History Bites: Iron Willed – Women in STEM
ONLINEGuelph 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.
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.
Step out of the darkness and into the light! On this episode of It Happened Here with Education Coordinator Ken Irvine, we're illuminating the history of gas and electricity in Guelph, Ontario.
Marie Curie found that an ore containing uranium was far more radioactive than could be explained by its uranium content. In this special episode of History Bites: From the Vault, Visitor Experiences Assistant Anna will take you into our collection to explore the history of Uranium Glass!
This Military Lecture by Thomas Littlewood presents new research which reconsiders our understandings of Second World War memorials, when they were built, and what they mean.
In this exploratory episode of History Bites, Lt. Col. John McCrae experts Bev Dietrich and Linda Granfield chat about recent discoveries in their ongoing research into his life and times.
For more than three decades, successive Canadian governments have tied themselves in knots to justify the sale of Canadian-produced weapons to Saudi Arabia. Yet the Saudi sales are only the latest chapter in a history of arms sales to conflict regions which extends back to the Second World War, and includes customers from all over the world.
In this episode of It Happened Here, Education Coordinator Ken Irvine explores the history of horse racing in Guelph beginning in 1847.