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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.
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.
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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It Happened Here: The Drill Hall
On this episode of It Happened Here, Guelph Museums Education Coordinator Ken Irvine dives into the history of the Guelph Drill Hall! The area Ken explores has been connected to Guelph's military history for over 170 years, and the Drill Hall was built in 1866. But why did a town barely 40 years old need…
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The Origin of Fan: Folding Form and Function
The Origin of Fan: Folding Form and Function considers the local and global histories, technological innovation, and cultural significance of fans. The exhibition draws from Guelph Museums’ collection of over 80 fans and related photographs, postcards, and other ephemera.
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Military Lecture: Heritage, Meaning, and Remembering Well in 21st Century Canada
This presentation explores the idea of remembering well, both in the role played by various forms of war heritage—from sites, artefacts and art, to rituals and traditions of commemoration—and the meanings we construct from them.
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History Bites: From the Vault—Getting Dressed in Guelph
What was a typical outfit in the nineteenth century? How did clothes change from the 1920s to the 1950s? In this From the Vault History Bites episode, Visitor Experience Assistant Anna takes us deep into the archives to discuss her area of expertise: fashion!
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Witnessing War
The exhibition Witnessing War takes place in 2022, marking 150 years since the birth of Lt. Col. John McCrae (1872-1918). An esteemed doctor, soldier and poet, McCrae is remembered for his wartime poem “In Flanders Fields,” which he wrote from the trenches near Ypres, Belgium, on 3 May 1915.
