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Lambton Heritage Museum exhibit highlights Italian immigrant experience
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 12:00 PM
Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is pleased to announce their second feature exhibit of 2024, Il Cammino: From Italy to Sarnia-Lambton is now open.
Il Cammino: From Italy to Sarnia-Lambton features the stories of Italian families that immigrated to Sarnia-Lambton over the past century. Themes include the Italian traditions these families brought to Canada, challenges and accomplishments of early immigrants, and ways that Italian heritage is alive in Canada today. The exhibit is based on a...
Heritage Sarnia-Lambton offers virtual Heritage Hour on historic diaries and letters
Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2024 01:00 PM
Wyoming, ON - The Heritage Sarnia-Lambton network will be hosting a new virtual Heritage Hour on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. This hour-long panel presentation, titled For Posterity’s Eyes Only: Historic Diaries, Letters, and Correspondence, will highlight examples of personal correspondence in the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton network’s collections, and examine what they reveal about life in Lambton County.
“Some documents in our collections, like diaries, journals, letters, and other forms of...
Lambton Heritage Museum offers yarn-themed PA Day event
Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 04:00 PM
Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is inviting the community to get cozy and creative at their PA Day event Spinning a Yarn Storytime on Friday, February 2, 2024. This event will take place at the Museum in collaboration with Lambton County Library.
Between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. families are invited to drop-in at the Museum for several yarn-themed activities. Lambton County Library staff will perform a special story time featuring yarn-centric stories. Storytimes will begin at 11:30 a.m.,...
Local artist featured in Lambton Heritage Museum’s first exhibit of 2024
Posted on Monday, January 15, 2024 10:30 AM
Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is pleased to announce S.H.E. is Healing, their first feature exhibition of 2024, will open Thursday, February 1.
S.H.E. is Healing features a series of 13 spirit portraits painted by local artist Suellen Evoy-Oozeer. Evoy-Oozeer’s work is inspired by a female perspective on the themes Spirit, Humanity, Earth (S.H.E.), and Healing. The exhibit is the culmination of a four-year community art project, in which Evoy-Oozeer opened dialogues of healing and...
Share your Lambton hockey related experiences with Lambton County Museums and Archives
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 09:32 AM
Wyoming, ON – Lambton County Archives and Lambton Heritage Museum are inviting members of the community to share their Lambton County hockey stories, photos, and objects between January 4 and February 29, 2024.
“Hockey has a strong history here in Lambton County, between our formal and recreational leagues and the natural environment that provides ample ice surface in the winter months,” said Nicole Aszalos, Archivist/Supervisor with Lambton County Archives. “There are fantastic stories out there...