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Clearing 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…
Alfred “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.…
Join 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 visitors in time and place through an installation of maps, spanning time immemorial to present day. Lay of the Land invites all visitors to understand our…
Meridian 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. In September 1900 American, British, French, Italian, Russian, German, Japanese and Austro-Hungarian troops, the multi-national ‘Eight Nation Army’ occupied northern China, having invaded Qing China…
History 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 from the Physics Department at the University of Guelph about their upcoming exhibit at the Civic Museum - "From Farmland Irrigation to Martian Exploration: 125…
Electric Heat Cabinet - Military Hospital Commission - Cobourg, Ontario Heather Ellis presents, Hidden Scars: Uncovering the Lived Experience of Shell-Shocked Ex-Servicemen. 1918 marked the end of the First World War, but for returning soldiers it was the beginning of adjustment, recovery and, in some cases, collapse. The transition from war to peace was…
Celebrate Spring Break with safe-at-home science activities and adventures. Mission: STEMpossible videos released daily from April 12 to 16 at 11 am on Facebook, YouTube and our Museum Everywhere page. Make your own bottle rocket. ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED. https://youtu.be/-NZ2aCRwkEI Presented in partnership with:
Celebrate Spring Break with safe-at-home science activities and adventures. Mission: STEMpossible videos released daily from April 12 to 16 at 11 am on Facebook, YouTube and our Museum Everywhere page. Get your hands dirty making your own soil globe. https://youtu.be/KSitcC4h_88 Soil Globe Worksheet Discover the real cost of food. https://youtu.be/lmf9qsyhbaI Real Cost of Food Worksheet…
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