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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.…
Weaving Cultural Identities: Celebrating Heritage and Textile Traditions
This Vancouver Biennale nationally-touring exhibition brings together artists and graphic designers of diverse Indigenous and Muslim backgrounds to collaborate on a series of textile artworks that celebrate the sacred, historic, and creative significance of prayer rugs and weaving traditions. The project began with a series of questions: In a contemporary society of mixed cultures and values,…
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…
Toys and Games Drop-In
Toys and Games Drop-In
Let’s play! We’re pulling out oodles of puzzles, crafts, toys, and games from our vaults for kids of all ages to explore and experience. Image ID: Guelph Museums, 1952X.00.196.10, Collection of glass marbles
5 events,
Toys and Games Drop-In
Toys and Games Drop-In
Let’s play! We’re pulling out oodles of puzzles, crafts, toys, and games from our vaults for kids of all ages to explore and experience. Image ID: Guelph Museums, 1952X.00.196.10, Collection of glass marbles
5 events,
Toys and Games Drop-In
Toys and Games Drop-In
Let’s play! We’re pulling out oodles of puzzles, crafts, toys, and games from our vaults for kids of all ages to explore and experience. Image ID: Guelph Museums, 1952X.00.196.10, Collection of glass marbles
5 events,
Toys and Games Drop-In
Toys and Games Drop-In
Let’s play! We’re pulling out oodles of puzzles, crafts, toys, and games from our vaults for kids of all ages to explore and experience. Image ID: Guelph Museums, 1952X.00.196.10, Collection of glass marbles
4 events,
Tales From the Hill: Guelph Guild of Storytellers
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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Military Lecture: “Borderlines of the Military Masculine Identity”
Military Lecture: “Borderlines of the Military Masculine Identity”
Aly Firth offers an assessment of transgender roles and crossdressing in performances for the troops during the First World War. The myth of a singular masculine identity during the First World War endures in the literature, where wartime heroism has been strongly associated with the brave, heteronormative, masculine soldier. However, in the horrors of trench…
5 events,
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,…
The Reformatory: Within and Beyond the Cell Walls
The Reformatory: Within and Beyond the Cell Walls
Note: This event is now fully booked with no space remaining. A recording will be made available and further events connected to this exhibit are being planned. Stay tuned to our YouTube channel, Eventbrite page, and newsletter for further information. For over 100 years, the Ontario Reformatory/Guelph Correctional Centre was embedded in the lives of…
5 events,
Fourth Friday: Transstar
Fourth Friday: Transstar
Fourth Fridays burst with a celebration of music, history, creativity and community connection. Each month, enjoy free admission to the Civic Museum from 5–9 pm, with live performances starting at 7 pm. In January, we feature the electrifying sounds of Transstar. Known for her unique blend of original electronic pop and reimagined covers, Transstar promises…
