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,…
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Celebrating Guelph’s stories!
The Guelph Civic Museum showcases Guelph’s history through permanent and changing exhibits, a fun and interactive families gallery, and special events and activities. Located in the recently renovated Loretto Convent, atop the hill at Norfolk Street and beside the landmark Church of Our Lady, the museum is home to a collection of over 30,000 artifacts that bring Guelph’s past to life.
2012
Guelph Civic Museum opens at 52 Norfolk Street, the former Loretto Convent.
2000
The “Growing Up in Guelph Children’s Museum” opens at the Civic Museum. The popular children’s gallery attracts many more visitors and significantly increases the number of family memberships.
1980
Guelph Civic Museum opens at 6 Dublin Street South, a commercial limestone building built c.1855. The building had many uses over the years but was most recently known as the Knights of Columbus Hall.
1967
Canada’s Centennial Year. The Museum opens in its first home in the horse stables, now the Farmer’s Market.
1960’s
Members of the Guelph Historical Society begin to collect artifacts and displays are mounted in store fronts and community centres.
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Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Maawnjidyang Maa – We come together here
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaMaawnjidyang Maa – We come together here What does it mean to be “here” in Guelph, where the Speed and Eramosa rivers meet? How do we engage in this place…
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Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBowerbird Theatre Company, in partnership with Guelph Museums, presents Mary's Wedding by Stephen Massicotte. “With innocence and humour, Mary and Charlie discover a charming first love. But the year is 1914, and the world is collapsing into a brutal war. Together, they attempt to hide their love, galloping through the fields for a place and…
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Guelph Film Festival: Nourishing Community: Food Security, Sovereignty and the Right to Eat
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaNirilaurta: Let Us Eat is a rare, cinematically beautiful, thought provoking film that threads food, community, and care together with archival footage and a powerful message. Please join us for a night of beautiful filmmaking and deeply meaningful discussions on food security and food sovereignty both locally and in the North after the film. Tickets…
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Tales from the Hill: Guelph Guild of Storytellers
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTales from the Hill is presented by the Guelph Guild of Storytellers and features guest tellers in addition to Guild tellers. The evening includes light refreshments, and conversation. Guests are invited to register for open mic storytelling. Tales from the Hill runs on the second Thursday of each month from October to May. Guests can…
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Guelph Film Festival: Short Series II: Stand With Me
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThis international short film showcase looks at support, solidarity, and community in times of upheaval, war, and environmental or social change. INTERNATIONAL | 78 min | Partial Subtitles Tickets: $15/PWYW Co-presented by Guelph Museums and Ed Video Tickets available via Guelph Film Festival. About the Films and the story remains Darya Maljesi | CANADA |…
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Guelph Film Festival: Ceremony
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaA recent winner of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s SHOWCASE Audience Awards and the TIDES Award as well as the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW, this film is beautiful, thoughtfully crafted, emotionally charged, and deeply uplifting while contemplating territory, home, history, and the natural world. Tickets available via Guelph Film Festival. About the Film…
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Military Lecture: Canada’s Missing of the Great War 1914-1918 and Modern Discovery
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThe announcements, once infrequent, are a monthly occurrence now. It is a sad or pleasing reality depending on your perspective, that after more than a century, the fields of France and Belgium are surrendering an increasing number of Canadian soldiers of the Great War. It was inevitable with the expansion of housing and industry into…
