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Lambton Heritage Museum hosts PA Day Event about litter and the environment

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is hosting the PA Day Event Trash to Treasure, What Can I Do? with local environmentalist Lynn Tremainon Friday, June 9, 2023.

Drop-in at the Museum between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to participate in two creative activities and reflect on the effects of litter on the environment. The first activity invites children to make a collage using found materials collected off local beaches. The second activity includes designing a small poster with a personal pledge...

Oil Museum of Canada hosts refinery-themed PA Day event

Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, invites the public to explore the science and processes used in local refineries during their PA Day Event The Science Behind Refining and Oil with special guest Shell Canada.

On Friday, June 9, 2023, drop-in at the museum between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to learn about the science behind refining oil. Experts from Shell Canada will be on-site to discuss what refineries do, answer questions, and introduce the science involved in the...

Countdown to new permanent exhibit begins at Lambton Heritage Museum

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is approaching the completion of a $1.2 million renovation project in the Lambton Gallery. The project included a complete redesign of more than 7,800 square feet of existing exhibit space into a permanent exhibit area coupled with a multi-use flex space. The new exhibit will be available to the public beginning Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Museum staff are busy completing finishing touches including installing text panels and placing artifacts. The new exhibit...

Oil Museum of Canada hosts Virtual Talk with Craigleith Heritage Depot

Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, is hosting a Virtual Talk on Thursday, May 25 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Museum will be joined by Alessia Farris, Curator of the Craigleith Heritage Depot for the Virtual Talk, Stuck in a Rock: Oil Industry in Craigleith.

During the talk, Farris will present the geological formation that allowed for the creation of shale oil, before exploring the history of Ontario’s only successfully producing shale oil manufacturing plant,...

Heritage Sarnia-Lambton hosting virtual Heritage Hour on local shipwreck history

Oil Springs, ON - The Heritage Sarnia-Lambton network will be hosting a new virtual Heritage Hour on Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. This panel presentation, titled Rough Waters: Shipwrecks of Lambton’s Past, will focus on the dark and dangerous side of local nautical history.

“Lambton County is bordered by two important bodies of water; the St. Clair River and Lake Huron,” said Erin Dee-Richard, Curator/Supervisor, Oil Museum of Canada. “Our local industries are intrinsically tied to the shipping and...