MuSEEuM August 2013

August 2013Updated August 17th

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Julia Cadney, Collections Assistant atMuseum on the Boyne in Alliston,with an 1871 map of Simcoe County,by cartographer John Hogg ofCollingwood, published by J. T. Rolphof Toronto.

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Introduction to MuSEEuM 3Blast from the pastWasaga Under Siege; A war of 1812 experience 5The Remaking of historyDon Wall’s report on Wasaga Under Seige 6Museum on the BoyneAlliston’s hidden gem 8Gore Bay Museumfeatures Wismer photographic collection 11Barrie Art ClubPat Guinn is the featured artist this month 12Royal Ontario Museumcurator solves Martian mystery 14SUMACValuable resource for Simcoe County’s cultural community 15Coldwater Canadiana Heritage MuseumPicnics, teas and history 16The hidden life of antsSmithsonian exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature 24History of photographic glass plates 25Alphabetical list of Simcoe County area museums 26

NOW ON A LAPTOP, COMPUTER,TELEPHONE, or TABLET NEAR YOU! Museums offer much morethan a static, untouchable recordof history and pre-history.MuSEEuM intends to impart thisto the public, showing the varietyof benefits they can enjoy by be-coming engaged with thesegems of information and insight.No doubt, while the record keep-ing, archiving and preservationof actual artifacts is critical, it isthe often intangible provenanceof items which offer the highestvalue. Sometimes, it is the sheergood luck, the painstaking effortor perhaps totally unusualevents leading to the acquisitionof a museum piece that bears aninteresting story. “I want to convey these storiesand entice readers to get out andsee the pieces they’ve readabout” says publisher DonBeaulieu. “I also know that mu-seum curators and staff oftenconsider themselves to be em-ployed in their ‘dream job’; Usingtheir skills to work in an area theyare genuinely interested in andable to share their work with somany people”. Beaulieu and his family have

been members of the Royal On-tario Museum in Toronto fordecades. Beaulieu considers theROM his favourite place in hisfavourite city. “There is so muchgoing on there, new exhibits,changing exhibits, lectures,classes and outreach pro-grammes. It is a hive of intellec-tual activity, but never stuffy”.What to expect in the magazine Beaulieu envisions this mag-azine as a “living document, see-

ing no need to have an entirelynew publication each month.“Much of the subject matter willconcern timely material; shows,exhibits and such, so as thosepass, new articles will take theirplace”. Non-dated material,such as permanent museumdisplays may emulate a monthlyrotation. Advertising will bebooked by the month. The general plan is to featurea couple of museums each

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month. This will be done byhighlighting the curators, staffand volunteers, to bring that“people” factor to the forefront.We’ll find out what these insid-ers consider their favouritepieces and what inspires them attheir museum. Promoting upcoming andcurrent temporary exhibits willbe an important aspect ofMuSEEuM’s content; again,helping to make people awareof what’s going on and comingup next at their local museum;all-the-while conveying the ex-citement of the curators.Geographic coverage No doubt, initial focus will beon museums in Simcoe County,Ontario, Beaulieu’s home turf.The plan is to cover all of On-tario; after all, this is an on-linepublication, available beyondthe borders of Simcoe County. Eye-catching photographs,interesting and entertaining sto-ries will be key to the success ofMuSEEuM. Beaulieu’s experi-ence as a journalist, photogra-pher and graphic artist willensure an attractive, readablepublication. Anticipated regular columnsmay include a featured curatoror volunteer each month. The

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Lt. Miller Worsley of theBritish Royal Navy was in atight situation and he knew it.From his position at the mouthof the Nottawasaga River look-ing out onto Georgian Bay, hecould see the sails of three war-ships approaching. They werenot flying the British UnionJack, but the Stars and Stripes ofthe infant republic to the south.It was August 13th, 1814 and

Great Britain had been at warwith the United States for twoyears. From the narrow strip ofland on which Worsley lay, theNottawasaga River curved be-

hind him running almost par-allel to the lakeshore for aboutfour miles, a piece of water-front, which to future genera-tions would become a populartourist destination.But now it was war and

Worley’s main concern was theschooner Nancy which sat an-chored in the river behind him,her masts concealed by thetrees. She was his to command,along with 21 seamen of theRoyal Navy, 23 Indians and 9French Canadian Voyageurs.This was Nottawasaga Land-ing, an important British sup-

ply post. It was guarded byone crudely built blockhouseon the inland side of the riverand was the only means ofdefense which stood betweenthe Americans and theNancy, if she was to be dis-covered. The American shipsNiagara, Tigress and Scor-pion, under the command ofCaptain A. Sinclair had sailedto the mouth of the Not-tawasaga River and droppedanchor. They believed theNancy whom they wereseeking, was still on route

from Fort Michilimackinac.Perhaps the Nancy and her

crew would escape the Ameri-cans after all...Which brings us to...Wasaga under Siege “A War

of 1812 Experience” is an an-nual living history festival com-memorating a War of 1812battle between Americans,British and First Nations whichresulted in an American victorywith the sinking of the Britishschooner Nancy. This historicevent eventually led to themodern day creation of NancyIsland Historic Site located in

present day Wasaga Beach,Ontario.This three day heritage fes-

tival managed and operatedentirely by volunteers’ featuresauthentic War of 1812 tactics,historical battles, marine as-sault landings, artillery, andmuch more. A professionalpublic address announcer nar-rates each battle event as a se-ries of fictional and historicalbattle scenarios are presentedto the public. The Grand En-campment at Nancy IslandHistoric Site features over 300re-enactors opening their livinghistory encampments to thepublic along with 19th centurymerchants, artisans, demon-strators, entertainers, live pe-riod musical entertainmentand much more.Wasaga under Siege “A War

of 1812 Experience” allows thelocal community the opportu-nity to come together and com-memorate its rich local historyand in turn creates long-lastingsustainable community bondsthrough the promotion andpreservation of local history.

