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.Tales from the Hill – CANCELLED
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTales from the Hill has been cancelled through July 5. Following advice from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, all City of Guelph recreation centres, libraries, museums and theatres remain closed until April 30 to slow the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All scheduled programs, performances and events at City facilities are cancelled through July 5, 2020. For all City…
Fourth Friday: Murray Foster – CANCELLED
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAll Museum events and programs have been cancelled through July 5. Doors Open After Dark has been postponed, date tbd. Following advice from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, all City of Guelph recreation centres, libraries, museums and theatres remain closed until April 30 to slow the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All scheduled programs, performances and events at City…
Doors Open After Dark 2020 – Postponed
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAll Museum events and programs have been cancelled through July 5. Doors Open Guelph and Doors Open After Dark have been postponed, date tbd. Following advice from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, all City of Guelph recreation centres, libraries, museums and theatres remain closed until April 30 to slow the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All scheduled programs, performances…
School’s Out, Museum’s In PD Day – CANCELLED
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAll Museum events and programs have been cancelled through July 5. Following advice from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, all City of Guelph recreation centres, libraries, museums and theatres remain closed until April 30 to slow the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). All scheduled programs, performances and events at City facilities are cancelled through July 5, 2020. For all City…
Tales from the Hill – CANCELLED
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIn order to flatten the COVID-19 curve, the Museum is temporarily closed until further notice. We are still available online and through our social media channels. City of Guelph COVID-19 Update Tales from the Hill has been cancelled. Join Guelph Guild of Storytellers and special guests on the first Wednesday of each month. Free admission.
Fourth Friday: Tannis Slimmon – POSTPONED
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIn order to flatten the COVID-19 curve, the Museum is temporarily closed until further notice. We are still available online and through our social media channels. City of Guelph COVID-19 Update The exhibition opening reception and Fourth Friday: Tannis Slimmon have been postponed, date TBD. Celebrate the opening of spring exhibitions, Lay of the Land and Guelph Circa 1999 with…
Lay of the Land
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaYou are here! This interactive exhibition will orient visitors in time and place through an installation of maps, spanning time immemorial to present day. Lay of the Land invites all visitors to understand our complex relationship to the land, past and present, and to the place that we now call Guelph. Cartography is the art,…
Guelph Circa 1999
Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaLike a time capsule, visitors will discover Guelph of 20 years ago. Told through the stories of the people who spent time at The Bookshelf, a cultural hub in this city since 1973, the exhibition also features artifacts from the 1990s and early 2000s.
