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Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

May 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Illustration of a green military helmet with the words The Devil's Trick written in black. Below the helmet red text reads how Canada fought the Vietnam War

Military Lecture – The Devil’s Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War

May 27 @ 7:00 pm
Musician holding guitar, singing into microphone with 4th Friday logo

Fourth Friday: Kent MacMillan

May 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites: Life on the Grand, Reflections from the Black Community Society

June 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Fourth Friday: Janice Jo Lee

June 25 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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History Bites: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County

July 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Fourth Friday

Murray Foster leans against wall with 4th Friday logo

Fourth Friday – Murray Foster

July 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm
River North duo with guitar

Fourth Friday: River North (Matt Zaddy & Heather Christine)

August 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tanis Slimmon sits on a couch, holding a string of lights

Fourth Friday: Tannis Slimmon

September 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Fourth Friday: Kim and Rajan Anderson

October 23, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Ambre McLean in white blouse with serious expression

Fourth Friday: Ambre McLean

November 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Photo of Nefe standing against a red and blue back lit wall. They are wearing a darn collared acket and dark sunglasses. With an image effect, their face is slightly blurred with a duplication effect. The white Fourth Friday wordmark is placed to the right of Nefe.

Fourth Friday: Nefe

January 22 @ 7:00 pm
Aisha Barrow is staring forward with a pensive look on her face. She has dark skin and long black braided hair. To the right of her photo is the Fourth Friday logo in white. A large white 4 with the word Fridays written across the arm of the 4.

Fourth Friday: Lifeandthetribe

February 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fourth Friday: Preetam Sengupta

March 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fourth Friday: Static Channel

April 23 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

History Bites

Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites: Rapid Response: Collecting Today for Tomorrow

September 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites – Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County

October 21, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Photo of a pear with a bite taken out of it. The event title "History Bites" is in blue text to the right of the pear.

History Bites: Second World War Remembered

November 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Photo of a pear with a bite taken out of it. The event title "History Bites" is in blue text to the right of the pear.

History Bites: Live from the Vaults

December 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites: Guelph Circa 1999

January 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Photo of a pear with a bite taken out of it. The event title "History Bites" is in blue text to the right of the pear.

History Bites: Lay of the Land

February 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Blue text reads History Bites. To the left of the text is a graphic of a pear with a bite taken out of the centre.

History Bites: From Farmland Irrigation to Martian Exploration – 125 Years of Physics in Guelph

March 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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History Bites: Memory Cycle, Resonified Artifacts

April 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Military Lectures

American Civil War coloured regiment recruitment poster. The painting is of eighteen Black soldiers wearing grey Union uniforms. There is a White man standing at the far left wearing a blue uniform. There is a small Black child at the far right who is holding a drum.

Military Lecture – Fighting for Citizenship: Black Union Soldiers on the Battlefield and in Politics

October 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A pile of airplanes and various military vehicles illustrated in black on an olive green background.

Military Lecture – War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada

November 26, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Black and white photo from 1900 of Meridian gate, the entrance to the Emperor’s quarters in Beijing’s Forbidden City.

Military Lecture – A Tethered Dragon: The Eight Nation Army Occupation of Beijing & Tianjin, 1900-1902

February 25 @ 7:00 pm
Electric Heat Cabinet - Military Hospital Commission - Cobourg, Ontario

Military Lecture – Hidden Scars: Uncovering the Lived Experience of Shell-Shocked Ex-Servicemen

March 25 @ 7:00 pm
The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739 by George Chambers, Senior, 1836

Military Lecture – The Great Sickness of 1740: War, Typhus, and the Royal Navy

April 22 @ 7:00 pm

Special Events

McCrae House

Remembrance Day

November 11, 2020

Locomotive 6167 Move to John Galt Park Time-lapse

November 14, 2020

Locomotive 6167 Move to John Galt Park

November 14, 2020
Outdoor wintery forest scene. There is a person walking in the distance.

In the Footsteps of Galt and Burns

January 24 @ 2:00 pm

Mission STEMpossible: Rocket science with Creative Encounters

April 12 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mission STEMpossible: OAC Science Challenges

April 13 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mission STEMpossible: Birding with Wild Ontaro

April 14 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mission STEMpossible: DIY water filtration with Let’s Talk Science

April 15 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mission STEMpossible: ID trees with Nature Guelph

April 16 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Blue, white and orange John Galt and the Instant City title graphic with tree image

John Galt and the Instant City

April 23 - May 3

Museum Dailies: Great Guelphites!

April 26 @ 8:00 am - 8:15 am

Museum Dailies: Collection Crawl

April 27 @ 8:00 am - 8:15 am

Museum Dailies: Museum of You!

