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SUMMARY:Brewing Changes Guelph
DESCRIPTION:Label illustration and design: Lind Design \nBrewing Changes Guelph examines the social and economic importance of brewing beer in the Royal City and the changes brought about by the rise\, fall and resurrection of Guelph breweries. Whether one has worked in the brewing industry or has never tasted beer before\, visitors will learn how brewing has benefitted and continues to benefit our city. \nThe story begins with whiskey\, early independent innkeepers and entrepreneurs\, includes English immigrant brewers who established a thriving commercial industry\, and then suddenly ends in the late 1930s when Guelph was left without a single brewery for nearly fifty years. Key events in the 1970s and 1980s\, and the visionary thinking of several men and women\, led to the resurrection of brewing in Guelph in 1985. \nThis exhibition focuses on the impact of changes in production\, transportation\, marketing\, gender and policy in Guelph\, positioned within current brewing trends in Ontario\, across Canada and around the world. Guest curated by Eric Payseur\, Brewing Changes Guelph is as much about the present and future of brewing in Guelph as it is about its illustrious past.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/brewing-changes-guelph/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Coming Home: First World War at 100 Years
DESCRIPTION: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 greeted the soldiers along the front lines. The world was finally ready for peace. \nIn Guelph\, people celebrated the end of the First World War but grieved the loss of over 250 local men and women who died in the conflict. Families looked forward to their loved ones returning home to restart lives put on hold by war. Many soldiers remained overseas as “troops of occupation.” Others had to wait for available transport; some troops waited over a year to return home. \nThe trauma of the war impacted those who served overseas in countless ways. Many needed assistance to reintegrate into their civilian lives. In Guelph\, the Ontario Reformatory became the Speedwell Military Convalescent Hospital\, established to rehabilitate\, reemploy\, and reeducate veterans. The hospital operated from 1917 to 1921. \nWoodland Farm\, near the corner of Niska and Whitelaw Roads\, became Vimy Ridge Farm. Operated by the War Veterans Welfare Commission between 1923 and 1926\, the farm gave injured veterans a place where “they could work as they were able\, keeping them productive and dignified while readying them for regular employment.” \nThrough the story of Sergeant Duncan Robert Irvine\, a Guelphite who came home\, this installation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. Let us never forget.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/first-world-war-at-100-years/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,In Our Cases,Past Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Winter Wonderful: The Game of Carpet Ball
DESCRIPTION:During 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 movies. A hundred years ago\, the game of carpet ball was a popular winter sport\, played inside of course! \nSimilar in gameplay to curling and bowling\, carpet ball was especially popular in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, but the game has existed for thousands of years. (Bowling dates to ancient Egypt in 5200 B.C.) In carpet ball\, the intricately designed balls were rolled — not thrown — down a mat or carpet\, with the goal of rolling the ball as close as possible to the small white ball\, called the “jack\,” in the middle of the room. \nInvented in Scotland\, carpet ball became especially popular in England and Canada at the beginning of the 20th century. Leagues and clubs were founded so that youth and adults could play recreationally\, as well as competitively. There was even a league in Guelph in the early 1900s. \nAlthough carpet ball is not as popular today\, the game is still played all over the world. Present day clubs exist across England and there has recently been a carpet ball revival at youth summer camps in North America. Antique carpet balls have also become popular collector items\, for private collectors and museums alike.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/winter-wonderful/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Guelph's Founding Story
DESCRIPTION:Guelph 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 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and we strive to initiate dialogues and create safe spaces for truth telling. These guiding principles inform all that we do at Guelph Museums. \n\nIn the 1850s and 1860s\, provincial and university-based museums were created across Upper Canada; however\, after Confederation in 1867\, the government began to recognize the value of national collections in encouraging exploration and resource development—effectively tools of colonization. During this period the National Museums of Canada were established including the National Museum of Man (1856)\, the National Gallery of Canada (1880)\, and the Canadian Museum of Nature (1905)\, among others. \nCanada’s centennial in 1967 significantly increased public interest in Canadian heritage and was a pivotal moment in the growth of the museum sector. In 1968\, the National Museums Act and the National Museums of Canada Corporation focused on strengthening the role of all Canadian museums and establishing the government’s intentions for their future management and funding. \nIt was in this milieu that the Guelph Civic Museum was created to preserve and share this city’s local history. Since then\, Guelph’s founding story has been told through the narrative of the Canada Company\, a colonization company that was chartered in 1825 and remained in operation until it sold its last parcel of land in the 1950s. Founded by John Galt (1779–1839)\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company was responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, which became known as the Huron Tract. Galt arrived in Upper Canada in 1825\, founded the towns of Guelph and Goderich in 1827\, built a road between these “instant cities” in 1828\, and was recalled to Britain by May of 1829. \nThis version of our founding story implied that Galt and the Canada Company settled a vast and unpopulated wilderness and negated\, by omission\, the rich history of the Original Peoples who have lived on these lands for millennia\, as well as the atrocities enacted upon them by the same mechanisms of colonization that led to the establishment of our city and of this museum.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/decolonizing-guelphs-founding-story/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Indigenizing Galt
DESCRIPTION:Guelph 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 Company. Founded by John Galt\, who became its first Superintendent\, the Canada Company is responsible for colonizing over two million acres of land on the shores of Lake Huron\, now known as the Huron Tract. This version of our founding story implies that Galt established Guelph on unpopulated land and negated\, by omission\, the local history of the Original Peoples. \nIndigenizing Galt includes a local history timeline which documents the actions of government\, of Mohawk leaders Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant\, 1743–1807) and Ahyonwaeghs (John Brant\, 1794–1832)\, and of Guelph’s founder John Galt (1779–1839)\, which continue to inform our present-day civic narrative. \nThe case also includes artifacts which until recently\, the Museum’s City Gallery (located on the 3rd floor) displayed as part of Guelph’s founding story\, told through a colonial narrative\, repositioned and their stories extended to further our collective learning.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/indigenizing-galt/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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