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…
Fred Hallett and The Sewing Machine Factory
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAlfred “Fred” Thomas Hallett was born in October 1863 in Lewisham, Kent, England – over 150 years ago! His parents, William and Eliza, moved their family to Canada in May 1869, when Fred was six years old. He had seven siblings: William, Henry, John, Elizabeth, Esther, Charles, and Arthur. The Hallett family settled in Guelph.…
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…
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.…
Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts
Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaMemory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts is a collaboration between Guelph Civic Museum and musician Gordon Monahan. This exhibition is a foray into the parlour rooms of Victorian Guelph and an experiment with Victorian-era piano recordings.
History Bites: From Farmland Irrigation to Martian Exploration – 125 Years of Physics in Guelph
ONLINEHistory Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Visitor Experiences Assistant Anna Patterson chats with Dr. Joanne O'Meara and Orbax…
