Discover everything that there is to know about how our railway works. Explore the photos and videos of our equipment and volunteers in action. Learn more about our equipment and our history.
Visit the Gallery Shop for all your gift giving needs. We have great birthday, wedding, and anniversary gift ideas…
In the Gallery Shop you will find something to please every taste – from the fine production pieces to magnificent and unique sculptures made by 150 of Canada’s finest artists.
Visit Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery in Waterloo to learn more about the region's rich heritage. We also offer educational programs and workshops, as well as dealership and consulting services.
Please visit our website to learn more about current exhibitions.
FGS of South Afica The Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto is pleased to announce a new centre opening in Waterloo, named Buddha's Light Centre. The Centre will build a positive image and add a significant value in this community. It will allow a place for those to seek resources on Buddhism, for Chinese immigrants and to seek counseling and for those who are interested in improving their spiritual life. Buddha's Light Centre Waterloo
Unwrapping the Secrets of Ancient Egypt: HorusSeptember 2, 2014One of the oldest, commonly worshipped, and most powerful gods was often depicted as having the body of a man and the head of a falcon.Unwrapping the Secrets of Ancient Egypt: AnubisAugust 27, 2014One of the oldest and most commonly worshipped gods throughout Ancient Egypt had the body of a man and the head of a jackal.Hieroglyphics and Scalable Programming for CampersAugust 25, 2014Camps are tough to program. This is one of the deep truths in life, like the Sun rising in the East and vanilla being the superior flavour of ice cream. These things are just known, drifting among us all in the collective unconsciousness. But why?
The Norwich and District Historical Society is committed to the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of the artifactual and archival heritage of the Township of Norwich. The Society shall promote through displays and educational programs, the unique social, religious, agricultural and industrial history of the area.FundingThe Historical Society is a non-profit charitable organization. While we receive some funding from the Ontario government, in the form of a community-museum operating grant, and an additional grant from the Township of Norwich, we receive the majority of our funding from private donations, and fundraising activities. Money raised from these activities helps to support the educational programming, exhibition creation, historical research and artifact conservation that the Historical Society does on a daily basis. Interested in making a donation? Please contact us. The Norwich & District Historical Society operates both the Norwich & District Museum and the Norwich & District Archives
As we are no longer able to afford to house our photos and documents through Our Ontario (now Our Digital World), a list of titles of the photos is available. We can have a conversation about any photos you are interested in, but they are subject to copyright and privacy legislation and we do not hold copyright to all the photos in the collection.
The Oil Museum of Canada, a national historic site is located in the village of Oil Springs. It's the site of the 1st commercial oil well in North America. This district also developed the world's 1st gusher andnthe world's 1st oil exchange. There are many features to see at the Oil Museum, both indoors and outdoors. Black Gold is the website produce by the Oil Museum and is available through the County of Lambton website.