For the first day of Black History Month, we would like to introduce our Button Doll!

This amazing doll was made by Emma Green Lewis of Hamilton between 1929 and 1932. It’s covered, top to bottom, in a beautiful array of buttons Emma collected from family and friends, carefully sewn onto a green gingham dress.

Emma Lewis was the daughter of Mary-Anne Green, who came to Canada in 1858 after escaping enslavement in South Carolina. Emma was born in Co...

Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. The son of tenant farmers, he had a diverse education but was unsuccessful as a farmer himself. He published his first book of poetry by 1786 and continued this pursuit until his death at age 37, in 1796.

He was a prolific writer, composing poems and...

The breath of spring in the midst of winter returns with WINTERBLOOMS, a celebration of art, artifacts and flowers. Three Dundas locations (The Dundas Museum & Archives, the Carnegie Gallery and the Dundas Valley School of Art) present a walking tour of exhibits featuring original artworks and precious artifacts, accompanied by floral arrangements that take their inspiration from their paired work of art.

The Dundas Museum and Archi...

The Dundas Museum and Archives will be closed for a handful of extra days over the next two weeks for our hardworking staff to have a short break and to spend time with family.

We will be open December 28th-30th if you’re looking for something to do over the break, with rotating exhibits on display in our Education Centre (The Monday Painters), our Community Curator Corner (Will Weisensee and the Dundas Model Airc...

Last Friday’s tree lighting ceremony has a long history here in Dundas. It was held for the first time in 1914, and contemporary accounts boast that the tree was the first of its kind in Canada. It has been held yearly since then, with the exception of 2020, due to safety concerns, and was held virtually for 2021. Curiosity begs whether attendees of the 1918 ceremony had similar concerns or whether the deadly flu left as suddenly as it had arrived.