On Monday, June 26th, a historic punching & shearing machine was installed at the corner of Park St. W & Albert St., in front of the Dundas Museum & Archives. It was made in Dundas by John Bertram & Sons Co. in 1904.

The machine was sold to Goldie McCulloch Co., now Babcocks & Wilcox Canada in Cambridge. It was used until the 1980’s, when it was relocated to Southworks Mall. The owner of the property donated the machine to the Museum.

Goldie McCulloch C...

The fourth annual showing of Plein Air works by The Monday Painters Group opened in the Education Centre gallery on June 22. The show will be available until August 5.

All pieces in the show were painted on location and most are local scenes.The Monday Painters began about fifteen years ago when a group of eager students at the DVSA decided to meet and paint together outside of their classes. Over the years many other local artists heard about this gathering and asked to be included.Th...

Capture a glimpse of how early European explorers understood their new place in the world through the maps they left behind in Dr. Stephan Landis’ lecutre, Seeing Our Country through the Eyes of Map – Makers. The lecture will be on Thursday, June 8th from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Dundas Museum & Archives. Dr. Landis will be speaking about the fantastic maps in the current exhibit in our Education Centre, Telling Our Story Through Antique Maps: A Short Visual History. The ex...

Missed your chance to get a Made in Dundas 2017 pin or magnet? For a LIMITED TIME, each featured at the Made in Dundas Community Festival will be available in the DMA gift shop! Come down for a day at the Museum and pick up yours today.

History of Canada colouring books have arrived at the Dundas Museum  & Archives gift shop! Each book has over two hundred illustrations of Canada’s past. The books are available for only $20.00 each