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Event founder and co-ordinator DaveBrunelle, of nearby Penetanguishene, isa high school history teacher who hasbecome so dedicated to promoting her-itage events across Ontario that he’staken a leave of absence from the class-room to take over a historical and mili-tary supply business and relocate it tohis home town.An avid history buff as a student, he

worked during summers at Sainte Marieamong the Hurons and Discovery Har-bour. Today, as business administratorfor the non-profit group Historic Mili-tary Establishment of Upper Canada,he’s involved in organizing heritage fes-tivals in Sault Ste. Marie, Barrie,Spencerville and Springwater’s Fort Wil-low among others.The teacher in Brunelle is never far

from the surface. His favourite part ofthe whole exercise, he says, is “bringingforward the history of the past with re-gards to the men and women whohelped develop the country.“When you show history in a pageant

sort of way, it is not just the battles.”Many of the 300 or so re-enactors, at

Wasaga Under Siege, camp out in tentsover the three-day weekend in a settingthat Brunelle says is as authentic as pos-sible. During the day, when the public isadmitted, there are skills presentations,candle-making, coopers making barrels,the sounds of live period musicians, amedicine show, an old-style surgeon, astoryteller who also serves as MC, duel-ing demonstrations and then, towardsthe end of each day, the battles, withsuch themes as Skirmish in the Woods,Defending the Nancy and Gunboats onthe River. Visitors are encouraged towalk throughout the encampment andask questions of the re-enactors. Typicalattendance in recent years has beenabout 20,000.This year, an added attraction will be

a visit from eight Tall Ships, gatheredfrom ports across North America.Brunelle’s involvement with Wasaga

Under Siege goes beyond administrativeduties. He will be camping onsite at theNancy Island Historic Site Open—ap-propriately in an officer’s tent—from theWednesday on and combining his exec-

The re-making of history;Wasaga Under Siege,A War of 1812 Experience

Dave Brunelle, businessadministrator for HistoricMilitary Establishment ofUpper Canada/RoyalNewfoundland Regiment andheritage festivals organizer.

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Captain Sinclair anchored hisships in the Bay and proceededto pound the Nancy and theblockhouse across the narrowneck of land which separatedthe river from the bay. The sit-uation was hopeless. LieutenantWorsley decided to destroy theNancy rather than allow her tofall into enemy hands.”Brunelle the educator knows

the numbers handily: “There

utive duties with educationaloutreach and military role-playing. Brunelle, in fact, owns15 period uniforms and has at-tended historical festivalsacross the continent with fel-low members of his re-enactinggroup over the past 20 years,though he prefers local festi-vals. (The largest event he hasattended was overseas, wherea Battle of Waterloo re-enact-ment drew a cast of 13,000.)What is the attitude, he was

asked, among his fellow re-en-actors as they run about in cos-tume yelling and shootingmuskets? Is this playacting se-rious for some but maybe aPythonesque lark for others “The hobby is kind of self-

regulating, so if you are notabiding by the rules, you getfiltered out,” says the marriedfather of four.“There is every degree (of

intensity). Every re-enactor isdifferent. You have the hard-

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core re-enactors who tend towant to do everything as au-thentic as possible, and mostre-enactors do, but there arealso, I will say, the common-sense re-enactors who can’t doeverything today as it was backthen, because it is just incom-patible to do it.“The general message that

comes across is that you aretrying to educate the public.And it depends on the pro-gramming. We have peoplewho always stay in first person,but then between the demon-strations, I think most re-enac-tors realize that they are therefor the public.”Unlike victories in Stoney

Creek and Queenston Heights,the siege of Wasaga ended badlyfor the British. American soldiersgathering wood discovered thehiding place of the Nancy,which was dramatically under-manned. Brunelle’s Wasagawebsite explains, “(American)

were just 45, Royal Navy,voyageurs and natives, and onthe American side they hadabout 300 Americans, so theywere out-numbered.”Wasaga Under Siege is pre-

sented August 16–18, with pro-gramming beginning at 10 a.m.each day. Visit www.wasagaundersiege1812.com for moreinformation.

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Your support of MuSEEuM by advertising dollars orsponsorship is needed. If you believe in the initiative ofMuSEEuM to help promote Ontario museums, please consider acontribution through igg.me.at/museeum. Only a few daysremain on that campaign.Contact publisher Don Beaulieu at [email protected] or 705-322-3323, or via snail mail. Address in on page 2. Thanks!

Alliston’s hidden gem;Museum on the Boyne

On the north side of the Boyne River, away from Alliston’s through-traffic,Museum on the Boyne resides quietly in a section of Riverdale Park.

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Museum on the BoyneIt is too easy to miss coming

across this museum just off thebeaten path for those passingthrough the settlement of Allis-ton. And, with a lack of sig-nage, most people do just that;pass right through town fol-lowing the directions for High-way 89 on its jog to the westend of town. But just north onKing Street North, and acrossthe river, is Fletcher Crescent,home of the very well man-aged museum.The main building is a won-

derful agriculture exhibition hallbuilt in 1914. An 1851 log cabinand an 1858 English barn havebeen moved to the property aswell. Situated in a park (a formerhorse track from fair days) thatincludes a playground, this is aperfect spot for family outing. Apool and splash pad are not toofar away either.Inside the museum is a

glimpse at life in the area fromyears long passed. The mainfloor displays most of the mu-seum’s artifacts in rich dio-ramic style. For example,there’s Sir Frederick Banting’slaboratory, the parlour and abar. Currently a dining room, aschool house setting and anewspaper office, are beingadded.

