Events

Upcoming Public Meetings 2023

• Steve Thorning Book Launch - The Model Village and the Struggle for Success - A History of Elora, Ontario at the Elora Centre for the Arts. Pick up of your pre-ordered copy or

purchase for $65 plus GST at the Magic Pebble table on site for this evening. Monday May 8th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville Street, Elora. 

• "Indigenous History - Wellington County".  Speaker Phil Monture, Six Nations treaty researcher and educator. Sunday, May 14, 1:30 p.m., Aboyne Hall, WCMA

• Annual General Meeting and Launch of Wellington County Journal Vol. 36. Speaker Susan Dunlop, "If Those Walls Could Speak: the story of the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge 1877-1947". Monday, June 12, 7:00 p.m., Aboyne Hall, WCMA doors open 6:30 p.m.

• Walking tour, Town of Clifford, with Mark McKenzie. Sunday, September 24, 1:30 p.m., meeting location to be announced

• "Tarred and Feathered: rough justice in 19th century Ontario". Speaker Elysia DeLaurentis, author. Sunday, October 22, 1:30 p.m., Aboyne Hall, WCMA 

• "Enlistment in the First World War". Speaker Emily Oakes. Sunday, November 19, 1:30 p.m., Aboyne Hall, WCMA

Apart from the AGM our public meetings are usually held on Sunday afternoons at the Wellington County Museum & Archives (WCMA). Walking tours meet at the starting point of the walk. There is no charge to attend meetings and the public is always welcome at our events.