Join Zoé Delguste-Cincotta, Curator of Toronto's First Post Office, for a virtual tour of of the Post Office in 1834 It is difficult for our 21st century selves to contemplate a time when handwriting was the only means of sending a thought any distance. When Toronto incorporated as a City in 1834, it was already...

In Honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th Birthday Conducted by Royal Historian, Carolyn Harris Welcome to the Toronto Rail Museum’s 2021 Virtual Lecture Series— part of our “10th Anniversary Take Two” campaign. Join us on a journey to the past as we examine Royal Tours of Canada during the 19th century through today....

IN CONVERSATION WITH BUTTERFLY Join organizing members of Butterfly in a conversation that explores the past and present activism, advocacy and support work of the organization as presented and celebrated in the exhibition IN ADDITION: 5 YEARS+ OF GRASSROOTS POWER WITH BUTTERFLY. The second part of the event will be centred around collective participatory action...

A storytelling event to hear about the history of Care Work in Canada and listen to personal stories of migrant Care Workers. In 2019, Kwentong Bayan Collective and Caregiver Connections Education and Support Organization (CCESO) premiered their collaborative storytelling project, Re-imagining Stories of Care Work at Myseum Intersections. The event received an overwhelmingly positive response...

Presented by Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives Explore what agents of deterioration cause damage to photographs and what can be done at home to mitigate and preserve them for the future. Proper boxing and albums, controlling the climate, keeping pollutants at bay, handling techniques, digitization and framing are all important to the longevity...