Museum Events

Featured Exhibit

Poster for the travelling exhibit Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Black History Month in Canada, the Dryden & District Museum is hosting a travelling exhibit from the Archives of Ontario, Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada, which discusses a part of Canadian history not often discussed. This exhibit talks about the lives of enslaved Africans and the actions that were taken to resist their servitude.

The Museum will also be playing the National Film Board movies Journey to Justice from February 4^th to 14^th, and Speaker for the Dead from February 18^th to 29^th at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Upcoming Events

Keep It Hanging Around returning in September The Museum Advisory Board is happy to announce the fundraiser Keep It Hanging Around is returning in the fall!

The museum is currently accepting any of your unwanted wall art. This can include paintings, prints, photographs, etc. The items must be able to hang on a wall with no significant damage.

Items can be dropped off at the museum during our regular operating hours.

Past Events

2020

Poster for the after school program Legacy of War On Wednesday, January 15th the museum held an after school program: Legacy of War.
Activities include: making and cracking codes, building your own memorial, and creating your own propaganda poster.

2019

During the exhibit "Reflections" featuring artwork by The Dryden Artists' Association, two workshops were held at the museum: Fall into Art and Kids Can Paint!

Poster for an art workshop with Jill Wilkinson

Poster for an art workshop with Nancy Fumerton

Poster for PD Day Event: Let's Have Loads of Fun During the exhibit "Making a Home: Early Women of Dryden", the museum held a PD Day event Let's Have LOADS of Fun with a variety of demonstrations of what was traditonal chores women had to do.

Do you have a collection of paper-based family heirlooms you want preserve?

The Museum held the workshop Museum Secrets: Care and Storage of Family History to teach attendee about the best preservation and storage methods to keep their family history and memories alive.

Pop-Up Community Collections Event!

We aren’t the only ones who collect interesting objects. So do you!

Take part in the Museum’s first Pop-Up Community Collections Event, on Saturday, March 9th, where you share objects you collect.

We will set-up spaces in the Museum’s gallery, so you can share some of your history with visitors.

We invite you to bring a sample of your favourite collection whether they’re items that are nostalgic, intriguing or simply funny. Tell us why these items are important to you and how you’ve collected them.

Call 223.4671 for more information and to reserve a spot!

Whimsical Winter Crafts during Winterfest!

Visit the Dryden & District Museum on Saturday, February 16th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm for our Winterfest Event: Whimsical Winter Crafts!
Stop by the Museum to make snowflake wands, ice crystal paintings, explore our arctic sensory bin, and more!

On Saturday, January 26th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm the Museum hosted a spinning wheel and drop spindle demonstration with Michelle from Egli's Sheep Farm.

Poster for spinning wheel demonstration on January, 26th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

2018

Hot Cocoa and Cookies to celebrate the Museum's renovation!

You're invited to a hot cocoa and cookies reception at the Dryden & District Museum on Saturday, December 15th, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for Fibre Content 2018 and our recent renovations in the Leah Gardner Gallery.

Poster for the 30th anniversary event This year, the Dryden & District Museum is proudly celebrating their 30th Anniversary being housed in the historic Hambleton House, located at 15 Van Horne Avenue. To celebrate this occasion, the museum will be hosting an anniversary event on Saturday, June 30th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

There will be pioneer themed games such as pillow sack races, bean bag toss, giant board games and a Museum Scavenger Hunt at the event! Refreshments will be provided and the The Black Oven Food Truck and the Dryden Lions Hot Dog cart will be at the museum.

Keep It Hanging Around

The museum is currently accepting donations for the third Keep It Hanging Around. The fundraising event will run from Monday, April 23rd to Saturday, April 28th, 2018.

Bidding will close at noon of Saturday, April 28th, 2018.

The daily highest bids for the Museum's "Keep It Hanging Around" will be updated every morning the day after bidding, online and on Facebook. Before bidding, please review the fundraiser's How to Bid Form.

Post for the event Keep it Hanging Around from April 23rd to April 28th

Scouts Canada: Live on Location

Scouts from the Kenkee & Manitoba Council will be hosting this FREE event on Saturday, February 17th at the Museum for Winter Festival! You can also see the exhibit “Be Prepared: Scouts & Guides”, on display until Thursday, February 22nd.

Drop in from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm to ask questions about Scouts Canada’s brand-new youth led program, titled “Canadian Path”, enjoy a complimentary cup of hot chocolate and complete a take home craft. There will be activities ranging from winter camping safety, crafts, bannock making, and learning about how you can bring a Scouting troop to Dryden. Please dress weather appropriate, due to the activities taking place outdoors.

Schedule of Activities:

1:00 pm outdoor campsite - Enjoy winter workshop - learn how to dress for the weather and enjoy year round camping

1:30 pm parent information session (indoors) - learn about our programs and how to bring scouting to your community

2:00 pm outdoor campsite - hot chocolate, campfire & bannock making

3:00 pm parent information session (indoors)

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm craft station - make your own zipper pull