Changing up a few of thesemi-permanent displays nowand again keeps things interest-ing for repeat visitors (and staff)and allows new acquisitions tobe displayed as well as rotatingthe current inventory. This en-sures most items to be on dis-play at one time or another.One particularly interesting

item, currently in storage, is apainting by Sir Frederick Bant-ing (co-discoverer of insulin).Many people may not be aware

that Banting was a painter laterin life. The Museum on theBoyne’s piece is rarer thansome Banting works, as it is aportrait; he didn’t often paintpeople; most of his works arelandscapes. MuSEEuM will tryto have an image of it in ournext issue for you to see.In addition to the museum’s

own displays, each year a tem-porary exhibit from anothermuseum is featured. This yearis an exception in that two ex-

Museum and Heritage Co-ordinator KatieHuddleston and Collections Assistant JuliaCadney have some fun behind the originalbar from The Globe in Rosemont.

ibits will be shown.The first one has come and

gone. This exhibit, Once Upona Time, had a Medieval themeand was quite extensive. It in-cluded activities and pro-grammes for youngsters to beinvolved in. Participants madechain mail, coins, knight’s hel-mets, illuminations, catapults,brass rubbings and more. Thechildren were able to take theseobjects home to talk about,keep as a reference or just a as


a souvenir of a fun learning ex-perience. The Medieval exhibitcame from the Bruce CountyCultural Centre and was agreat boost for Museum on theBoyne. Ten grade four classeswere able to gain from it di-rectly, in addition to membersand regular guests.Currently, an exhibit from

the Peterborough Museum andArchives telling of Canadianprohibition and temperence ison display.Keeping all this happening

(and much more) and in order,is Museum and Heritage Co-or-dinator Katie Huddleston. Al-though at the helm, she is notalone during the summer. Shehas Amy Marshall as her assis-tant curator, Andria Cotton asmuseum programme co-ordi-nator, Abigail Doris as pro-gramme assistant and JuliaCadney as collections assistant.They are all very enthusiasticabout their jobs and are eager toshare their knowledge aboutthe artifacts and museum his-tory. These are not just jobs tothem; this museum team is gen-uinely interested in their work.Huddleston has been with

the museum since 2007. Herroute to Museum on the Boynecame about while she was an-

ticipating becoming a teacher.She happened upon a summerjob at another museum “and Ifell in love with it” she says.That stint was at HeritageHouse Museum in Smith’sFalls, Ontario. While she wasworking she gained her Certi-fication in Museum Studies,through the Ontario MuseumsAssociation. When a maternity leave posi-

tion came up at the Museum onthe Boyne, Huddleston waseager to take advantage of it andgain experience in a differentsetting. The position becomepermanent and Huddlestonhad no qualms about stayingon. As with all curators thiswriter has met, she believes shehas found her dream job.She is enthusiastic about an-

other potential exhibit fo-cussing on the architecture ofhomes in New Tecumseth. Themuseum has in its midst news-paper clippings and photo-graphs recording many of thearea’s older, threatened andvanished residences.Collections assistant, Julia

Cadney worked at the mu-seum two summers ago as thecurator’s assistant. She’s had adesire to work in museums andhas recently been involved in

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This is a detail of one of the artifacts in the Sir Fred-erick Banting display at Museum on the Boyne. Thiscontainer holds vials of suture material. While some

contents may not seem too odd (monolamentnylon), others may seem less likely to most of us,such as the silkworm gut and kangaroo tendon.

archaeology in Rome. Duringher undergraduate years, shebecame enthralled with Me-dieval history and will be start-ing her masters in that subjectthis year, at the University ofToronto. Cadney says her expe-rience at the museum has defi-nitely helped her education;having an interest in relatingartifacts to written history shehas been able to satisfy her cu-riosity while helping the mu-seum keep track of its artifacts.This is a museum where the

staff help to bring the displaysand artifiacts to life for you andtake care to preserve them for fu-ture generations. Changing dis-plays give you reason to return.

Museum on the Boyne

Hours:Summer (June–August)Mon.–Sun. 10:00am to 3:30pm(Except Holiday Mondays)

Winter (September – June)Mon.–Fri. 10:00am to 3:30pm

Admission:Adult $2.00Student $1.00Senior $1.00Museum members and childrenunder 4 are free

Museum on the Boyne continued

By David Goa, Program Coordinator, Gore Bay Museum.We learn much from visiting

colleagues and seeing how theyshape their museum, and–albeitmonetarily–how the museumshapes local society. In fine museumwork, the hand of hospitality drawsthe past into the present & deepens

the self-understanding of the localcommunity. The project under-taken by the Gore Bay Museumon Manitoulin Island has beenprovocative for the quality of itswork & for the way the museumserves as a centre of hospitality.The Wismer Photographic col-

lection, a late nineteenth- and earlytwentieth-century collection of glassplates, anchors the work of NicoleRouel Weppler & Ron Silvers atthe museum. Through the collec-tion, Nicole and Ron have been

Comment: Cultural Diversity and Museums PublicationsHistorical Photography at Gore Bay Museum

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Lots of talentat the Barrie Art Club

BARRIE ONTARIO—Experiencedand aspiring artists come to-gether at the Barrie Art Club.All members have the opportu-nity to have their works on dis-play, either at the club’s galleryor at a number of venuesaround town. Banks, other gal-leries and the city hall areamong the outlets at whichBAC members can share andoffer their art for sale.Currently at their gallery on

Dunlop Street West (just east ofthe Highway 400 overpass andinterchange) there are worksby a variety of members, usinga variety of media.Four exhibits are always on

display at the club. In the maingallery there is the membershow. Any member can bringin their works based on a dif-ferent theme each month. Dur-ing August the theme is“rainbow’s end”.Opposite the member exhi-

bition is a featured artist. Thismonth member Pat Guinn hasher art hanging in this space.An often overlooked array

of hinged panels hold perma-nent works belonging to theclub.Further into the club’s space

is an exhibit area affectionately


Pat Guinn of the Barrie Art Club is admired for her ability to capture lighting conditions and water effects.

