Coming Home: First World War at 100 Years
November 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m. marked the profound but symbolic end to the four-year conflict on the Western Front. After the last gun sounded, an eerie quiet must have…
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Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Winter Wonderful: The Game of Carpet Ball
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaDuring the cold winter months, both children and adults engage in seasonal outdoor activities, such as hockey or tobogganing. Winter evenings are often spent indoors, playing board games or watching…
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Decolonizing Guelph’s Founding Story
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGuelph Museums is in the process of decolonization through the restructuring of our colonialist framework and by collaborating meaningfully with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. We are committed to…
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Indigenizing Galt
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGuelph Civic Museum was established in the 1960s to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then, our founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada…
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Lacrosse: The Creator’s Game
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaDewa’áo’:gajíhgwa’e’ is the Cayuga Nation word for lacrosse, which has multiple meanings: “they play with webbed sticks” and “to throw or pass the ball” and “hitting their hips. Lacrosse was…
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Konnón:kwe
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaImage: Amanda Strong, How to Steal a Canoe, 2015 (still from stop-motion animation) Konnón:kwe, a Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) word signifying “three or more women,” speaks to the power of collective agency…
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The Dailies: Front Pages & Frontispieces
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOpening reception: Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. What “makes” the front page? The Dailies explores the history of headline news, the form and function of the “front page” in news making, and the use of photographs and illustrations to tell the story of a thousand words. This exhibition runs concurrently with "B&W and Read All…
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B&W and Read All Over
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaOpening reception: Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. Guelph’s storied past is recounted through this exhibition, which traces the history of The Guelph Mercury, this city’s daily printed newspaper that reported the local, national and international news to our community from 1854 to 2016. This exhibition runs concurrently with "The Dailies: Front Pages & Frontispieces"
