Guelph Circa 1999 – Ajay Heble
Guelph Circa 1999 features a series of portraits commissioned by The Bookshelf and photographed by Dean Palmer. The series became part of Guelph Museums’ permanent collection in 2018. Told through the stories of…
Guelph Circa 1999 – Jessica Steinhauser
Guelph Circa 1999 features a series of portraits commissioned by The Bookshelf and photographed by Dean Palmer. The series became part of Guelph Museums’ permanent collection in 2018. Told through the stories…
Guelph Museums receives Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation
GUELPH, February 21, 2020: Guelph Museums’ exhibition ‘Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario’ received the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, presented by The…
Fighting Fire: The History of the Guelph Fire Department
In 1921, Wyndham Street was a prey to flames – so read the front page of the Guelph Evening Mercury. A major fire broke out at Robert Stewart Lumber Co.…
Cap-tivated: Frosh at the O.A.C.
Back to school time is right around the corner. Bright eye students getting ready for a fresh start and settling into a new school year. Before there was the University…
Guelph Mercury “Trip of a Lifetime”
In the fall of 1909, at a time when travel was alluring and rare, the Guelph Mercury announced the “Trip of a Lifetime” subscription contest. The contest boasted “a free…
Lovett Signs – A Short History
When the Guelph Mercury ceased operation in 2016, the building that housed the newspaper’s headquarters was closed, and the iconic dimensional globe sign that proclaimed the Mercury site was donated…
Call for Submissions – Art As Activism: Truth, Survivance, and Resilience
Image: Alex Jacobs-Blum, The Medicine Game SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, July 7, 2019 Guelph Museums invites contemporary artists to participate in Art As Activism: Truth, Survivance and Resilience, an exhibition about our collective…
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This pocket globe, circa 1808, was brought to Guelph from England by the Marsh family – it is one of 40,000+ artifacts in the collection.
