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Stories From the Front: St Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part Three

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Stories from the Front: St Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part Two

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VMLS via Podcast – Lost and Forgotten: the Third Welland Canal

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The Remarkable Estelle Cuffe Hawley

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VMLS via Podcast – Ontario’s Racially Segregated Schools

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VMLS via Podcast – Where They Walk: the Making of the Annual Guided Spirit Walks at Victoria Lawn Cemetery

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History from Here: The Lake Street Armoury

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Reminiscences of 10 years of Guided Spirit Walks

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History from Here: The Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course

July 29, 2021August 1, 2021stcmuseum

Remembering the Welland House

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Eureka! Inventive Moments from our History

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Blossom Time in Niagara

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Picture This: Scrapbooking

April 11, 2021April 7, 2021stcmuseum

History from Here: St. James Church at 405 Merritt Street

February 6, 2021February 3, 2021stcmuseum

General Tubman: St. Catharines, 1858 – Part I

February 5, 2021February 3, 2021stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E607 – The Howe Report Revisited

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Historic Schools of St. Catharines – Alexandra Public School

June 22, 2020May 1, 2020stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: The Old Canals

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! 507 – 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe

April 29, 2020April 9, 2020stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Re-purposing the Welland Canal

April 20, 2020October 29, 2020stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Virtual Tours and Programs

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Yearbook Flip: High School Variety Shows

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Yearbook Flip: Festive School Spirit

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St. Catharines Collegiate During the First World War

October 23, 2019October 4, 2019stcmuseum

Yearbook Flip: Tourism and The Great Depression

September 26, 2019September 28, 2019stcmuseum

Yearbook Flip: Into the Second World War

September 18, 2019September 17, 2019stcmuseum

90th Anniversary of Plane Crash Tragedy

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019stcmuseum

Guided Spirit Walks 2019 Behind-the-Scenes: STORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT

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Guided Spirit Walks 2019 Behind-the-Scenes: RESEARCH

June 29, 2019June 28, 2019stcmuseum

Pride in St. Catharines

June 1, 2019May 31, 2019stcmuseum

Pride in St. Catharines: A Call to the Community

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019stcmuseum

#WomenInCulture: The Foundations of our Community

May 11, 2019May 9, 2019stcmuseum

Yearbook Flip: Nursing a Voice to Lead

April 2, 2019April 1, 2019stcmuseum

Yearbook Flip: Girls Athletics

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019stcmuseum

Yearbook Flip: The Revolutionary Sixties

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E401 – The B.M.E. Church

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019stcmuseum

Objects Legacies: Leg Shackles

January 2, 2019February 12, 2019stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E310 – The Fallen Workers Part 5

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Museum Chat Live! E309 – We Did Our Bit: Closing our WWI Exhibit

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