Great War Flying Museum

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Artefacts

Re-created World War One airfield flight hut, such as those in France or England. The flight hut operates as the museum and contains various artefacts relevant to World War One aviation such as,

discarded flight jackets, uniforms, flags
plane instruments and equipment
machine guns
model planes, diorama of a Zeppelin raid over England and also of a trench warfare featuring land-fighting vehicles
pilot mementos from wives and loved ones
prints, photographs, maps and posters
display of a typical Royal Flying Corp work hanger

Public Programming:

Online Programming

A database can be accessed on the museum’s main website containing digital pictures, historic photographs and descriptions of both World War One aircraft and ace pilots.

Canadian Automotive Museum

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Archives

Extensive collection of Canadian automotive reference materials including periodicals, books, advertisements, manuals, and sales literature.

Artefacts

Artefacts include:

Over 75 vehicles dating from 1903, including motorcycles, trucks and cars. The museum highlights Canadian manufacturers such as McLaughlin-Buick, Brooks, Redpath, Tudhope, McKay, Galt, Gray-Dort, Brockville, as well as foreign automakers including Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Alfa-Romeo, and Bentley.

HVACR Heritage Centre Canada

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Archives / Library

Paper records include HVAC related catologues and magazines.

Artefacts

Holdings include over 350 heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration parts from the 1920s to the 1960s. The website lists the archival and artifact holdings.

Public Programming:

Digital

Website also includes an on-line exhibition on the effects of refrigeration entitled Chilling Out.

Toronto Railway Historical Association

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Artefacts

This museum houses a collection of artefacts relating to nineteenth and twentieth century railway history, including a roundhouse, an 1896 railway station, an 1894 interlocking tower, a steam locomotive, cabooses, passenger and freight cars, a gatehouse, cranes, and railway machine shop equipment and machinery.

Archives

A nascent archive will ultimately offer an extensive library of railway-related material. The collection will be made available online. A special collection will be dedicated to the history of the United Aircraft TurboTrain, Canada’s fastest train, which operated between Toronto and Montreal from 1968 to 1982. Presently, the collection includes internal Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railway documents, drawings, artefacts, and other ephemera.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

Visitors can explore and interact with several displays, including, the restored Canadian Pacific Railway John Street Roundhouse, and several historic locomotives and passenger and freight cars, with signs and plaques documenting their origin and history.
A ride on a miniature railway through Roundhouse Park
The TRHA Facebook page is updated daily with information about museum events as well as photographs and information about Toronto railway history.
Occasional public lectures on railway history.

Textile Museum of Canada

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Artefacts

12,000 artefacts documenting 2,000 years of textile history from all over the world, including fabrics, ceremonial cloths, garments, carpets, and quilts.

Public Programming:

Exhibits

Themed exhibits based on the Museum’s permanent collection of historical garments, rugs, and other textiles, representing a variety of world cultures.
Travelling exhibits based on the permanent collection created in partnership with other cultural institutions.
Exhibits of the works of Canadian and international textile artists that illuminate contemporary life.

Online Resources

Three online exhibits of digital artwork, Canadian cultural diversity, and Mexican, Central and South American cultural history, as seen through cloth.
Online image gallery of the permanent collection, searchable by keyword, artefact type, geographical region, nationality, material, and technique.

Library

H.N. Pullar Library offers an extensive collection of publications (books, journals, DVDs, videos) and subject files dealing with non- industrial textiles from around the world.

education

This museum offers educational programming for students of all levels, including undergraduate students. Fibrespace is an interactive exhibit where school classes (as well as adults) can learn about textiles while working with fabrics. Social Fabric, an online exhibit, allowed students to generate content while engaging in research of textiles.

Canadian National Exhibition Archives

Conservation/Preservation:

Archives & Artefacts

Records and artefacts relating to the CNE Association, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, The Warriors’ Day Parade Council, the Canadian International Air Show and Exhibition Place grounds, in the form of textual records, photographs, film, audio recordings, and printed materials.

Private papers and artefacts that relate specifically to the history of Exhibition Place and previous events held on the grounds.

Public Programming:

Exhibits

Seasonal; open to the public during Canadian National Exhibit (mid-August to Labour Day) revolving around archival and artefactual holdings

Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation

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Artefacts

Conservation and preservation of a collection of four vintage models of Canadian transit buses.

Public Programming:

Events

Provides special events typically involving the chartering of vintage transit buses for enthusiasts and members.

Black Creek Pioneer Village

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Artefacts

Black Creek Pioneer Village’s collection of 50,000 artefacts represents the development of the Toronto region in the 19th century. Of special note are the Percy Band Toy Collection with over 2,000 pieces and the Catherine Thuro Collection of over 150 working kerosene lamps. Other items include domestic artefacts, books, fine art, furniture, machinery, textiles, and tools.

Architecture

Black Creek Pioneer Village features a collection of 40 heritage homes, trade shops, community, and farm buildings from across south central Ontario. Each of the Village’s original buildings has been restored and furnished to recapture its original ambiance and demonstrates how settlers used it. Examples consist of a print shop, grain barn, smoke house and a tinsmith shop.

Digital Archives

Digital archive of onsite museum’s holdings available: http://www.blackcreekartifacts.com/bcpv/srchitem.html.

Public Programming

Exhibitions

At Black Creek Pioneer Village visitors enjoy exhibits focusing on the people and stories of Toronto Region, including the award-winning Breaking the Silence: Stories of the British Home Children, 1869-1948.

Public Programs

Public programs are offered daily and range from tours of the recreated 19th century brewery to short performances by Black Creek’s History Actors, from hands-on Discovery Stations to Farmyard Friends where visitors can get up close with heritage breed animals.

SPecial events

A seasonal roster of special events include Pioneer Harvest Festival, which has been celebrated annually for over 50 years, Light Up the Night, Ghost Walks, and Christmas by Lamplight.

Educational Programming

Interactive curriculum-linked programs are provided for students ranging from pre-school to post-secondary.

Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada

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Archives

Online library of links to related digital archives, related literature, videos and related aerospace museums of Canada, historical information regarding aircraft built between 1945 and the mid-1960s in Canada.

Artefacts

Canadian aviation memorabilia pertinent to Canada’s aircraft industry from 1945 to the mid 1960’s.

York University Computer Museum

Conservation/Preservation:

Archives

The archives and special collections focus on specific companies,
computer pioneers and entrepreneurs,social, cultural, and technological issues and events (such as the computer hobby movement, computer clubs,computing networking, publishing, retail, education, computer hardware, software, and infrastructure).

Artefacts

Computer hardware such as, microcomputer systems, their peripherals, and components.
Computer software on various storage media (such as magnetic tapes and disks, floppy diskettes, paper tapes, punched cards, CDRoms, audio cassettes) and in human-readable form.
Documents, brochures, drawings, manuals, guides, catalogues, reports, corporate documents, research papers, books, articles, newsletters and other publications.
Promotional materials and photographs.
Oral histories.

Public Programming:

Education

Seminars are held on themes related to the development and introduction of computer and information technologies in Canada. The museum organizes exhibits, tours, and outreach programs.
Museum’s resources are accessible to researchers, students, educators, and the media.

Online

A virtual tour is available to provide a brief presentation of some
computer hardware designed and/or manufactured in Canada, as well as other computer related materials. Another virtual exhibit is offered which provides photographs of computer technologies at York University during the 1970s.