Join us on October 19th for the second evening presentation of our Annual Fall Author's Series! Adam Bunch will present on his popular publication "The Toronto Book of the Dead" as he explores Toronto history through the lives lived and the deaths of those who made the ever-changing city their final resting place. With morbid...
Theme: Teaching and Interpreting Human Rights in Ontario’s History Dates: Oct. 20-21, 2023 Location: Toronto, Ontario (click here to see location details) Click here to view the Program for OWHN 2023 Conference Click here to view the Paper and Panel Descriptions for the Conference Click here to register for the conference About OWHN The Ontario...
Join Toronto's First Post Office & special guest, Richard Fiennes-Clinton, as we experience the museum after hours with a presentation on the traditions surrounding the Victorian culture of death and dying & the spread of spiritualism in Toronto with a look at the rising popularity of capturing ghosts on film! You'll also craft your own...
It is spooky season at the WCMA and you are invited! It’s at this time of the year where everyone loves hearing scary stories, but real history holds some of the scariest and unnerving stories. Join us as we take a trip through the real history of the House of Industry and Refuge and explore...
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—only this and nothing more...
