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6 days ago January 23, 2023January 18, 2023stcmuseum

Artifact of the Week: Avondale Dairy Milk Crate

2 weeks ago January 16, 2023January 13, 2023stcmuseum

Artifact of the Week: Kit Bag

A promotional graphic for the lecture on May 11 featuring a photograph of a man standing on the front porch of the St. Catharines Information Bureau around 1920.
December 7, 2022November 30, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast: A Model City

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E705 – Heritage Advocacy

November 26, 2022November 25, 2022stcmuseum

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

November 22, 2022November 21, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast – The Fight for History with Dr. Tim Cook

November 19, 2022November 18, 2022stcmuseum

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

November 13, 2022November 4, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: William Hamilton Merritt Biography (Intermediate)

November 12, 2022November 11, 2022stcmuseum

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

A statue of General Brock is shown in front of Brock University Campus with text detailing the information of the lecture.
November 8, 2022November 8, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast – The General: A Symposium with the Brock University Historical Society.

October 25, 2022October 24, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast – Historic Welland Canals Mapping Project

clear glass museum during golden hour
October 12, 2022August 29, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E506 – Museums

A stately looking 3 storey home designed in Italianate and Second Empire details, standing distinguished with a slate-tiled mansard roof, a tower above an ornate entryway, and stone lintels topping the windows. On the front porch reads "Protestant Orphans Home". The home is surrounded by trees and greenery. A woman stands in front of the building.
October 9, 2022October 6, 2022stcmuseum

History from Here: Protestant Home of St. Catharines

October 8, 2022March 29, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Careers on Land and Sea (Intermediate)

September 30, 2022October 7, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E703- Cemeteries and Historic Interpretation

September 28, 2022August 12, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E504 – Extreme Weather

September 14, 2022August 12, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E504 – Elections

September 9, 2022September 8, 2022stcmuseum

Behind the Scenes with Museum Kids- Why we chose Soapbox Derby as our Summer Edition theme

August 31, 2022August 5, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E503 – Electric Vehicles

A group of people taking part in a séance. A woman, Jenny O'Hara Pincock, sits on the right, taking notes. She's wearing a dress and long pearl necklace. Her hair is short. Her image is slightly blurred. Next to her is a man with a moustache (William Carthueser) in a suit with his eyes closed. He is seated. A young girl wearing a dress is leaning against his leg. Her eyes are closed. A woman (sister Minnie Maines) wearing a dress is kneeling behind the girl, also with her eyes closed. A man (Fred Maines) with a suit and tie is standing being the group looking at the camera. They look to be in a living room.
August 27, 2022August 30, 2022stcmuseum

Tapping into Spiritualism in the 2022 Guided Spirit Walks

retro cellphone with buttons placed on table
August 17, 2022August 2, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E502 – Computers and Cell Phones

Royal Albert hall vintage drawing
August 3, 2022July 29, 2022stcmuseum

One Hour in the Past E501 – Summer Music Festivals

June 18, 2022March 29, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Knot Tying

Black and white image of a brick church building with a tall spire.
May 22, 2022May 19, 2022stcmuseum

History from Here: Silver Spire United Church

May 21, 2022March 29, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Flag Semaphore

May 19, 2022May 16, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast: Myths of the Underground Railroad

May 5, 2022May 3, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS vis Podcast – Visiting Abolitionists

April 29, 2022April 22, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Chat Live! E702 – Social Media, Museums & History-Telling

Coloured postcard of St. Catharines City Hall
April 24, 2022April 21, 2022stcmuseum

History from Here: St. Catharines City Hall

April 16, 2022March 29, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: Cargo on the Welland Canal (Intermediate)

April 10, 2022April 7, 2022stcmuseum

From the Shelves of Merritt’s Mercantile – Volume 2

April 7, 2022April 6, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast – Marking Time

March 26, 2022March 28, 2022stcmuseum

Museum Classroom: The Welland Canal and Lock Building (Secondary)

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022stcmuseum

History from Here: Glen Ridge School

March 10, 2022March 1, 2022stcmuseum

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

A 1939 photograph of Estelle Cuffe Hawley
March 8, 2022March 14, 2022stcmuseum

The Remarkable Estelle Cuffe Hawley

March 4, 2022March 1, 2022stcmuseum

Building an “Open” Community Cookbook

February 27, 2022February 26, 2022stcmuseum

BHM Series Part Four- Prioritizing Education

February 24, 2022February 23, 2022stcmuseum

VMLS via Podcast – Ontario’s Racially Segregated Schools

A green speech bubble with the words STC StoryLab inside. Below reads in the same green: "Collecting and Sharing the Oral History of St. Catharines.
February 21, 2022February 17, 2022stcmuseum

STC StoryLab Presents: Family Memories

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