Between the Stacks: Huron County Digitization Embarks on a New Chapter

Between the Stacks: Huron County Digitization Embarks on a New Chapter

Kyle Pritchard is the Digitization Coordinator at the Huron County Museum. With the Digitized Newspaper Collection nearing completion, the project sets its sights on historical records in the archival collection at the Huron County Museum Archives with the assistance...
Herbie’s Automaton

Herbie’s Automaton

The Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol’s Museum Technician Assistant Dana Lumby shares how she created the museum’s donation box. Creating the museum’s donation box has been one of my favourite projects. I was tasked to make an interactive...
Collection Highlights: Miniatures

Collection Highlights: Miniatures

This week Summer student Shelby Hamp ends a six-week position as Artifact Photography Assistant at the Huron County Museum thanks to the Government of Ontario’s Summer Experience program. Shelby has been photographing museum artifacts in the Victorian Apartment...
The Gathering Place Part 3: Interviews with Museum Staff

The Gathering Place Part 3: Interviews with Museum Staff

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...
Old News is Good News: All About ‘Project Silas’

Old News is Good News: All About ‘Project Silas’

What discoveries await you in Huron’s newly digitized historical newspapers? Special Project Coordinator Jeremy Dechert introduces Project Silas! Stay tuned for more updates, search tips and highlights. The Huron County Library, in partnership with the Huron...