April 28 @ 8:00 am - 8:15 am

Museum Dailies: Museum Makers

April 29 @ 8:00 am - 8:15 am

Museum Dailies: Closer Look

April 30 @ 8:00 am - 8:15 am

Learn & Explore

Guelph Chamber Choir logo in white on teal background

Resonance: Guelph Chamber Choir at 40

Black and White photo of Brad Woods sitting by a window with a cup of coffee in his hands.

Storytelling with Brad Woods 

Photo of Guelph Museums themed pogs. Its a pile of 7 pogs with Guelph photos, including John McCrae, Locomotive 6167, Families Gallery, McCrae House, and the Civic Museum

Guelph Circa 1999 – Pogs Craft

Photo of Anna holding a poppy pattern mug and smiling with her mouth closed. Under the photo text reads History of Afternoon Tea in 5 Minutes

Afternoon Tea in 5 Minutes

Velvet Bodice with Cravat Circa 1880 Bodice, dark blue velvet, pointed front and short 'tails' at back, sleeves cut at wrist to show embroidery and lace, 15 faux pearl buttons

Blue Monday Puzzle – Velvet Bodice

Royal Crown Derby Tea Cup and Saucer Circa 1926 "Mikado" pattern, designed in 1894 inspired by rice paper drawings Made in Osmaston Road factory in Derby, Derbyshire, England, year cypher is 1926

Blue Monday Puzzle – Tea cup

Colour slide of a parking lot with a blue railing and truck belonging to Love's TV and Appliances. Behind the parking lot is Norfolk Street with a pedestrian overpass. In the background situated on a hill is Church of Our Lady, a stone structure with two towers on the front and a white spire. Below the spire in front of the church part of the grey roof of the rectory visible behind the trees which surround the church. In the left of the photo is a light post (cut-off in the image).

Blue Monday Puzzle – Basilica

Black and white photo of the exterior of the Civic Museum. There is a large full moon photoshopped in the top right corner. There is a group of bats flying over the moon. Five small pumpkins are in the foreground of the photo.

Fall PD Day Activities

Photo of Locomotive 6167. The steam engine train is black with a red plaque under the headlight. On the red plaque, 6167 is written in gold.

Locomotive 6167 Magical Train Journey

Multi-colour crazy quilt pattern.

Guelph Museums Puzzle #5

E.R. Bollert Advertising Card, 1899. E.R. Bollert & Co. sold fine gentlemen’s clothing and furnishings at 27 Lower Wyndham Street. The advertising card boasts, “”Fine Ordered Clothing. We solicit your patronage for our Tailoring Department, and among others, for the following reasons: 1st. Our stock comprises the choicest goods to be found. 2nd Our variety is very extensive. 3rd We employ first-class Cutter, and turn out only superior work. 4th Our prices are from 15 to 25 per cent lower than you usually pay for clothing of equal quality. Fine Dress Suitings, Stylish Business Suitings, Strong Wearing Suitings, Fine Over-coatings and Choice Trouserings. See Our Unequalled $3.50 and $4 Pantings.”

Guelph Museums Puzzle #4

Black and white photo to mimic a low-tech security camera footage. Farm animal puppets arranged in a circle, the sheep puppet is the leader.

The Great Guelph Museums Artefact Heist!

Blank crossword puzzle. Guelph Museums logo is in the top left corner.

Guelph Museums Crossword #2 – Medical Collection

Blank crossword puzzle. Guelph Museums logo is in the top left corner

Guelph Museums Crossword #3 – Before Social Distancing

Blank crossword puzzle. Guelph Museums logo is in the top left corner.

Guelph Museums Crossword #1 – Collection Pastimes

Sample of a homemade paper compass. Instead of North, East, South, West, the compass is labelled, Ahead, Right, Behind, Left.

Lay of the Land – Make Your Own Compass

Collection photo of a toy sewing machine.

Guelph Museums Puzzle #3

Sepia photo from Guelph General Hospital's 115th anniversary celebration. The photo is of a carriage with a white sign on the back that says Happy Birthday Guelph General Hospital, 115 years young!

Guelph Museums Puzzle #2

Photo of a pair of homemade binoculars made out of toilet paper roles. The binoculars have a black string strap.

Lay of the Land – Binocular Craft and Scavenger Hunt

Collection photo of a green and purple tartan dress. There is a puzzle piece outline at the bottom right of the photo.

Guelph Museums Puzzle #1

Outline of the Civic Museum building. It is left blank so that you can design your own museum. The sign in front of the museum is also blank for you to rename your museum.

Make Your Own Museum – Activity Booklet

Guelph Museums Colouring Pages cover. Sample from a Greeting from Guelph postcard.

Guelph Museums Colouring Pages

Rapid Response: Collecting experiences are they are lived. Guelph Museums, Guelph Black Heritage Society

Rapid Response: Collecting experiences as they are lived

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