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This month, Education Coordinator Ken Irvine takes you along to investigate a devastating fire at Stewart Lumber in 1921, which ended up impacting downtown Guelph for generations to come!
Roll the film! Guelph Museums Curator Dawn Owen will be in conversation with Guelph storyteller and artist Jenny Mitchell, Guelph Film Festival, and Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition to discuss the exhibition and community project Moving Histories, Neighbourhood Mysteries.
McCrae in the Mirror is a dramatic flight of fancy inspired by the life, work and renowned storytelling panache of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. Playwright Mike Ford animates well and lesser-known aspects of Guelph's most famous son in a provocative voyage through the mists of the past.
In this episode of It Happened Here, Ken Irvine dives into the history of the railway in Guelph.
The creation of a pipe band was inspired by the Guelph Burns Club, which celebrated poet Robbie Burns in the local Scottish diaspora. To fund the band, a Tag Day campaign raised $72 and the Victoria-Guelph Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire collected $500. The Guelph Pipe Band was officially formed in the fall of 1922.
In this episode of History Bites: From the Vault, Visitor Experiences Assistant Anna takes a close look at a few dresses from the turn of the 20th century.
Guelph Museums Curator Dawn Owen is in conversation with Dr. Joanne O'Meara, and local participants from our newest feature exhibition Iron Willed: Women in STEM.
The Irish Canadian Rangers began as a Militia Regiment in 1915 after Catholic and Protestant Irish agreed to cooperate. Drawing upon research for his recent book Montreal At War 1914-1918, Terry Copp examines both Irish and Canadian history in this dramatic, formative period.
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