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Marie Curie in her chemistry laboratory at the Radium Institute in France, April 1921. Source: National Archive of the Netherlands.

History Bites: From the Vault – Uranium Glass and Marie Curie

October 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
picture of people gathered outside a second world war monument

Military Lecture: Missing Memorials? How Canada has Commemorated the Second World War

October 20 @ 7:00 pm
Diwali celebration. Person placing a candle in the centre of flowers.

Fourth Friday: Vivek Joshi

October 28 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
History Bites John McCrae banner. On the left side is a photo of John McCrae, on the right a mint background with Guelph Museums' translucent History Bites logo.

History Bites: Lt. Col. John McCrae at 150 – Myths Corrected and Stories Uncovered

November 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A pink map of Canada

Military Lecture: The Evolution of Canadian Export Policy, 1946-1991

November 17 @ 7:00 pm
Fourth Friday: Transstar. They are performing a song on stage on the right side. They are holding a microphone to their mouth with their eyes closed. On the right is a purple background with Guelph Museums' Fourth Friday logo overlaid on top.

Fourth Friday: Transstar

November 25 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Past events

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Fourth Friday

Silas Chinsen Fourth Friday poster. On the left Silas is shown playing a guitar in a forest, the leaves are changing colours in the background. On the right is Guelph Museums translucent Fourth Friday logo on a brown background.

Fourth Friday: Silas Chinsen

September 23
Fouth Friday banner of Lacy Hill. A photo of a person holding a guitar on the left is shown. On the right is a pink background with a translucent Fourth Friday logo overlaid.

Fourth Friday: Lacey Hill

August 26
Fourth Friday banner graphic. An image of Joshua Pascua and his band is on the left, they are holding guitars and seated outside at night by a fire. A orange background is on the right with Guelph Museums' Fourth Friday logo.

Fourth Friday: Joshua Pascua & the Pants

July 22

History Bites

History Bites: Iron Willed – Women in STEM

September 21
picture of storage area at Guelph Museums

History Bites: From the Vault – Getting Dressed in Guelph, Part 2

August 17
History Bites banner. An image of the Moving Histories, Neighbourhood Mysteries exhibition at the Civic Museum is on the left side, and a green background with Guelph Museums History Bites logo on the right.

History Bites: Moving Histories, Neighbourhood Mysteries

July 20
History Bites: Where the Rivers Meet Banner. An image of the river with branches is on the left, and a blue background on the right with Guelph Museums' History Bites logo.

History Bites: Where the Rivers Meet

June 29
History Bites banner. An image of the Witnessing War exhibition is on the left, and a red background on the right with Guelph Museums History Bites logo.

History Bites: Is Art a Salve to War?

May 18
History Bites Getting Dressed in Guelph, white dress with flowers on the left, history bites logo on the right

History Bites: From the Vault—Getting Dressed in Guelph

April 27
History Bites Mind the Gap event banner. A photo of the exhibit is on the left side and a blue background with the History Bites background on the right.

History Bites: Mind the Gap

March 16
Fabulous PJs and Melba Jewell

History Bites: Melba Jewell

February 16
Guelph Pipe Band

History Bites: Auld Lang Syne – Exploring Scottish Connections and Traditions in the City of Guelph

January 19
History Bites: From the Vaults, Toys and Games from Guelph

History Bites: From the Vault – Toys and Games of Guelph

December 15, 2021

History Bites: Remembrance Commemorations in Australia and Canada—a Chat with Julie Baird, Director of Newcastle Museums

November 17, 2021

History Bites: Hope and Healing, A Conversation with Tracey-Mae Chambers

October 20, 2021

History Bites: From Trailblazers to Changemakers, 2.0

September 15, 2021

History Bites: Uncovering the Museum

August 18, 2021

History Bites: From Trailblazers to Changemakers

July 21, 2021

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

June 16, 2021

History Bites: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

May 19, 2021

History Bites: Memory Cycle, Resonified Artifacts

April 21, 2021

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

March 17, 2021

History Bites: Lay of the Land

February 17, 2021

History Bites: Guelph Circa 1999

January 20, 2021

History Bites: Live from the Vaults

December 16, 2020

History Bites: Second World War Remembered

November 18, 2020

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

October 21, 2020

History Bites: Rapid Response: Collecting Today for Tomorrow

September 16, 2020

Military Lectures

Split promotional banner. On the left side is a book cover with a green map of Ireland, on the right side is a picture of a man, Terry Copp

