New Huron Historic Gaol exhibit shares historical data about prisoners

New Huron Historic Gaol exhibit shares historical data about prisoners

Written by museum assistant Kevin den Dunnen, who is working on exhibit research projects this summer. Over 6,600 people came through the Huron County Gaol’s long and narrowing hallway between 1841 and 1922. For each entry into the Gaol, employees recorded information...
Forgotten Faces of Huron Remembered

Forgotten Faces of Huron Remembered

The Huron County Museum’s temporary exhibit Forgotten: People and Portraits of the County  features unidentified portraits captured by Huron County photographers. In addition to the onsite exhibit, photos are shared in an online exhibit and Facebook group in...
The Huron Wristers: A Story of Connections Part 1

The Huron Wristers: A Story of Connections Part 1

Guest blogger Sharlene Young-Bolen, of Stitch Revival Studio in Blyth, shares more about how a Huron County Museum artifact inspired her to create the Huron Wristers pattern and how her research into the origin of the pattern led her to connect to family of the...
Holiday Cards from the Huron County Museum Collection

Holiday Cards from the Huron County Museum Collection

Technology over the last several years has made it so easy to quickly connect with friends and loved ones that the tradition of sending Christmas cards has not been as popular as it once was. But in the midst of a global pandemic, when we can’t celebrate...