She is seen here at the club by her painting ‘A Field in Spring’.


called Le Loo-vre. This wallspace happens to be acrossfrom the washrooms. Eachmonth another member pres-ents their work in this space.Currently, Le Loo-vre is occu-pied by a small group withinthe club, the Abstract Group.As one can imagine, with all

these exhibit spaces and varietyof artists, it makes for an inter-esting visit to the gallery!About the feature artistGuinn describes her work as

“representational”. She workswith thin glazes in acrylics.“Smooth blendings are aspleasing to me as textured ef-fects, created by brush strokes,modelling paste or found ob-jects” she explains. She alsoworks with graphite, chalk pas-tel and most recently oil stick.She likes that these drawingtools can be manipulated withher hands, brush or anythingelse she feels will achieve thedesired affect.It was quite by accident she

says, that she started to createpaintings which begin as anacrylic representation, but areenhanced with strategicallyplaced layered applications ofthe oil pigment stick.On inspiration Guinn ex-

plains; “My images reflect theemotional attachment I havewith the world around me—itsnuances, its courageouscolours, its various shapes.They’re all calling to me, say-ing ‘Capture my magic!’”.Not always able to capture

all that “magic” in one image,she will create diptychs andtriptychs; a set of images relat-ing to each other.Guinn says she’s has a lot of

fun “as I play and let God directand inspire me, until the finalresult appears on the canvas”.A number of other artists

will also have work on displayduring the next two months.There will be a number of ab-stracts in the club’s Le Loovregallery, plus a member’s showwith images relating to thetheme “Rainbow’s end”. Theclub has a library of permanentwork as well.

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The Barrie Art Club is lo-cated in the plaza at 304 Dun-lop Street West; enter at thelights at Hart Drive. Their web-site is www.barrieartclub.com.You are welcome to visit theclub from Tuesday to Friday be-tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m..Pat Guinn’s art can be also

seen at http://www.patrishsart.com .

Above we see some of the members of the Barrie Art Club’s abstract group. From left to right are:Rose Cook, Norma Jacobs, Amelia Barnes and Jo Appleby.


TORONTO, ONTARIO , JULY 24, 2013—In a major discovery releasedin the scientific journal Nature, Royal Ontario Museum curator Dr.Kim Tait and colleagues havesolved an age old riddle in ge-ologic history of Mars. Thestudy involved a Martian me-teorite, from the ROM’s col-lection, named NWA 5298. Itwas found that this space rockstarted as a 200 million-year-old lava flow on Mars. Thisconclusion has settled a longstanding debate about the ageof this type of Martian mete-orite and indicates that at leastsome of the Martian surface isyoung-by geologic standards.Full details can be found inthe paper titled, “Solving theMartian meteorite age conun-drum using micro-badde-leyite and launch-generatedzircon.”The team conducted geo-

chronogical testing on tinycrystals found in NWA 5298 byexamining the precise compo-sition of these crystals.“With the ROM’s capacity

and expertise in the field of Martian meteorites, research carried outon NWA 5298 was a timely opportunity for The Museum’s Miner-alogy department to further expand our expertise and to collaboratewith international colleagues. Through this study published in Na-

ture, we have unlocked an important key towards understandingthe application of geochronology and of the Red Planet itself,” said

Dr. Kim Tait, ROM Curator,Mineralogy.With the team’s research

findings, Tait and her col-leagues provide a muchclearer picture of the RedPlanet's evolution that cannow be compared to that ofthe Earth and other rockyplanets in our Solar Systemand beyond.The team, comprised of

scientists from the ROM,the University of WesternOntario, the University ofWyoming, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles,and the University of Ports-mouth, also discoveredcrystals that grew while themeteorite was launchedfrom Mars towards Earth.This discovery, allows themto narrow down the timingto less than 20 million yearsago while also identifyingpossible launch locations

on the flanks of the supervolcanoes at the Martian equator.Discovered in March of 2008 in Northwest Africa, and acquired

by the ROM in 2009, NWA 5298 is a part of the ROM’s meteoritecollection; one of the largest in the world.

Nature publishes paper authored by Royal Ontario Museum curatorROM research on meteorite by Dr. Kim Tait solves old Martian puzzle


SumacSimcoe County’s Cultural Network

Sumac, Simcoe County’sCultural Network is an eclecticcollective of Simcoe County’scultural places. Its current 15members of museums and gal-leries represent a broad rangeof product offerings and pricepoints.Collectively, the partner

members offer a broad-reachingarray of unique and distinctiveproducts including: exhibitsand buildings illustrating thehistory of Simcoe County fromprehistoric times to the present;displays of military equipmentand vehicles from all areas ofCanadian military history; ex-hibits that celebrate the heritageof the Ontario Provincial Police;collections of Canadian contem-porary, decorative and fine art;film screenings and live theatreeducational programming forK-12 based on provincial cur-riculum expectations.Booking a Cultural Places

Pass through your local libraryenables you to become a ‘Friendfor the Day’ at 10 Sumac loca-tions. This allows you access toall the benefits of being a mem-ber of that specific cultural in-

stitution the day you visit. There are many benefits to

being a friend of a museum orart gallery. Some sites give dis-counts in their gift shops, or onclasses and lecture series,maybe even day camp fees.Each location offers somethingas unique as the site itself.Make sure you discuss mem-bership at the front desk whileyou are handing over yourCultural Places Pass.As with most things in life

there are exceptions to thispass: Coldwater CanadianaHeritage Museum is not able toprovide a free pass but hasarranged a 2 for 1 discount forCultural Places Pass holders toenjoy their traditional DevonTea on Wednesday afternoonsthroughout July and August.Sainte Marie among the

Hurons and Discovery Har-bour, also not able to provide afree pass, will continue to hon-our the $2 off coupon availableat www.saintemarieamongthe-hurons.on.ca or www.discov-eryharbour.on.caSumac is supported by the

Trillium Foundation. The web-site www.sumac.info offers asignificant amount of informa-tion on cultural activities andoutlets in Simcoe County.

