by Amy Zoethout | Jul 13, 2021
Meet the faces of the Huron Historic Gaol and learn about life Behind the Bars between 1841 and 1911 in this virtual Q & A on Facebook live. Submit your questions beforehand through email or ask them live!
On Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., join the Gaol on the Huron County Museum’s Facebook page to hear from two different prisoners and find out what it was like “behind the bars” in the Huron Historic Gaol. You will meet:
- Mary W. (Inmate #4806) who was committed to jail in 1893 for vagrancy, meaning she had no home, and no one to look after her.
- Helen B. (Inmate #5180) who in 1900 was committed to jail for escaping from the London Insane Asylum. She will be sent back to London as soon as possible.ent,
by Amy Zoethout | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol invites you to join the Canada Historic Places Days Selfie Contest for your chance to win $1,000 for yourself as well as $1,000 for the Museum and Gaol. The contest runs July 3-31, 2021.
Go behind bars at the Huron Historic Gaol’s Selfie Station
Canada Historic Places Days are a national celebration of our country’s historic places hosted each year by the National Trust of Canada. While historic sites, including the Museum and Gaol, remain temporarily closed, you can still celebrate and support these sites by getting creative with your digital selfie. Simply visit historicplacesdays.ca/places, find the Museum or Gaol, and upload your selfie which will be placed on virtual backgrounds from each of the sites. You can also have fun recreating a historic photo from the Museum’s collection, or share a throwback from one of your pre-pandemic visits to our sites! Of course, you can also visit the Huron Historic Gaol to take a selfie at our new selfie station – it is found outside the Gloucester Terrace entrance and is open all the time! To find inspiration for your selfies from the Museum’s virtual collection and historic photos, visit https://www.huroncountymuseum.ca/virtual-services/ or visit Selfie Contest – Historic Places Days .
To enter the contest:
by Amy Zoethout | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog, Image highlights, Media Releases/Announcements
Livia Picado Swan, Huron County Archives assistant, is working on the Henderson Collection this summer.
Thanks to a grant from the Young Canada Works Heritage Programme, The Digitized Henderson Gallery is getting a new home! The original photographs, digitized by former staff member Emily Beliveau and funded by the Government of Ontario, will be moved to a website that can be continuously edited by museum staff, making it easier to update information about the photos as we learn more about them. We will also be adding upwards of 600 photos to the online gallery that have never been shared before!
A992.0003.281- Commandos at Sky Harbour, 1943
The gallery displays photographs taken by J. Gordon Henderson, a Goderich-based photographer who documented the classes and airmen at some of the Huron County’s Royal Air Force bases. The collection has more than just portraits, however. Throughout the summer, I will be sharing some interesting finds as I go through the 600 photographs that are yet to be digitized and posted to the gallery. Some of the training activities, weddings and celebrations at the bases have been documented, and give us a peek into the experiences of these airmen and their families.
To take a look at the website, visit https://kiosk.huroncounty.ca/exhibits/henderson-digitization-project/ . Keep in mind that the website is still in development and will continue to be updated throughout the summer. I can’t wait to share some interesting photos and stories with you all!
by Sinead Cox | Jun 26, 2021
You could win $1,000 for a selfie at the Huron Historic Gaol or Huron County Museum! The National Trust is hosting its annual selfie contest between July 3rd and July 31st for National Historic Places Day. Take a selfie on the grounds in front of the buildings, use our gaol selfie station, or upload your photo to a virtual background via the National Trust’s website!
To enter:
- Share your creative selfie on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
2. Use the hashtag #historicplacesdays
3. Tag the participating historic place (@HuronCountyMuseum on Facebook & Instagram, @HCMuseum on Twitter)
4. Tag and follow @nationaltrustca
Contest details: Selfie Contest – Historic Places Days
by Sinead Cox | Jun 26, 2021
You could win $1,000 for a selfie at the Huron Historic Gaol or Huron County Museum! The National Trust is hosting its annual selfie contest between July 3rd and July 31st for National Historic Places Day. Take a selfie on the grounds in front of the buildings, use our gaol selfie station, or upload your photo to a virtual background via the National Trust’s website!
To enter:
- Share your creative selfie on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
2. Use the hashtag #historicplacesdays
3. Tag the participating historic place (@HuronCountyMuseum on Facebook & Instagram, @HCMuseum on Twitter)
4. Tag and follow @nationaltrustca
Contest details: Selfie Contest – Historic Places Days
