Where The Rivers Meet
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaWhere The Rivers Meet is a display within the City Gallery that centers the Original Peoples who have been on this land since time immemorial. It includes information about migration,…
Revelations From The Collection
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGuelph 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…
Weaving Cultural Identities: Celebrating Heritage and Textile Traditions
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThis Vancouver Biennale nationally-touring exhibition brings together artists and graphic designers of diverse Indigenous and Muslim backgrounds to collaborate on a series of textile artworks that celebrate the sacred, historic, and creative significance of prayer rugs and weaving traditions. The project began with a series of questions: In a contemporary society of mixed cultures and values,…
Art as We Are: Creative Community Care
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOrganized by Art Not Shame and Guelph Museums, Art as We Are: Creative Community Care spotlights three projects centred in collective community-making through art and involving about 200 local creators: Art in Hard Times (2020), Art in a Just Recovery (2023), and Community Fabric (2024). The exhibition also shares the origin story of Art Not…
Military Lecture: The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War by Tim Cook
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTim Cook, Canada’s preeminent war historian, introduces his new book, “The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War.” Doors…
Remembrance
From Indigenous Veterans' Day on Friday, November 8 to Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11, admission to the Civic Museum and McCrae House will be by donation. We encourage you…
We Remember: Beaded Poppy Workshop with Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash)
McCrae House 108 Water Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaCreate an embossed beaded poppy pin or pendant. This two-day workshop offers traditional teachings and an introduction to Indigenous raised beading techniques and working with deer hide. This workshop is…
Remembrance Day
McCrae House 108 Water Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaMcCrae House is open extended hours with admission by donation. 8:55 am - Royal Canadian Legion Col. John McCrae Memorial Branch 234 flag service at McCrae Memorial Gardens, featuring wreath…