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A peaceful setting;

a place to relax, visit the past

and if your timing is right,

enjoy a cup of tea, biscuits and music.

ColdwaterCanadianaHeritageMuseum

A beautiful place to visit...

...and some would love to live here!

Story and photographs by Don Beaulieu


Perfect for a picnic. The his-tory is a bonus for the curious.One can marvel at the blossomsalong the river walkway andgardens, or become fascinatedby the artifacts. There are shadetrees and picnic tables on thegrounds, and a warm welcomeand hot tea inside if you desire.The Coldwater Canadiana

Museum has a lot to offer, withits log cabin homestead andseveral out-buildings. It is openMay through to October. Mu-seum volunteers invite you to“awaken your senses and expe-rience voices from the past”.The museum offers a glimpseof the area’s story of rural andvillage life from 1830 through

to 1950.The Woodrow Homestead, a

log house originally built in the1830′s holds the main collec-tion of artifacts and includesthe Maime Gray Tea Room.This room was the originalstructure for the Woodrowfamily on this site. In 1865, thefront portion was added, due

to the expanding family. It isthis addition which has be-come the iconic image of themuseum. What is now calledWoodrow Road was a stagecoach route back then. Cur-rently, the property consists of6.5 acres, and the farmland

The Woodrow family homestead

Above is a Woodrow family portraittaken outside their original cabin. Atleast one psychic has said this was ahappy household and ArchibaldWoodrow still sits, looking at the re-place, happy with what has become ofhis family home which he says he’ll neverleave. During the late 1900s, the househad been clad with siding, but nowsports its original log construction (left).



which was once a part of theproperty is now a golf course.A number of out-buildings

have been relocated to theproperty and contain a bevy ofrelics of commercial, familyand agricultural life.A Board of Directors and nu-

merous volunteers keep the mu-seum running, with one paidstaff member to look after open-ing the buildings, host the giftshop and do general cleaning.Everyone is looking forward to2015 and celebrating the 50thanniversary of the museum.Curator and Director Wayne

Scott is a walking historic ency-clopedia of the museum prop-erty, able to rhyme off datesand events like it was yester-day. He and his cohorts havegreat plans for the future of themuseum.They have tasked themselves

with planning an interpretivecentre for the property; a“proper” museum facility. Thecurrent museum, the Woodrowhomestead, would be returnedto its state circa 1870.Fewer than one thousand

people visit the museum in ayear, currently. With added fea-tures of a brand new building,that number could grow expo-

nentially and include a greaternumber of younger people.The new facility will offerproper archive storage, officespace, greater display space, atheatre and banquet facilities.The group is also working to

have the location designated asa heritage site, to offer protec-tion from development andhelp ensure it is here for futuregenerations to enjoy.

This pair of taxidermied Greater Yellowlegs in a hanging diorama, is this writer’s favourite piece at the Coldwater CanadianaHeritage Museum. Likely made during the Victorian era (June 1837 to January 1901) it shows the birds behind an oval glassbubble and includes the muddy pond bottom, largely the lower third of the scene.

Lynn, Bill, Wendy and Bonnie (left to right) were enjoying a picnic on the groundsbefore visiting the museum this summer. Shade and picnic tables abound.

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In the early 20th century, there were several non-electric vacuum cleanersinvented in England, France, and the United States. Most of these inven-tions required two people to operate them. One person would pump whilethe other vacuumed. Besides hand cranking, there were also foot-operated models available,There was even a Swiss vacuum cleaner invention that used a rocking chair

for pumping. The problem withmany of these vacuums wasthat they didn't capture the dirtand dust; they only redistrib-uted it by blowing it elswhere,through a hose.

This King Edward VacuumModel was manufactured inWoodstock Ontario and wasdesigned for in home use.This model was used in the1900’s.

The following are excerptsfrom the original instructionmanual for this device.… the more rapid the rock-ing of the lever, the greaterthe suction… the Carpet Cleaner wasnever intended or de-signed to draw upmatches, toothpicks etc.as most respectable peo-ple see to it that suchthings as these do not lit-ter up their best carpets.

If this machine fails tolift up a piece of lint from your carpet, don’t condemn

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Devon teais very popular at the Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum

Note cards on the elegantlyset tables at the Devon Tea onWednesday at the ColdwaterMuseum tell of the origins ofafternoon teas and Devon teas:“Formal afternoon tea is a

specific meal consisting ofcrustless sandwiches, scones,crumpets, cookies, tea cakes,lemon curd, chocolate, seasonalfruit, jams, marmalades, cream,butter and of course, tea.“Afternoon Tea, also referred

to as Low Tea, is usually servedin a parlor setting at 4 p.m.

“High Tea is usually servedafter 5 p.m. and is a hearty mealconsisting of cold cuts, meatpies and cheese, along withbaked goods, cream, jams andhearty black tea. The industrialrevolution spurred the adventof this tea, for the menu wasplanned to satiate hungry menreturning home from an ardu-ous day at work.“There is also the Cream Tea

which consists of a scone, but-

This group of museum supporters enjoy getting out for Devon Tea a couple of times a year. Pictured around thetable from left to right are: Jane Walker, David Walker, Tracey Devine, Bill Devine, Suzanne Clarke, Rachel Devine andGenevieve Devine. David’s great-great grandfather, Edmund Walker and his wife Sarah (nee Woodrow) portrait hangsover the mantle in the Maime Gray tea room, the original cabin built by the Woodrow family.

Musicians often perform during theDevon Tea at the museum. Abovewe see Jim Harris playing a hammerdulcimer. His repertoire of classicand popular melodies is a wonder-ful backdrop to tea and biscuits inthe historic building.

Sarah and EdmundWalker

Sarah was a daughter ofArchibald and CatherineWoodrow. She was bornand raised in the housenow serving as the mu-seum. Sarah and Ed-mund’s family consistedof four boys and ve girls.The Walker homesteadwas not far from theWoodrow homestead.

Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum

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C. L. Bell’s barber shop has been recreated at the Coldwater CanadianHeritage Museum. Coldwater is considered to be the second oldestcommunity in Ontario with Penetanguishene being the oldest.

The Coldwater Canadiana Her-itage Museum can be booked forevents and weddings. Excellent in-formation and base costs are avail-able on their website (www.coldwatermuseum.com), or telephone705-955-1930.

Origins of the Devon Cream TeaAfter piecing together frag-

ments of manuscripts, it hasbeen determined that the peo-ple to be thanked for creatingthe Devons’ favourite dish arethe monks of Tavistock’s Bene-ictine Abbey. The Abby was es-tablished in the 10th century,but was plundered and badlydamaged by a band of maraud-ing Vikings in 997AD.It took a lot of work to re-

store the Abbey and the taskwas undertaken by Ordulf,Earl of Devon. His father Or-dgar, Earl of Devon, had beenresponsible for establishing theAbbey in the first place.Ordulf was helped by local

workers and to reward them,the monks fed them withbread, clotted cream and straw-berry preserves. And thusly,the Devon cream tea was born.

Button exhibit

You are invited to the Museum forDevon Tea every Wednesday inJuly and August from 1 pm until 4pm when the main homestead build-ing is turned into a tea room. Noreservations required. Special pre-sentations have been scheduledevery Wednesday. Price is $8.00 perperson and $4.00 for children.Devon Teas are also available dur-ing opening hours Monday throughSunday, in the Maime Grey TeaRoom and Gift Shop.

A special display is prepared each year in the CCHM. This year thetheme is buttons. This exhibit was put together by Wayne Scott, cura-tor/director and board member Elaine Scott, director/event co-ordina-tor. It does not contain much label information, but certainly showssome interesting designs and materials. Toggles are also included.This writer suspected some of the red buttons may be made of

Bakelite, buttesting on acouple of themdid not pro-vide positiveresults. Scottsays the mu-seum has boxesand boxes ofbuttons. If youhave a particu-lar interest orknowledge ofbuttons, perhaps you can offer some help to the museum in identi-fying material, age or origins.

ter, Devon cream or whippedcream, jam, marmalade and tea.“A Champagne Tea is the ad-

dition of a glass of Champagneto the afternoon tea menu.“The tradition of Afternoon

Tea started in the early 1800swhen Anna, Seventh Duchessof Bedford, asked her servantsto bring her tea and cakes toward off that “sinking feeling”that always came upon her inthe late afternoon. Soon, it be-came all the rage for the upperechelons of British society toserve tea and baked goods,jams, cream, sandwiches andcakes in the afternoon.“Afternoon tea reached new

heights during the 1900s whentea dances were the big socialgatherings. Clubs and hotelswould host dances and serve teawith sweet and savoury delightswhile jazz and swing musicplayed in the background.“Currently, afternoon tea is

fast becoming a preferred set-ting for business meetingswhere relaxation and conversa-tion are the focus.”

on display for 2013

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“The current mandate of the Coldwater Canadiana Museum is thesame as the group of people who first saw the need and vision for the mu-seum back in 1965“ says Wayne Scott. “In order to preserve the history ofthis area, they had to do something” he says. “They realized this area hasa wealth of history. In order to preserve it for young people and the com-munity so they don’t loose sight of who we are and where we came fromand the contributions made.” He considers the museum a “place for dis-covery and a place of memories”.“I haven’t met anybody who hasn’t come in here and fallen in love

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OTTAWA, JULY 24, 2013—Ants are everywhere. Though smallin size, they form complex societies and dominate their ecosys-tems as much as humans do. Farmers, Warriors, Builders:The Hidden Life of Ants—an exhibition of 39 large-scale photos by award-winning photographer MarkW. Moffet—opened July 26, 2013 at the CanadianMuseum of Nature (CMN). This travelling exhi-bition is organized by the Smithsonian's Na-tional Museum of Natural History andcirculated by the Smithsonian InstitutionTraveling Exhibition Service (SITES).The CMN’s presentation of this ex-hibition is locally sponsored byOrkin Canada. “We’re excited to be the first

Canadian venue for this specialexhibition from the Smithsonian,”says Meg Beckel, President and CEO ofthe Canadian Museum of Nature. “Theseamazing images provide unique insights intoa part of the natural world that is mostly hiddenfrom view.”“Orkin Canada appreciates the marvels of nature,”

says Dan Dawson, National Marketing Manager, OrkinCanada. “We believe that every pest has a place, and our goalis to educate the public about their complex communities inhopes that we will all have a greater understanding and appre-ciation for these common creatures, and the role they play inour ecosystem.”Moffett, a true adventurer who has travelled the world pho-

tographing ants, has been called the “Indiana Jones of Entomol-ogy” by the National Geographic Society. His superb images,shot with a macro lens, show his tiny subjects hunting, commu-

nicating, dealing with disease and managing agriculture.“What fascinated me most in preparing this exhibit is that

modern humans can be much more like ants than we are likeour relatives, the chimpanzees,” said Moffett. “With our societiesof millions, only ants and humans deal with issues of publichealth and environmental safety, roadways and traffic control,assembly lines and teamwork, market economics and voting,slavery and mass warfare.”

As a special highlight, the show will include livecolonies of harvester ants and honey pot ants, whichwill be added to the Museum’s permanent Ani-malium exhibition following the closing ofAnts. Visitors will also see a three-dimen-sional aluminum cast of an ant nest andtouchable oversized ant models. Themodel of a leaf-cutter worker anthas been blown up to 50 timesits actual size to show how it

uses its body to work and sur-vive in the colony.Moffett has written several books

as well as more than 25 articles for Na-tional Geographic magazine, which has

featured nearly 500 of his images. He re-ceived a doctorate from acclaimed conserva-

tionist Edward O. Wilson at Harvard University,as well as numerous awards over the years.Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of

Ants complements the Museum’s summer program-ming theme on live animals, and is included in the general ad-mission fee. The Canadian Museum of Nature is located at 240McLeod Street in Ottawa. Follow the Museum on Twitter (@mu-seumofnature). Like us on Facebook.

