Remembering John McCrae (on loan from Guelph Museums) January 8 - April 9
Meet the man who wrote In Flanders Fields. Also on view are a number of original WWI sketches by H. W. Cooper and the story of how a Wallacetown native won a Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge.
Patterns from the Past: Hooked and Woven Textiles April 16 - September 3 Highlights include early hooked rugs from prominent local collections, a number of period overshot and Jacquard coverlets and a series of demonstrations of a variety of textile skills.
Changing Gears: Elgin County Industry in the 20th Century September 17 – December 23 This exhibition illustrates the region’s transition from a reliance on several US railways to the opening of a number of American branch plants producing auto parts and vehicles, crowned by the arrival of the Ford plant in Talbotville in 1967.
Image: Ford Talbotville, 1968
Courtesy, Elgin County Archives