Military Lecture: The Irish Canadian Rangers in Canada and Ireland, 1915 -1917

September 22 @ 7:00 pm
A photo of soldiers outside a monument in Canada

Military Lecture: Heritage, Meaning, and Remembering Well in 21st Century Canada

April 14
British Soldier helping elderly woman in Caen France in July 1944 during World War II

Military Lecture: Civilians at the Sharp End – First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

March 17
Figure 9.15 In April 1935, W.L. Britnell and Stan McMillan unload the first shipment of uranium concentrate from the Northwest Territories. The photo is good, but everyone in it was overexposed.

Military Lecture: Atomic Soldiers – The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War

February 17
Halifax Explosion Illustration

Military Lecture: Catastrophe – Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion

January 20

Military Lecture: The War Diaries of General David Watson

November 18, 2021

Military Lecture: The No. 2 Construction Battalion – Keeping History and their Legacy Alive

October 21, 2021

Military Lecture: Complicated Justice – A Canadian Response to War Crimes and War Criminals

September 23, 2021
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, 2021
Electric Heat Cabinet - Military Hospital Commission - Cobourg, Ontario

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

March 25, 2021
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, 2021
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
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

It Happened Here

Allan's Bridge and C.N.R. Overpass in 1890

It Happened Here: The Train Arrives in Guelph

August 4
Ruins of Stewart Lumber, burnt down

It Happened Here: The Great Fire of Guelph

July 7
Arthur Cutten and Cutten Fields. Arthur Cutten is in a black suit and talking to a group of poeple.

It Happened Here: Arthur Cutten and Cutten Fields

May 12
Guelph Drill Hall

It Happened Here: The Drill Hall

April 7
Guelph Provincial Winter Fair building, downtown Guelph.

It Happened Here: Provincial Winter Fair

March 3
It Happened Here: Gallows at the Court House

It Happened Here: Gallows at the Court House

February 3

It Happened Here: Johnston Green, University of Guelph

September 7, 2021

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, 2021

Mission STEMpossible: Rocket Science with Creative Encounters

April 12, 2021

Mission STEMpossible: OAC Science Challenges

April 13, 2021

Mission STEMpossible: Birding with Wild Ontario

April 14, 2021

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

April 15, 2021

Mission STEMpossible: ID trees with Nature Guelph

April 16, 2021

Museum Dailies: Great Guelphites!

April 26, 2021

Museum Dailies: Collection Crawl

April 27, 2021

Museum Dailies: Museum of You!

April 28, 2021

Museum Dailies: Museum Makers

April 29, 2021

Museum Dailies: Closer Look

April 30, 2021
Black and white image of Brad Woods looking towards a window with a stone wall in the background

Dad Tales

June 20, 2021

Anishinaabe Oral Tradition with Rene Andre Meshake

September 30, 2021
Fifth Friday Trivia, Jen and Paul Barson

Fifth Friday Trivia with Jen & Paul Barson

October 29, 2021
Virtual STEM

Virtual STEM

January 31 - February 5
Painting by Eleni Bakopoulos. A person is canoeing through a river/pong in a heavily forested area.

Interrupted Reverie – Canadian Identity Reimagined with Eleni Bakopoulos

September 28
A digital painting by Rene Meshake. Various colours swirl together in an abstract galaxy-like shape.

Conversations in Pipigwan Flute with Rene Meshake

September 30

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 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

Photo of Guelph Black Heritage Society building, Heritage Hall. It is a stone church.

Rapid Response: Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

Puzzles

Crosswords

Activities

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