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Return of the Swans at Lambton Heritage Museum

Grand Bend, ON – The Tundra Swans have been spotted in the Thedford Bog behind Lambton Heritage Museum. Bring your binoculars and witness one of nature’s amazing spectacles in person!

Each spring the Tundra Swans make their annual stop in Lambton County as part of a 6,000 kilometer migration loop between Chesapeake Bay and the Canadian Arctic. In a good year, there may be as many as 15,000 individual birds resting on the bog, attracted by the melt water of spring and the remnants of the prior...

Oil Museum of Canada offers PA Day event celebrating winter sports

Oil Springs, ON – Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, invites the public to embrace the winter weather and participate in a fun PA Day event focusing on winter sports and activities.

This drop-in event filled with family-friendly activities takes place on February 3, 2023 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the Oil Museum. Visitors should come dressed for the weather, as they can borrow snowshoes provided by Lambton County Library to take a stomp around the snowy Museum grounds. Inside...

Lambton Heritage Museum Hosts PA Day Event: Game On!

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is hosting the PA Day Event Game On! on Friday, February 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Grab an opponent (or two) and drop in to the Lambton Heritage Museum for a day filled with family-friendly games. Visitors will be able to play classic games like chess, checkers, and Crokinole, as well as try their hand at larger than life versions of popular favourites like Jenga and Connect Four.

“We’re looking forward to our first PA Day Event of 2023 with some...

Oil Museum of Canada hosts first Virtual Talk of 2023

Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, will host their first Virtual Talk of 2023 “Last Chance Well” with Justin Williams, Executive Director of the Canadian Energy Museum on Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.

The Canadian Energy Museum is located on Leduc No.1, National Historic Site, near Leduc, Alberta. Discovered in February 1947, the Leduc No.1 oil well is credited with birthing the energy industry in Alberta, changing the province’s global identity and its place in Canadian...

Oil Museum of Canada receives provincial award of excellence

Oil Springs, ON – The Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site is pleased to announce that they were presented the Award of Excellence in Exhibitions, by the Ontario Museum Association (OMA).

The OMA presents awards in several categories, all of which celebrate museums across the province that demonstrate outstanding contributions to the Ontario museum community with an emphasis on innovation, advancing the museum profession in Ontario, and encouraging high standards of excellence in the museum...