Farmers, warriors, builders: The hidden life of antsAmazing photo exhibition from the Smithsonian about ants comes to Canadian Museum of Nature


exploring a number of issues Iwould like to raise for the consid-eration of colleagues workingwith photographic materials.Atmosphere of the photographRon Silvers has moved beyond

simply paying attention to thephotograph for the sake of itssubject. He’s worked to recoverthe techniques and materials usedby the historic photographer andto print the glass plates as theywere originally printed. The at-mosphere is central to both thesubject an to the knowledge thephotograph bears witness to, asa cultural document. Respect forthe original technique and ma-terials is essential to our under-standing of the photographer’sart and the sensibilities of theday. We need to be careful not toreduce the historic photographto simple information when itscapacity is so much greater.Presence as photographer’s artFor those of us in museums

who use photography as a meansof documentation, there is an-other lesson to be learned fromthe study of the Wismer collec-tion. There’s a kind of relaxedconfidence in the subjects thatshows the photographer’s rela-tionship to them. This, Silverssuggests, is the result of the pho-

...Continued from page 11 tographer’s presence and regardfor the subject–a kind of chasteintimacy free of voyeurism.Silvers, a photographer and

scholar, has brought to the studyof the Wismer collection the in-sight he gained from three sum-mers travelling through the coun-tryside of the Tibetan Plateauamong the people of Ladakh.His visual essay ‘A Pause on thePath’ is wonderful, where wordand image speak together to helpus understand gaze, atmosphereand the very particular relation-ship of the photographer to otherbeings.This is the project of the

Gore Bay Museum, which islocated in a former jail next tothe Island’s courthouse. As forNicole Weppler’s work at themuseum, her remarkablesense of hospitality has trans-formed the jail–with its mem-ories of pain and sorrow–intoa place of refuge, healingand beauty. A regard forquality, for the art of presenceand for the challenges faingall of us living in a world ofsaturated images has ani-mated the remarkable GoreBay Museum in its work ofopening up pathways toself-understanding and theenjoyment of the localworld.

Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a targetmedium in photography. A light-sensitive emulsion of silver saltswas applied to a glass plate. This form of photographic materiallargely faded from the consumer market in the early years of the20th century, as more convenient and less fragile films were intro-duced. However, photographic plates were still in use by somephotography businesses until the 1970s, and were in wide use bythe professional astronomical community as late as the 1990s. Suchplates respond to ~2% of light received. Glass plates were far su-perior to film for research-quality imaging because they were ex-tremely stable and less likely to bend or distort, especially inlarge-format frames for wide-field imaging.Early plates used the very inconvenient wet collodion process

which was replaced late in the 19th century by gelatin dry plates.

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Museums in Simcoe County Additional counties will be added to this feature.

Museum, Location & Contact Season and hours of operation Admission Brief description

Canadian Forces Base BordenMilitary MuseumCFB Borden (Angus, Ontario)

27 Ram Street

Telephone: 705-423-3531

Facsimile: 705-423-3623

Email: [email protected]

Website:

www.borden.forces.gc.ca

Open all year.

Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Closed the day following a long

weekend, Christmas week and Easter

weekend.

Free. Donations are

accepted.

Groups are welcome by

appointment; $2 per

person with a minimum

of 10 people in a group.

This museum is one of

Canada’s largest military

museums. It holds a significant

collection of WWI, WWII and

post-war armoured vehicles,

trucks and aircraft. The

museum complex consists of

several buildings and a

memorial park.

Coldwater Canadiana HeritageMuseum1474 Woodrow Road,

Coldwater, Ontario (west of

Highway 12)

Telephone: 705-955-1930

Website:

www.coldwatermuseum.com

May 24 to Thanksgiving weekend.

May, June, July and August to Labour

Day: Monday through Saturday 10

a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.

September to Thanksgiving:

Weekends by appointment.

By donation.

A Devon tea is offered

for $8 per person, $4 for

children, which includes

admission.

The main building is the locally

historic Woodrow homestead

built in the 1830s, along an old

stage coach route (Woodrow

Road). It houses Coldwater

artifacts from 1830 to 1950 with

several out-buildings. The 6.5

acre setting allows picnics and

there is a river trail.

Collingwood Museum

45 St. Paul Street, Collingwood,

Ontario.

Telephone: 705-445-4811

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.collingwood.ca/museum

May to October:

Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thanksgiving to May:

Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

By donation. A $2

minimum is suggested.

Any amount is welcome.

Memberships:

Adult $15.00

Children $10.00

Family $35.00

All plus HST

This museum is housed in the

city’s former railway station.

There are changing exhibits

throughout the year.

Collingwood’s heritage and its

ship-building history are

featured.




Discovery Harbour

93 Jury Drive,

Penetanguishene, Ontario

Telephone: 705-526-7838

Website:

www.discoveryharbour.on.ca

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

May 21 to June 29:

Tuesday to Saturday

June 30 to September 1:

7 days a week

September 5 to 8 & September 12 to 15.

Last admission at 4:30 p.m.

Adult $7.00

Seniors $6.25

Youth $5.25

5 and under are free.

Discovery Harbour tells the

story of the original 19th

century naval and military

outpost built to safeguard

Upper Canada after the War of

1812. On-site restaurant, gift

shop & King’s Wharf Theatre.

Huronia Museum andHuron/Ouendat Village549 Little Lake Park (off King

Street)

Telephone: 705-526-2844

Facsimile: 705-527-6622

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.huroniamuseum.com

May 1 to October 31:

Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

November 1 to April 30:

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Last admission 45 minutes prior to

closing time.

