Guelph Museums

SAVE THE DATE!
Join us on Wednesday, September 9 for Piping Nights at McCrae Memorial Gardens at 6:30 p.m. On this final night of the season, the Guelph Pipe Band offers a full performance in uniform. They will play a variety of tunes that they perform at competitions. and the pipe major will share information about the music and the band. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs.
Learn more: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/piping-nights-at-mccrae-memorial-gardens-9/
The City of Guelph
Guelph Pipe Band
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada

REMINDER!
Join us on Friday, August 28 for Fourth Friday: Nora Joy at Guelph Civic Museum at 7 p.m.

The final Fourth Friday of the summer will be a breath of fresh air on a summer night as rising star Nora Joy brings her youthful energy and sweet melodies to the Civic Museum patio.

Admission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available.

Learn more: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-nora-joy/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC)

SAVE THE DATE!
Join us on Friday, September 4 for Cinema in the City featuring a showing of Cars, at Market Square in the heart of the City. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks to enjoy free family-friendly movies starting at dusk.

About Cars:
On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn’t everything in life.

Read more on our website: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/cinema-in-the-city-cars/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Downtown Guelph
Guelph Film Festival

This photograph of a group of soldiers was taken at a military camp at Wolseley Barracks in London, Ontario, circa 1940. Douglas Jewell is identified as the solider standing at the right edge of the back row. Douglas Steele is identified as the tall solider standing in the center of the back row.

The remaining figures are unidentified. Does anyone recognize the other men in this image?

Image ID: Guelph Museums, 1998.33.9
View the current record in our digital collection here: https://guelph.pastperfectonline.com/photo/D420F213-94C1-450A-A315-78349795548

SAVE THE DATE!
Join us on Friday, August 28 for Fourth Friday: Nora Joy at Guelph Civic Museum at 7 p.m.

The final Fourth Friday of the summer will be a breath of fresh air on a summer night as rising star Nora Joy brings her youthful energy and sweet melodies to the Civic Museum patio.

Admission by donation starts at 5 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m. Cash bar available.

Learn more: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/fourth-friday-nora-joy/
The City of Guelph
Gather In Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC)

We are excited to share that the public artwork called Garbasarus will be conserved on-site in Royal City Park starting on Monday, August 17 until Friday, August 21. The conservation will be done by the work’s original artist, Greg Elliott, and take place in the mornings on those days. The artwork will remain fenced throughout this period.

Garbasaurus, also referred to as ‘Garby” by Elliott, was last conserved in 2018. The sculpture is structurally sound, but condition assessments in 2024 and 2026 have found broken and missing parts, loose attachments, corrosion, dirt, adhesives and lichen, which have compromised stability and require treatment.

Read more about Garbasaurus in particular, the City of Guelph's Public Art Collection in general, and how our staff care for public artworks here: https://guelph.ca/2026/08/conservation-public-artwork-garbasaurus-in-royal-city-park/
The City of Guelph
Waterloo-Wellington Museums and Galleries
Guelph Arts Council

The Shrine Club has a long history of philanthropy and fundraising in Guelph. Here are six members of the Shrine Club in 1966. Do you recognize anyone?

Image ID: Guelph Museums, 2025.30.934, Unidentified Shrine Club Members. View the current record in our digital collection online here: https://guelph.pastperfectonline.com/photo/A6D3661B-6EF2-4C3A-87A9-471098977381

Join our grade 2 band TONIGHT at McCrae House for Piping Nights at McCrae Memorial Gardens at 7 p.m.

Listen in on the Guelph Pipe Band as they practice a variety of tunes in preparation for competition. The pipe major will share information about the music and the band. Bring a lawn chair, and settle in for stirring sounds on a summer night.

Learn more: https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/piping-nights-at-mccrae-memorial-gardens-8/