Noteworthy: Musical Instruments

By Elizabeth French-Gibson, Assistant Curator Like many children, for me growing up included music lessons.  My piano teacher was a wonderful lady who could actually play the piano with her hands behind her back.  My mother arranged to buy a used piano which still...

Fashion History (Part 2)

By Mary-Katherine Whelan, Intern Mary-Katherine has been interning at the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol since May and is currently enrolled in the Museum Management and Curatorship program at Fleming College. A graduate from the Arts Management Program at...

Fashion History (Part 1)

By Mary-Katherine Whelan, Intern Mary-Katherine has been interning at the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol since May and is currently enrolled in the Museum Management and Curatorship program at Fleming College. A graduate from the Arts Management Program at...

#MuseumCats

By Emily Beliveau, Digital Project Assistant     It’s #MuseumCats day today, so we are joining our museum friends around the internet by posting cat-related items from the Huron County Museum’s collection. Special to the blog, we’re marking...

Soccer rivalry

By Emily Beliveau, Digital Projects Assistant For the next several weeks, soccer fans everywhere will be consumed with the geo-political sports drama of the World Cup. Going back to June 1911 in Huron County soccer history (19 years before the first World Cup), there...