This is the second instalment of a four-part series, Unsafe in any County, by Special Project Coordinator Jeremy Dechert. The series focuses on the dangers posed by historic automobiles or automobile components and is inspired by the Museum’s growing database of digitized historical newspapers from across Huron County. These newspapers can be accessed by visiting […]
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This is the first of a four part series on vehicle safety, inspired by articles found in digitized historical newspapers from across Huron County. Many of these newspapers can now be accessed by visiting our website. The story of vehicle safety is protracted and involves many actors. In this series on the history of vehicle […]
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May 18th is International Museum Day! Museums and historic sites across the world are opening their doors for free today. For those whom cannot visit the Huron Historic Gaol in person, Student Museum Assistant Jacob Smith delves into the building’s past to reveal how some of Huron’s youngest prisoners ended up behind bars. During its […]
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Guest blogger and local Wingham artist Becca Marshall finishes her series on the museum as ‘gathering place’ with a behind the scenes look at her exhibit on display now at Brock University. After a long year of photographing, developing, printing, and researching, we have finally made it to the finish line. As such, the end […]
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Over the course of the past several months that I’ve spent photographing artifacts at the museum, I’ve been lucky to get the perspectives of several different Huron County Museum staff members to see how they encounter objects and their narratives. Below are a selection of responses from interviews with Curator Elizabeth French-Gibson, Archivist Jenna Leifso, […]
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Unsafe in any County: Windshields
/in Artefacts, Jeremy Dechert, Research /by Sinead CoxThis is the second instalment of a four-part series, Unsafe in any County, by Special Project Coordinator Jeremy Dechert. The series focuses on the dangers posed by historic automobiles or automobile components and is inspired by the Museum’s growing database of digitized historical newspapers from across Huron County. These newspapers can be accessed by visiting […]
Unsafe in any County: The 1953 Buick Roadmaster
/in Jeremy Dechert, Research, Scanning /by Sinead CoxThis is the first of a four part series on vehicle safety, inspired by articles found in digitized historical newspapers from across Huron County. Many of these newspapers can now be accessed by visiting our website. The story of vehicle safety is protracted and involves many actors. In this series on the history of vehicle […]
Children in the Huron Jail
/in Authors, Huron Historic Gaol, Jacob Smith, Research /by Sinead CoxMay 18th is International Museum Day! Museums and historic sites across the world are opening their doors for free today. For those whom cannot visit the Huron Historic Gaol in person, Student Museum Assistant Jacob Smith delves into the building’s past to reveal how some of Huron’s youngest prisoners ended up behind bars. During its […]
The Gathering Place, Part 4: The Opening of the Presumably Absent Meeting Place
/in Artefacts, Becca Marshall, Becca Marshall, Collection highlights, Exhibits, Project progress, Uncategorized /by Sinead CoxGuest blogger and local Wingham artist Becca Marshall finishes her series on the museum as ‘gathering place’ with a behind the scenes look at her exhibit on display now at Brock University. After a long year of photographing, developing, printing, and researching, we have finally made it to the finish line. As such, the end […]
The Gathering Place Part 3: Interviews with Museum Staff
/in Artefacts, Authors, Becca Marshall, Collection highlights, Project progress, Research /by Sinead CoxOver the course of the past several months that I’ve spent photographing artifacts at the museum, I’ve been lucky to get the perspectives of several different Huron County Museum staff members to see how they encounter objects and their narratives. Below are a selection of responses from interviews with Curator Elizabeth French-Gibson, Archivist Jenna Leifso, […]