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Digital Panel Presentation
Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2020 09:12 AM
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Grand Bend, ON - Have you wondered how the current pandemic compares to the influenza that gripped the world at the end of the First World War? A panel of local historians will address this question and more in a special digital presentation, Living Now & Looking Back: "Spanish Flu" in Sarnia-Lambton on Thursday, May 28.
"This is not the first time we have been gripped by a public health emergency," notes Dana Thorne, Curator/Supervisor at Lambton Heritage Museum. "Our...
Public Programs at Lambton County Library, Museums and Gallery Cancelled
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2020 07:13 PM
Friday, March 13, 2020
Wyoming, ON – The County of Lambton Cultural Services Division has cancelled all public programs scheduled at its cultural services facilities, effective March 14 through to Sunday, April 5 as a preventative action in response to the emerging COVID-19 situation.
The Bridgen and Grand Bend library locations will also be closed during this same period, as these branches are located within elementary school facilities that have been closed by the Lambton Kent District School Board....
“Return of the Swans” at Lambton Heritage Museum
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2020 07:06 PM
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Grand Bend, ON – The first tundra swans have been spotted on the Thedford Bog behind Lambton Heritage Museum, and numbers are expected to rise!
For many residents of Lambton County, the beginning of spring is associated with the annual stop made by the swans during their 6,000 kilometre migration journey through the area. Depending on the year, there may be as many as 15,000 individual birds resting on the bog behind the Museum. They are attracted to the bog by the melt water...
Innovator of the Year Award Finalist
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2020 06:59 PM
Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is an Innovator of the Year award finalist in the 2019 Innovation Awards from the Southwest Ontario Tourism Corporation (SWOTC). Award winners will be announced at the Ontario’s Southwest Tourism Conference being held in Chatham-Kent on March 4, 2020.
The Innovator of the Year award recognizes businesses, organizations and leaders who are building the tourism industry within Ontario’s Southwest with purpose and passion. Finalists in this category are using...
County of Lambton Closes Its Libraries, Museums and Gallery
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2020 07:17 PM
Monday, March 16, 2020
Wyoming, ON – As a precaution to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and support the efforts of Lambton Public Health to promote social distancing, the County of Lambton Cultural Services Division has decided to close all of its cultural services facilities, effective end of scheduled hours Monday, March 16 through to Sunday, April 5.
This closure impacts all 25 Lambton County Library locations (including the Sarnia Library Theatre), Lambton Heritage Museum, Oil Museum of Canada,...
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