Oil Museum News

The Oil Museum of Canada hosting annual Black Gold Fest on July 13

Oil Springs, ON - The Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site is pleased to announce their annual Black Gold Fest event will take place on Saturday, July 13, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This family-friendly community event celebrates our local oil heritage with fun activities for all ages, including crafts, demonstrations, face-painting, and more. Historical blacksmithing demonstrations will run throughout the day at the Blacksmith Shop. A historical interpreter will play James Miller...

Heritage Sarnia-Lambton launches Passport Challenge for summer 2024

Wyoming, ON – Heritage Sarnia-Lambton, a network of eight local museums, invites visitors to celebrate 175 years of Lambton County history by participating in the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton Passport Challenge.

Throughout June, July, August, and September, residents can visit all participating Heritage Sarnia-Lambton museums, correctly answer a trivia question and collect a stamp/sticker at each site. Once completed, participants can turn in their completed booklet for a chance to win the grand prize...

Lambton Museums to host family-friendly PA Day events on June 7

Wyoming, ON - Lambton Heritage Museum and the Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, are excited to announce family-friendly special events on the upcoming PA Day, on Friday, June 7, 2024.

Lambton Heritage Museum will host the PA Day event “Movies at the Museum: Luca,” with an afternoon screening of the Disney Pixar film Luca at 1:00 p.m. Set on the Italian Riviera in 1959, this PG-rated animated film has a run-time of 95 minutes and features sea monsters, pasta, a triathlon, and more....

Oil Museum of Canada to hold WWI military history weekend

Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, is pleased to announce a special event weekend in partnership with the Canadian Great War Society. The Oil Museum Great War Weekend will take place at the Oil Museum on Saturday, May 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 26 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

This immersive event offers a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of local oil history and the First World War. Attendees will be able to watch engaging...

Heritage Sarnia-Lambton offers virtual Heritage Hour on historic diaries and letters

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...