Windsor Community Museum

Two new exhibits will be opening in May.

George Macdonald: Champion of History commemorates the life and legacy of the museum's founder. This exhibit opens on May 7, and on the 10th, 100 Years of the Polish in Windsor will open. Details about these two exhibits will be released in the next week.
For more information please contact the museum at 519-253-1812 or wmuseum@city.windsor.on.ca

By the River's Edge: A History of Windsor / Au bord de la rivière: une histoire de Windsor
Ongoing permanent exhibition

This exhibition touches on the history of Windsor and area, from the pre-contact era through the present, including Aboriginal history, the fur trade period, the French and British rule, War of 1812, the formation of the village (and subsequently town and city) of Windsor, the Great Fire of 1871, the building of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor automotive tunnel, automotive and labour history, prohibition period, Windsor at War, Windsor Firsts and more. Listen to French folksongs from this area, hear the diary account of the bombing of Fort Detroit in 1812, touch a variety of furs, and walk over a model of the Ambassador Bridge.

Education and group programs available.
For more information, please contact Madelyn Della Valle 253-1812

Impronte! lives on...Updates on the Italian Community Project

Pictured is the Meconi Homestead, Rome Garden Restaurant, 475 Windsor Ave. c. 1945-46. Clara Meconi Ryall and son Patrick, courtesy of Andrea Grimes. P10346

Impronte: Italian Imprints in Windsor, an exhibition on the Italian community in the Windsor area finished its run at Windsor's Community Museum in November; however it is now open at Canada South Science City at 930 Marion Avenue.

The exhibition will also be digitized thanks to a grant from the Government of Canada's Career Development Services Job Creation Partnership Project. Through this project we have a new staff person, Etleva Sofroni, to assist us.

Finally, the museum, in conjunction with St. Angela Merici Church, is looking to publish a book on the history of the Italians in the Windsor area. We are still looking for input (photographs, documents, stories) from members of the Italian community.

Of particular interest is information and photographs about businesses, clubs and organizations involved with the early history of the Italian community. Contact Madelyn Della Valle, Exhibition Curator, at 253-1812 or Caterina Lopez at 735-5906.

Print by Tony Mosna

50th Anniversary Print

As part of our 50th birthday celebrations the museum has asked Windsor artist and printmaker, Tony Mosna, to produce a print celebrating the 50th anniversary of the museum. Tony’s design will be printed on the Reliance Press, a circa 1893 cast iron printing press on display at the museum. This press, donated by the Windsor Star, was used to produce the Windsor Record (1860-1919), the forerunner of the Windsor Star.

Tony is producing an edition of fifty prints that will be part of a fundraising campaign. The funds raised will assist in the purchase of a new microfilm-microfiche reader and printer for the museum’s archives.

Details:
*Donations of $100.00 or more will receive a charitable tax receipt as well as a numbered and signed linoleum print.
The image is 30 cm x 23 cm.
*Cheques are to be made payable to Windsor Historic Sites Association.

Remember there will only be fifty prints produced…
For more information or to order a print contact the museum at 519-253-1812.
254 Pitt Street West, Windsor, ON N9A 5L5

Hands-on History Room for children age three and up
Permanent ongoing attraction

At last - history to touch! Activities include crafts, puzzles, music, dress-up, old fashioned games, be an archaeologist, and more. Come and discover history up close. Children must be supervised. School programs available.

Museum information
Admission is free.
Windsor's Community Museum
254 Pitt St West, Windsor, ON.

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. year round and Sunday from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. (May through September)
Contact Madelyn Della Valle at 253-1812 for more information.

Upper Gallery

My Town: A Marty Gervais Retrospective

Exhibition continues through January 26, 2008

East Gallery

By the River's Edge: A History of Windsor

Permanent

West Gallery

Rising Dragon: Chinese Canadians in Windsor.

Current

Hands on History Room

Borré Miniatures	Permanent
Curiosities	Current

Outdoor Exhibit Cases

Windsor Gardens