Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum (WHAM)
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Potters of Brant & Norfolk
August 24, 2018 – January 11, 2019 This exhibit explores the rich heritage of pottery production in both Brant and Norfolk County throughout the 19th and early 20th century. Featuring both excavated and museum pieces, as well as rare and important examples from private collections. This exhibi...
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The New Cockshutt – 60th Anniversary of the 500 Series
June 16, 2018 – October 21, 2018 Exhibit Gala on Saturday, June 16 at 1:00 p.m. Launched 60 years ago as a dramatic, bold, “POWER-IFIC” masterpiece, the Cockshutt 500 series tractor line was styled by the world’s foremost industrial designer, Raymond Loewy and constructed by equally skilled an...
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Quilting for a Cause: Red Cross Quilts of the Great War
November 2, 2018 – February 15, 2019 Exhibit Gala on Friday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. Crafted between 1914 and 1918, entire communities joined together to create remarkable Red Cross signature quilts in support of their soldiers and the war effort. For the first time ever, this collection of s...
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Number Please!
Opening September 12th, 2018 As the third largest manufacturer of telephones in the nation, the Dominion Telephone Company was at the forefront of cutting edge technology that helped connect people and communities across Canada like never before. Number Please! A History of Waterford’s Dominio...
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Family Ties: A Collaborative Canada 150 Project
As a celebration of Norfolk County’s rich heritage, the municipal museums of Norfolk County will be embarking on an oral history project to capture 150 stories of Norfolk residents past and present. Each site will host a unique exhibit incorporating audio, visual and artifacts telling the stor...
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Stiff-Legged Bear Monster: Legends of Norfolk County
Runs until February 9, 2018 Celebrating the people, places and things that make Norfolk County unique within our nation! Explore the lore of Norfolk’s past through its earliest inhabitants to the purely extraordinary with sword slinging buccaneers, sorcerers, marsh beasts, bootlegging and much...
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WHAM Couture: Four Seasons of Fashion, 1867-1967
Explore never-before seen pieces from WHAM’s textile collection, showcasing 100 years of fashion including WHAM’s rarest examples of accessories, formal attire, wedding dresses and “bathing costumes”. This exhibit will rotate pieces with each season and run until December 16t...
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The Lake Erie & Northern: 100 years of the Electric Train in Waterford
WHAM’s relaunching its hands-on scale model train exhibit detailing the Alice Street lines and the Lake Erie & Northern Railway. As part of the centennial celebrations of the Black Bridge, constructed for the L.E. & N., special highlights include a history of the electric trains between Bran...
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The Third Degree: The History of Masons in Waterford
This exhibition details the strange but true history of Waterford’s Masonic Lodge No.113. Freemasonry is the oldest and largest fraternity dedicated to the “Brotherhood of Man”, with traditions being traced directly to stone masons of the Middle Ages. Featuring tales from the War of 1812 and starrin...
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Designing Waterford: Historic Residential Architecture
The homes within our community tell a rich story of Waterford’s past. These historic structures offer meaning and understanding to the local area and its inhabitants. This exhibition will help residents and visitors appreciate the craftsmanship behind the architecture of Waterford’s impr...
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The Christmas Truce
This was another SOLD OUT event for WHAM! Christmas Truce 1914 was adapted for the WHAM stage from “The Horror and the Light”, an original play based on historical fact by local playwright Monty Wiegand. Christmas Truce – 1914. This dinner and theatre experience transported the audience back i...
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Soil Coats
Making the coat was a community partnership. Twenty-two participants, each doing hours of crewel embroidery, completed one of the twenty plus coat sections. Brought together and exhibited for the first time, the Earth Steward’s Closet showcased community created textile coats inspired by the natural...
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Photo Life Project
The Province of Ontario through its Museum Technology Fund provided WHAM with funding to turn photographs from the museum’s collection into short films. WHAM was fortunate to collaborate with Waterford based, Rainey Media, on this project. The concept was a simple one: Three photos were chosen by WH...
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Moonlight & Mayhem IV
Friday, October 12th – Sunday, October 14th, 2018 7:00pm & 8:30pm $20....
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Gallery Talk: Alexander Graham Bell & the Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone Wednesday September 12,...