The Dundas Museum and Archives will be open for our regular hours, from 1-4 pm, on Saturday, July 1st. Spend a rainy afternoon viewing our new Feature Exhibition, “The Ragin’ Canawl”: the Desjardins Canal and the Port of Dundas!
We will be closed Sunday, July 2nd and Monday, July 3rd.
Learn all about the history of the Desjardin Canal, the waterway that opened Dundas to global commerce, in our upcoming Feature Exhibition, “The Ragin’ Canawl!”: An authentic history of the Desjardins Canal & the Port of Dundas. That fateful watercourse which carried with it both Tragedy and Prosperity to the Valley City.
The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, June 17th, from 1-4 pm. Members of our Friends of the Museum support program are invited to...
Thank you for a wonderful Made in Dundas! More than 850 people came out on Saturday afternoon to enjoy family fun at the Dundas Museum and Archives – another record-breaking year!
This event wouldn’t be possible without the support of our sponsors, partners, vendors and volunteers.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Hamilton Community Foundation, for their ongoing funding that makes this event possible.
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The Dundas Museum and Archives will be open for our regular hours on Saturday, May 20th, from 1-4pm. Please note that the Pirie House Education Centre will be closed for a private event.
We will be closed on Sunday, May 21st and Monday, May 22nd. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 23rd, for our regular hours (10am-4:30pm). Happy Victoria Day to those who celebrate, and a happy long weekend to all!
The Dundas Museum & Archives proudly presents Two Stacks: an honouring of Sophia Burthen (Pooley), a special art exhibition facilitated by artist/writer Andrew Hunter and in cooperation with the Slavery North Initiative at the University Massachusetts Amherst. Andrew Hunter spent years researching the life of Sophia Burthen (Pooley), a Black girl kidnapped from her family and enslaved in this area in the late 18th and early 19th century. His book It Was Dark There All The Time: Sophia Bu...
