Huronia Museum is holding camp for the final P.A. Day of the year of Friday, June 6, 2014. It will be a day of games, crafts and outdoor play. The camp runs from 9:00am to 5:00pm. The cost for camp is $22 per child, per day.
For more information or to register a child, please call us at 705-526-2844 or download the PA Day Registration Form and return it to the museum with payment.
Space is limited for this camp so pre-registration is strongly recommended
A blog containing the first seventy-five items from the Anderson collectionhave been posted to a blog by Huronia Museum volunteer Bill Gibson. However the real herculean effort has been made by Peter Davis who transcribed several hundred handwritten documents. He is a bona fide expert in 19th century handwriting styles. Peter is a member of the museum board.
Thomas Gummersall Anderson, British Army, trader, Indian Agent, b. at Sorel, Province of Quebec, 12 Nov. 1779, sixth son of Captain Samuel Anderson, loyalist, and Deliverance Butts; d. at Port Hope, Ont., 10 Feb. 1875.
This blog contains selected items from the collection of the Huronia Museum in Midland, Ontario, Canada. The Huronia Museum wishes to gratefully acknowledge this donation from Pam Dunlop, a descendant of Thomas Anderson.
was hired by the Indian Department of the British Army in 1815 and for the next 50 years was responsible for Indian policy in Upper Canada. He established the first Indian reserve at Coldwater, Ontario in 1830.
Captain Anderson was a gifted writer, combining a clear eye with a gift for narrative, and his wor k may be appreciated on this level alone. But his life – all those 96 years – also provides much more of interest, encompassing the major themes of his times: the United Empire Loyalist experience, the early settlement of Upper Canada, mercantile life (in Kingston), the fur trade in the upper Mississippi region, the War of 1812, and 43 years in the service of the Indian Department of Upper Canada (later Canada West). And then, with his retirement in 1858, he added the experiences of a gentleman farmer to this extensive resumé.
The Huronia Museum is assembling a collection of his papers and ephemera related to this period. Among the letters is one describing the events of the 1837 Rebellion. There are many letters to and by members of his family, especially his wife Betsy – b. 17 Sept. 1796 d. 30 June 1858 (Cobourg).
MJ Weber is at the museum greeting guests as she works away at the museum most days from 9-5. Please stop by to visit with her.
Huronia Museum is delighted to have MJ Weber join us for an exhibition of her work from May 9th to June 19th in the museum’s auditorium.
The grand opening for this exhibit will be on Friday, May 9th, 2014 at 7:00 pm .
Muriel-Jane “M.J.” Weber was born and raised on a farm in Aldershot, now part of Burlington, Ontario.
A qualified elementary school teacher, she has taught in Puerto Rico, Miami, Burlington, Thunder Bay, Oshawa and Midland.
Her art education started at the age of 13 with Walter Hickling. Later she studied in Toronto and at the Buckhorn School of Fine Art .
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