other across the Western Front, soldiers developed relationships with their equine charges.
Fourth Friday: Sammy Duke with special guest Gerima Harvey
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaSammy Duke makes his Guelph Museums premiere for March's Fourth Friday performance! Sammy will be performing an array of music including spirited folk songs, sing-along covers, and his foot-stomping originals with accompanying fiddler Ally Corbett.
No Word For Art: Exploring the Indigenous Roots of Creativity
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTold from historical and contemporary perspectives, and through the story of beads, guest curator Naomi Smith shares the ways of the First Nations people of the Woodlands and Northeastern regions…
Tales from the Hill – Guelph Guild of Storytellers
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTales from the Hill returns to the Civic Museum in-person! Tales from the Hill is presented by the Guelph Guild of Storytellers and features a guest teller in addition to Guild tellers.
Military Lecture: Duty, Honour & Izzat – The Sikh Military Tradition
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaFrom the Mughal and British Empires, to the Anglo Sikh Wars, Great Wars, the UN, and beyond, the Sikhs continue to have a long, rich and colourful military history. Unfortunately, their contributions have largely been not only forgotten but intentionally kept out of historical narratives both past and present.
