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Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts
Memory Cycle: Re-Sonified Artifacts is a collaboration between Guelph Civic Museum and musician Gordon Monahan. This exhibition is a foray into the parlour rooms of Victorian Guelph and an experiment with Victorian-era piano recordings.
Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived
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, prompting citywide closures and social distancing protocols. In April 2020, the Museum, while closed to visitors, launched a call to community for contemporary objects and…
Where The Rivers Meet
Where The Rivers Meet is a display within the City Gallery that centers the Original Peoples who have been on this land since time immemorial. It includes information about migration, land relationship, treaties, impacts of colonization, and past and present-day perspectives. The display also considers the founding story of Guelph within the context of a…
Between the Crosses, Row on Row: 100 Years of the Remembrance Poppy
Beginning with Guelph-born Lt. Col. John McCrae's 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields", this exhibition tells the story of the poppy as it evolved to be an enduring symbol of remembrance in Canada and around the world.
Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years
The exhibition Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years traces the history of the Guelph Girls Hockey Association. Since 1996, GGHA has offered recreational and competitive hockey for female players, centred in physical fitness, self-esteem, and confidence building, and on the development of volunteers and community leaders.
Mind the Gap – Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth
Organized by Centre for Artistic & Social Practice (Hamilton, ON) and presented at Guelph Civic Museum, Mind the Gap is an exhibition of artworks created by a community of seniors and youths working with practicing artists in Hamilton and Guelph. Through co-creative artmaking, the project aimed to decrease isolation among the participants and to bridge their generational gap.
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It Happened Here: Provincial Winter Fair
Join Guelph Museums Education Coordinator Ken Irvine as he walks you through the evolution and history of the Provincial Winter Fair from the core of beautiful Downtown Guelph!
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Moving Histories, Neighbourhood Mysteries
Moving Histories, Neighbourhood Mysteries marks the end of a multi-year collaboration in three of Guelph’s vibrant neighbourhoods – Two Rivers, Onward Willow, and Brant Avenue – where we explored two driving questions: What makes a place home? How do communities change over time?
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History Bites: Mind the Gap
Dawn Owen will be in conversation with Becky Katz, Alex Jacobs-Blum, and Chyler Sewell, the artist facilitators behind Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth, now showing at the Civic.
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Military Lecture: Civilians at the Sharp End – First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Civil Affairs is the forgotten branch of First Canadian Army (FCA) in the Second World War. The men of Civil Affairs (CA) were a crucial link between the army and the civilian populations that were both liberated and occupied by FCA.
