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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…
Revelations From The Collection
Guelph Museums has a growing collection of over 50,000 items, including objects, archival material, and photographs. This collection allows us to record the tangible and intangible history of the place we now call Guelph. Using large-scale photography, Revelations from the Collection showcases a diverse selection of artifacts and archival material from Guelph Museums’ extensive collection.…
Art as We Are: Creative Community Care
Organized by Art Not Shame and Guelph Museums, Art as We Are: Creative Community Care spotlights three projects centred in collective community-making through art and involving about 200 local creators: Art in Hard Times (2020), Art in a Just Recovery (2023), and Community Fabric (2024). The exhibition also shares the origin story of Art Not…
Darkness and Light: Inside the Ontario Reformatory
For over 100 years, the Ontario Reformatory/Guelph Correctional Centre was imbedded in lives of the people of Guelph. The exhibition shares stories from within the institution, addressing misconceptions, propaganda, and myths – some perpetuated by the institution itself and recounted in public archives. Officially opened in 1911, the Ontario Reformatory evolved to be many things,…
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Guelph Historical Society – Evenings with History Lecture
Guelph Historical Society – Evenings with History Lecture
Guelph Historical Society presents a public lecture by P. Brian Skerrett, guest-curator of the exhibition Darkness and Light: Inside the Ontario Reformatory, on view at Guelph Civic Museum until April 30. For over 100 years, the Ontario Reformatory/Guelph Correctional Centre was embedded in the lives of the people of Guelph. The exhibition shares stories from…
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Dot Painting Workshop: Handmade cards with Roxana Bahrami
Dot Painting Workshop: Handmade cards with Roxana Bahrami
Feel the love at Guelph Civic Museum! Local artist Roxana Bahrami returns for a relaxing and creative Dot Painting Workshop focused on card-making. Over the course of two hours, you will learn the mesmerizing art of dot painting while creating two customized, hand-painted cards to take home. No prior experience in drawing or painting is…
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Canceled Tales From the Hill: Guelph Guild of Storytellers
Canceled Tales From the Hill: Guelph Guild of Storytellers
Tales from the Hill is presented by the Guelph Guild of Storytellers and features a guest teller in addition to Guild tellers. The evening includes hot cider, light refreshments, and conversation. Guests are invited to register a telling or participate during the open mic storytelling. Tales from the Hill runs on the second Wednesday or Thursday…
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Canceled Valentine Tea
Canceled Valentine Tea
Enjoy teatime with the ones you love with sweet treats, a bottomless pot of McCrae Private blend tea, and live music at the Civic Museum. There will be two seatings:…
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Military Lecture: A.Y. Jackson, the Group of Seven and the Great War
Military Lecture: A.Y. Jackson, the Group of Seven and the Great War
Author Douglas Hunter explores the role of the First World War in the life and career of artist A.Y. Jackson, and its impact on the formation of Canada’s most famous…
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Fourth Friday: Verese Vassell-Bowen
Fourth Friday: Verese Vassell-Bowen
Every Fourth Friday of the month enjoy free admission to the Civic Museum from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and a free concert starting at 7 p.m. During Black Heritage/Excellence/Futures…
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Petrykivka: Ukrainian Folk Art Workshop with Nataliia Kuchka
Petrykivka: Ukrainian Folk Art Workshop with Nataliia Kuchka
Join us for an inspiring journey into the vibrant world of Ukrainian folk art with the Petrykivka Art Workshop, led by Ukrainian newcomer and self-taught artist Nataliia. This two-hour class…
