May 10, 2023 – December 22, 2023
Launched in celebration of May is Museum Month, this Norfolk County Heritage & Culture Department exhibition highlights local historian and artist William Edgar Cantelon (b. 28/03/1866 – d. 04/03/1950). A sampling of the work produced over Cantelon’s prolific career, his reference photographs, and a few personal artifacts will be on exhibit at each of Norfolk County’s three museums – Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre, Port Dover Harbour Museum, and Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum – and at the Norfolk County Archives.
Run Friday, October 2 - Friday, January 31, 2024
This featured exhibit highlights Ontario's bottling history through nearly 150 years of glass and stoneware vessels - ginger beers, sodas and siphons. You'll be amazed at the variety and ingenuity of this bottling industry.
Runs October through February, 2024
Founded as the Brantford plow Works by James G. Cockshutt in 1877, the Cockshutt Plow Company was responsible for nearly a century of agricultural innovation with the launch of tractors, combines and farm implements. In partnership with Laurier University, Brantford and the Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre, this will be a featured exhibition in the Agricultural Gallery.
Runs July through September, 2023
Barns have become an important part of our agricultural heritage but with the ever changing needs of the farming industry, many have vanished. Explore the historic barns of Waterford and Townsend through Pat II of A Disappearing Landscape.
Runs Wednesday, October 18 to Saturday, January 6, 2024
A celebration in honour of the WTHS as we mark the last year of the society with over 50 years of preserving, documenting, collecting and showcasing Waterford and Townsend's History.