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Museum Dailies: Museum of You!

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A video series for young - and young-at-heart - learners. Tell your own story! Create a museum all about you. Watch for new videos every Wednesday. https://youtu.be/krSqzsUUahg Artefact 1 Worksheet https://youtu.be/Bcky8Z2YM50 Photography Worksheet https://youtu.be/0A3241olhWY Oral History Worksheet https://youtu.be/CboZr_JhGms Artefact 2 Worksheet https://youtu.be/8mZtn_3dv3I Document Worksheet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViNyUfFRp_0 Exhibit Planner Worksheet Museum of You Exhibit Example

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Museum Dailies: Museum Makers

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A video series for young - and young-at-heart - learners. Museum-inspired art and craft activities to cultivate creativity. Watch for new videos every Thursday. Thaumatrope https://youtu.be/90ouRDEKXBI Apple Tree Thaumatrope Template Banjo https://youtu.be/jzCqnTMftc4 Salt Painting https://youtu.be/aqcRVxb6A0s Ball and Cup Game https://youtu.be/PDPU6q_ZXhE Puppet https://youtu.be/un8c5EKIpuA Pig Puppet Pattern Stained Glass Window Art https://youtu.be/gVcSVNDudTg

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Museum Dailies: Closer Look

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A video series for young - and young-at-heart - learners. Take a close look at images from our collection. What do you see? Watch for new videos every Friday. E.R. Bollert Advertisement Puzzle https://youtu.be/HZ8VOq1g4-w Covered Wagon Puzzle https://youtu.be/QI3RRJLmolU Forget Me Not Puzzle https://youtu.be/h2ZDrgbGxlc Demolition of an Old Theatre Puzzle https://youtu.be/BnZTMF59Ml8 Telephone Switchboard Puzzle https://youtu.be/TGT-29mFRx0 Curling…

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History Bites: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

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History Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. In this episode, Guelph Museums curator Dawn Owen chats about the exhibition Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived, with special guests Kween, Kavya Yoganathan, Justin Reid, June Wilson, and Alison Dunkley. Did you miss the…

History Bites: Life on the Grand, Reflections from the Black Community

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History Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by current exhibitions and stories from the collection. Guelph Museums visitor experiences supervisor, Val Harrison, chats about the history of Black settlement around the Grand River, with special guests Kween and Denise Francis from the Guelph Black Heritage Society. This event is hosted in partnership with The…

Black and white image of Brad Woods looking towards a window with a stone wall in the background

Dad Tales

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Storyteller Brad Woods celebrates Fathers Day with anecdotes on fatherhood. Premiering on Facebook Live @guelphmuseums. About Brad Woods: Brad Woods has told stories at festivals, theatres, conferences, prisons, churches and pubs all over North America and the UK. He tells traditional tales, literary classics and personal stories. His stories have been featured in a variety of…

History Bites: From Trailblazers to Changemakers

Launched last September, Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County celebrates the trailblazing stories of local women. They are activists, artists, caregivers, health care workers, mothers, politicians, scientists, and writers, as well as women-led organizations. Our exhibition will close before the museum reopens, but the conversation, like the work of all trailblazers, continues.  At noon on…

Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major moment in history. On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. On March 17, Ontario declared a state of emergency,…