Heritage Museum News

Lambton County’s Museums, Gallery and Archives Reopening Soon

Wyoming, ON – With the recent easing of restrictions as Sarnia-Lambton advances to Step 3 in Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopen, Lambton Heritage Museum, Lambton County Archives, and the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery will be reopening to the public on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

The reopening follows public health guidance and sector-specific guidelines developed by the province. Although these spaces and interactions will look different to enable physical distancing, every effort has been made to...

Heritage Museum Launches Name The Bear Contest

Grand Bend, ON – With the recent sightings of a large black bear, or mukwa, in Lambton County, Lambton Heritage Museum has launched a “Name The Bear” contest on social media, which has generated some very symbolic name suggestions thus far.

"The black bear came to our area at an emotionally difficult time as people across Canada struggle with the discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential school sites,” said Dana Thorne, Curator/Supervisor at Lambton Heritage Museum. “Some of the contest...

Lambton Heritage Museums hosts Virtual Talk: Invasive Species in Your Backyard

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is hosting a virtual talk, Invasive Species in Your Backyard, in partnership with Pinery Provincial Park on Thursday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Senior Park Interpreter, Nicole Benn, will explore the many invasive species that have infiltrated our local landscape. She will identify these invaders and discuss their effects on the natural environments of Ontario.

“We’re excited to partner with Pinery Provincial Park to explore this topic,” said Colleen Inglis, Education...

Paint Ontario Art Show and Sale Postponed

Grand Bend, ON – Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic public health restrictions and the ongoing closure of Lambton Heritage Museum, the Paint Ontario Art Show & Sale is being postponed until September 3 - 26, 2021. The 25th anniversary show will be a live, in-person show - not a virtual show - operating with similar COVID protocols to the successful show that took place in September 2020.

Paint Ontario is the largest show and sale of representational art in Ontario, typically featuring over...

Northern Collegiate Students Present Proposed Interactive Displays to Oil Museum of Canada

Oil Springs, ON – Grade 12 Design and Technology students from Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School have concluded their recent quadmester by completing scaled designs of interactive displays for the Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site.

Over a three week period, the students worked to plan and prepare scale models of the interactive displays. The process consisted of developing preliminary design sketches and concepts, working drawings and a small scale model of their proposed...