2012 Events:
January & February
Museum & Ont. Arch. Society Speaker Night SeriesThursday, January 12th at 8:00 pm
Guest Speaker Dr. Zoe Morris, from the University of Western Ontario will discuss her research on Isotopic patterns from faunal remains at Late Woodland Sites in Southern Ontario.
Thursday, February 9th at 8:00 pm
Guest Speaker Ron Williamson will discuss his research on "The Mantle Site: Urban Planning, Coalescence and Integration in Sixteenth Century Ontario"
Free Admission
The Inuit: their lives, their land, their art
Opening Reception and Presentation
Thursday February 16, 2012 6:00 pm. Click here for more information about this exhibit running from February 16 - April 30,2012.
Snowsnake
& Winter Festival
Saturday February 18 & Sunday February 19, 2012 10AM – 4PM
Come and experience this unique and
traditional First Nation's winter sport while enjoying outdoor fun!
Throw a
specially prepared "snowsnake" down a snow track in this challenging
and competitive First Nation's sport played for over 500 years. Enjoy
snowshoeing in the village, dog sled rides, experience life in a
longhouse 500
years ago, Three Sisters Soup café, children's games, crafts &
inukshuk
making, and much more. Click
here for details.
March & April
Museum & Ont. Arch. Society Speaker Night SeriesThursday, March 8th at 8:00 pm
Guest Speaker Dr. John Triggs from Wilfred Laurier University will discuss "Conversations at Sainte-Marie I: Masonry Fireplaces Provide New Insight into the Structural Development of the Huron Mission Headquarters"
Thursday, April 12th at 8:00 pm
Annual London Chapter/Museum of Ontario Archaeology/SAF speak series night with various presentations TBA
Free AdmissionMarch Break Day Camp
March 12 - 16, 2012 8:30am - 4:30pm daily
The program is designed for children aged 5 through 9. Click here for more details or to sign up.
May & June
July & August
Summer Day Camps
The Museum offers a variety of day camps held on site through the months of July and August.
Wilfrid Jury Archaeology
Day:
Walk in the footsteps of well known archaeologist Wilfrid Jury!
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Be an archaeologist for the day digging alongside archaeologists on a 500 year old prehistoric site. Join an excavation team headed by an archaeologist! Spend a day with our Archaeologist, Dr. Robert Pierce, or one of our guest Archaeologists digging on the Lawson Site. The day starts with a short training session, then out digging on the site, and wrap up your day washing and cataloguing your artifacts!Pre-registration required for digging, $50 per person.
Ongoing
activities throughout the day for all ages - visit the reconstructed
village site, tour the museum, children can participate in a dig site,
or other fun activities, or bring your own artifacts for identification.
No registration required, regular admission rates.
September & October
Annual
Native Harvest Festival & Pow Wow
September
14, 15 & 16, 2012
Celebrate a weekend of First Nations Culture - Music, Art, Pow Wow Dances and Drums. Friday evening has an outdoor concert featuring First Nations artists to kick off the weekend. Saturday and Sunday experience aboriginal dancing, First Nations Craft and food vendors, cultural workshops, children`s activities, demonstrations and more. Check out our new dedicated powwow website!
September 29 & 30, 2012
The Museum will be one of the many venues that will open its doors to visitors during this weekend. Tour the Museum's gallery and special exhibits, visit the outdoor archaeological village site and participate with archaeologists escavating. Free Admission.
