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Lambton Heritage Museum offers yarn-themed PA Day event

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is inviting the community to get cozy and creative at their PA Day event Spinning a Yarn Storytime on Friday, February 2, 2024. This event will take place at the Museum in collaboration with Lambton County Library.

Between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. families are invited to drop-in at the Museum for several yarn-themed activities. Lambton County Library staff will perform a special story time featuring yarn-centric stories. Storytimes will begin at 11:30 a.m.,...

Oil Museum of Canada hosts free PA Day event about local wildlife

Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, invites the public to learn about and connect with local wildlife at their PA Day event: Meet Our Wild Neighbours featuring Heaven’s Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation and Education Centre.

On Friday, February 2, 2024, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. visitors can partake in several activities on a drop-in basis. Children can express their creativity through groundhog-themed crafts in honour of Groundhog Day. A unique display of winter...

Warden and Deputy Warden meet with Provincial Ministers at ROMA Conference

Wyoming, ON – Warden Kevin Marriott and Deputy Warden Brian White joined more than 1,600 participants from across the province at the 2024 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto on Monday and Tuesday this week.

During the conference, the Warden and Deputy Warden along with members of the County’s senior management team met with:

• The Honourable Doug Downey, Attorney General, to: (a) address shortages of Justice of the Peace in Ontario and (b) advocate for additional...

Learn the art of Solvent Free Oil Painting at JNAAG

Sarnia, ON – The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery is inviting adults of all art skill levels to participate in an upcoming Solvent Free Oil Painting workshop on Thursday, January 25 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Lead by area artist Emily Lardner, this workshop will explore alternatives to using solvents in oil painting, as well as the cleanup process. Whether a true beginner or having painted with oils for years, this workshop will set participants up for a safe practice, showing you how easy the switch to...

Lambton County Museums and Archives launch new Online Collections Database

Archivist Nicole Aszalos holds photos in collections storage at Lambton County Archives. Photo by Paul Morden / The Observer

Wyoming, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum, Oil Museum of Canada, and Lambton County Archives are thrilled to announce the launch of their new Online Collections Database.

Containing the digital records of more than 8,000 historical artifacts, photographs, and archival documents, the new database offers patrons the ability to search records from all three institutions at once. The...