Mother’s Day Tea
Tea is a serious affair at Guelph Museums! This Mother’s Day, treat mom to an afternoon of tea and treats at the Civic Museum. Enjoy a bottomless pot of our…
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Civic Museum
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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Mother’s Day Tea
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTea is a serious affair at Guelph Museums! This Mother’s Day, treat mom to an afternoon of tea and treats at the Civic Museum. Enjoy a bottomless pot of our…
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Fourth Friday: Gayle Ackroyd & 2B Jazz
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIt’s going to be a jazzy Fourth Friday at the Civic Museum when Gayle Ackroyd takes to the stage with her 2B Jazz Band. This all-ages show will thrill those…
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Military Lecture: Lives of Servitude and Service: British Home Children and the Making of Wartime Canada by Kelly Morrison
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAt 102, Sir George Beardshaw is the last surviving veteran of the Second World War-era Queen’s Own Rifles and the only surviving British “Home Child” left in Canada. He is…
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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 a guest teller in addition to Guild tellers. The evening includes hot cider, light refreshments, and…
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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 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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Fourth Friday: Three Guitarists in the Round
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBob Maclean, Don Moore, and Roger Schmidt bring their unique and diverse guitar stylings for a captivating evening of music ranging from toe-tapping Celtic tunes to catchy jazz melodies. Admission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available.
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Military Lecture: The History of the University of Guelph War Memorial Hall
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAustin Foster presents the history of the University of Guelph’s War Memorial Hall, based on archival research for the War Memorial Hall: Its Early History, Heritage, and Legacy – A Centennial Retrospective (1924–2024) report. The presentation addresses the Ontario Agricultural College’s military context, focusing on its experience during the First World War, the fundraising campaigns…
