Public Programming:
Exhibitions
Although not all exhibitions have a historical theme, a substantial portion are related to Canadian history, particularly Toronto’s history. Some past exhibits include, The St. Lawrence Ward: A Pictorial View of Toronto’s Oldest Neighbourhood, Dancing Through Time: Toronto’s Dance History from 1900-1980 and People and Places of Riverdale. A full list of current as well as past exhibits and their descriptions is available on their website. Exhibits change every 4-5 months.
Educational Programming
- Twelve different educational sessions can be arranged through the Market Gallery, which pertain to different disciplines in the Ontario curriculum, such as history. The subject of each session is listed online, as well as the appropriate grade level or audience for each particular session.
- General history presentations can be booked by seniors groups and community groups, with or without a Victorian Tea.
Online
A short description of the Market Gallery’s building can be found on their website, providing insight into its historical significance. The website also provides a history of the City of Toronto’s fine art collection and a searchable database of digitized images from it.
Conservation / Preservation:
Archives / Library
The Scarborough Historical Society’s archival collection includes city newspapers, local newspapers, heritage photographs, maps, microfilm, books, Scarborough Board of Education records, census information, local genealogies, and cemetery records.
Public Programming:
Public Lectures
Regular guest speakers that speak at various locations supported by the Scarborough Historical Society.
Conservation/Preservation:
Library
The ‘Heritage Resource Centre’ which is located at the main office, includes materials in relation to local history, historical geography, and historical publications. The resource centre also has access to Ancestry.ca and Toronto Star: Pages of the Past.
Public Programming:
Education
Researchers visiting the Heritage Resource Centre can be provided with assistance to aid them in their community research projects and genealogical research. Consultations with historians can be arranged through Heritage Mississauga to provide additional guidance.
Plaques
Heritage Mississauga has undertaken several interpretative plaque projects throughout the City of Mississauga. The plaques begin as comprehensive special research projects that document the history of specific parts of Mississauga’s heritage.
Education
A multitude of outreach programs and public presentations occur each year with various historical themes pertaining to Canadian and Mississauga’s history. Past presentations include, Remembering the AVRO Arrow, Journey to the Past: The Lost Villages of Mississauga, A Call to Arms: Historical Mississauga and the War. Heritage Mississauga also includes educational programs for schools focused on curriculum-based themes.
Tours
Heritage Mississauga offers seasonal guided bus tours around historic Mississauga. The bus tours include walking visits to specified locations. Special tours are also organized such as Haunted Mississauga.
Conservation / Preservation:
Library
Over 2,000 volumes including works on social history, genealogy, food history, local heritage and history.
Artefacts
- Montgomery’s Inn has undergone a number of major alterations and restorations over time and is one of the finest examples of late Regency or Loyalist architecture in Ontario.
- Reproductions of nineteenth century American and British furnishings, which are reflective of a middle-class Irish agricultural-based family. The building once served as a Presbyterian church, but these elements have been removed. Only a few original items from the Montgomery family remain.
- Archival materials documenting the history of Etobicoke, notably diaries and letters from local families.
- Islington Community Hall trustee book, local family photography collections, and the Tweedsmuir History for Richview.
Public Programming:
Exhibitions
Permanent and temporary exhibitions which include photographs, artefacts of local history and local artwork.
Educational programming
A range of programs and workshops for audiences of all ages. Programs include curriculum based education programs, heritage talks where a speaker presents stories of the Inn and local history, to art and culinary workshops, where participants can learn to work with images, draw maps, or cook baked goods.
Tours
The tour takes visitors throughout Montgomery’s nineteenth century rooms, showcasing architectural style and furniture.
Public Programming:
Monthly meetings of the society include lectures on subjects of interest to the history of Riverdale, and other types of presentations of related interest. The society meets on the last Tuesday of every month except during July, August and December.
