Meet the Artist: Autumn Ducharme

Meet the Artist: Autumn Ducharme

The Huron County Museum Gift Shop is growing its selection of products made by area artists and makers and we are pleased to feature the work of Huron County artist Autumn Ducharme! Autumn was commissioned to create illustrations of some of our favourite features of...
Researching Canada’s ‘Last Public Hanging’

Researching Canada’s ‘Last Public Hanging’

The following blog posts were originally published by Carling Marshall-Luymes on her personal blog while she was an intern for the Huron County Museum & Huron Historic Gaol in 2007. You can see the exhibit on the history of capital punishment on permanent display...
Cow Appreciation: Andrew Dairy

Cow Appreciation: Andrew Dairy

July 9th is Cow Appreciation Day and summer student Chloe Oesch has been exploring the museum’s collection for stories about cows and delicious local dairy products from Huron County’s past! If you are interested in finding more cow-related artifacts, you...
Eight Historical Diaries Now Available Online

Eight Historical Diaries Now Available Online

Written by Jacob Smith, Digitization Coordinator for the Huron County Museum. Photo: Robert Watson diary, pages 8-9. Cliquez ici pour le Français The Museum’s digitization collection has grown to include scanned and uploaded eight historical diaries.  They were...
Huron County Museum Staff  Complete Henderson Digitization Project

Huron County Museum Staff Complete Henderson Digitization Project

Written by Jacob Smith, Digitization Coordinator for the Huron County Museum. The photo above is a portrait of World War II serviceman Leon Prosser. A992.1040c  Cliquez ici pour le Français 500 additional photographs of World War II servicemen have been catalogued,...