Adult (18-64) $10.00

Seniors (65+) $7.00

Children (5-17) $5.00

Huronia Museum features a

replica of a pre-contact

Huron/Ouendat village, including

lookout tower, wigwam and a full-

size longhouse. The museum also

has an exhibit gallery featuring tens

of thousands of historic artifacts

ranging from photographs, native

archaeology, geology, art by the

Group of Seven and others.

Leacock Museum, NationalHistoric Site50 Museum Drive, Orillia,

Ontario (off Highway 12, east

edge of the city)

Telephone: 705-329-1908

facsimile: 705-326-5578

Website:

www.leacockmuseum.com

June to September:

Daily 9 p.m. to 8 p.m.

November to May:

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Adult $5.00

Seniors $4.00

Students $3.00

Under 3 are priceless

Family rate $12.00

The 19 room white stucco

home was designed and built

by author, humourist and

economist Stephen Butler

Leacock. Here, he wrote most

of his works. Café open

Monday to Saturday 11:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m. and Sunday 10:30

a.m. to 2:30 p.m., June to Sept.





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Museum on the Boyne

250 Fletcher Crescent,

(Riverdale Park) Alliston,

Ontario.

Telephone: 705-435-0167

Facsimile: 705-434-3006

Email:

[email protected]

mseth.on.ca

Website:

www.newtecumseth.ca/visitors

/museum-on-the-boyne-2/

Open all year.

June to August:

Daily 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

September to May:

Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Adult $2.00

Students and Seniors $1

Group tours by

appointment.

Museum on the Boyne features

a 1915 agricultural fair

building, an 1851 log cabin and

an 1858 English barn. It houses

a collection of household,

agricultural, industrial and

archival artifacts depicting

South Simcoe from settlement

to current. Climate-controlled

main building, wheelchair

accessible, washrooms, picnic

area.

Nancy Island Historic Site

Wasaga Beach Provincial Park,

Mosley Street at Third Street.

Telephone: 705-429-2516

During operating season

telephone: 705-429-2728

Website:

www.wasagabeachpark.com

Open weekends and by special

appointment following Victoria Day,

open daily from June 18 to Labourth

Day, and weekends and by special

appointment from Labour Day to

Thanksgiving Monday.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ontario Parks daily

vehicle permit.

Group reservations are

accepted and required

for guided tours.

This site is a memorial to the

supply schooner Nancy,

attacked and destroyed in the

Nottawasaga River, August

1914. The charred hull rests on

view, in an enclosure. Water

travel pre-1812 is highlighted

in the museum.




Ontario Provincial Police

Museum

777 Memorial Avenue (OPP

General Headquarters), Orillia,

Ontario

Telephone: 705-329-6889

Facsimile: 705-329-6618

Email:

[email protected]

website:

www.opp.ca/museum

Open year-round, closed on statutory

holidays, Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m.

Free.

Self-guided. Please call

ahead for large groups

as gallery space is

limited.

The gallery features engaging

exhibits profiling more than

100 years of proud policing

tradition. There is a creative

and interactive kid space with

forensic activities. Children can

dress-up in uniforms and see

vintage vehicles.

Wheelchair accessible, free

parking, washrooms and

cafeteria.

Orillia Museum of Art andHistory30 Peter Street South, Orillia,

Ontario

Telephone: 705-326-2159

Email: [email protected]

Website:

www.orilliamuseum.org

Monday to Saturday

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Not noted on their

website.

The OMAH offers a changing

schedule of art exhibitions by

international, national and

regional artists. Other exhibits

bring Orillia’s history to life

with artifacts and archival

materials.

Penetanguishene CentennialMuseum and Archives13 Burke Street,

Penetanguishene, Ontario

Telephone: 705-549-2150

Website:

www.pencenmuseum.com

Open all year.

Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Noon to 4:30.

Closed Sundays during winter.

Adult $4.50

Senior $5.00

Students $3.50

Under 5 are free.

Groups up to 100 in

number, any age, can be

accommodated. 10 or

more receive $1.00 off

regular admission.

This museum is housed in the

C. Beck General Store and

Lumber Office, built circa 1875.

It preserves the history of the

area with Victoriana, farm

implements and the first car of

Simcoe County, a 1901

Oldsmobile.

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Sainte-Marie Among theHurons16164 Highway 12 East,

Midland, Ontario (east of town,

opposite Martyrs’ Shrine)

Telephone: 705-526-7838

Website:

www.saintmarieamongthehur

ons.on.ca

April 8 to May 17:

Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

May 18 to October 13:

Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

October 14 to November 22:

Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Spring and Fall:

Adult $10.00

Senior $8.75

Students $9.25

Youth $8.75

Summer:

Adult $12.00

Senior $10.00

Students $10.50

Youth $8.75

5 and under are free.

This was the 17 centuryth

headquarters for the French

Jesuit mission to the Huron. It

is a nationally significant

historic site with 25 re-

constructed buildings

including barracks, a church,

workshops, residences and

Aboriginal shelters that

illustrate the 17 centuryth

community in Upper Canada.

Bilingual. Restaurant. Picnic

area. Washrooms. Gift shop.

Simcoe County Museum

1151 Highway 26, west of

Highway 27 (north of Barrie)

Telephone: 705-728-3721

Facsimile: 705-728-9130

Website:

www.museum.simcoe.ca

Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Closed Good Friday, East Sunday,

Christmas day, Boxing day and New

Year’s day.

Adult $6.00

Senior & student $5.00

Child $4.00

Pre-schoolers are free.

Groups (minimum of 10)

please confirm with

museum. Tours

available with pre-

registration at special

group rates.

The human history of Simcoe

County is reflected from pre-

history to the 20 century. It isth

a climate-controlled complex

plus 16 outdoor heritage and

display buildings which

includes agricultural

machinery, pioneer church, log

cabin, train station and a 1900

schoolhouse, mastodon tusk,

hair wreaths, wedding gowns,

dioramas. Picnic tables.

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