In this 7-minute virtual tour, learn about the bas-reliefs carvings newly displayed at Toronto’s Guild Park. All were saved from London Ontario’s notable Richmond Building, originally the Grand Opera House/Masonic Hall when it opened in 1881. Check out the hand-made stone portraits of such notable figures from the past including Britain’s Queen Victoria, artist Rubens, […]

« Fairfield House: From Cellar to Attic » is a video tour using pictures and text to introduce Fairfield House, built in 1793. Now over 225 years old, it is the best preserved of the few 18th-century Loyalist residences remaining in Ontario. Fairfield House contains rare evidence of building techniques and interior detailing from the Loyalist era. […]

This video introduces Fairfield House, built in 1793, west of Kingston, Ontario, and the Fairfield Homestead Heritage Association which promotes the preservation of the building with its rare evidence of building techniques and interior detailing from the Loyalist era. https://youtu.be/5GJxoCqxbx8

Flattie Hattie and the Mystery of the Glanmore Treasure A free, virtual choose-your-own-adventure game! Suitable for ages 10+ Click here to play

Each day for the rest of the month, we’ll “call out” an activity on our Facebook page (@HistoricDunvegan). Follow the instructions on how to provide proof you completed the activity and for every 4 activity squares you complete, you’ll be entered into a prize draw.

Presenting virtually for the first time, the TVM Art Gallery’s Annual Summer Art Show and Sale! Featuring a dozen local, Northern Ontario artists overlooking the North Channel. View online anytime: https://tvmshop.square.site/ View in-person beginning July 19th.

Western Elgin County, Southwestern Ontario, Canada history.Produced by Tyrconnell Heritage Society, operators of Backus-Page House Museum.Host – Angela Bobier, Cultural Manager Music – Jack WitmerPodcasting equipment funded by the Government of Canada.We acknowledge the land we are on today as the traditional territory of Indigenous People. As settlers at a settler focused museum, we value […]

Launched last September, Her Story: Trailblazers of Guelph and Wellington County celebrates the trailblazing stories of local women. They are activists, artists, caregivers, health care workers, mothers, politicians, scientists, and writers, as well as women-led organizations. Our exhibition will close before the museum reopens, but the conversation, like the work of all trailblazers, continues.  At noon on […]

The Brown Homestead is a place for everyone. Facing the Short Hills Provincial Park across the street and with Henry of Pelham’s vineyards behind, the site is the perfect pastoral setting for public refreshment. We have recently completed a multi-year community outreach and research campaign to discover the next chapter in the life of this […]

  We are going to be showing one of our pre-recorded videos touching upon First Nations & Settler history. Specifically, we are showing Aabamnigaan: Looking Forward which is the story of Nogojiwanong, now known as Peterborough County, from the 1800s and into the present. This storied tour explores both Indigenous and settler local history, a history […]