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Newest Museum Exhibit Focuses on Fostering Community and Cultural Connections in Port Colborne

Tenugui Towels: Japanese Design in Daily Life A Travelling Exhibition from The Japan Foundation, Toronto

As a community organization, the Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum strives to provide an inclusive and welcoming space for our growing community. With the recent building of the Asahi Kasei Battery Separator plant in Port Colborne, we have had an influx of Japanese families and workers join our community over the last two years.

Tenugui Towels: Japanese Design in Daily Life, opening at...

Heritage Week 2026: Making Heritage Accessible - Preparing Reports

The third week of February marks Heritage Week in Ontario, during which we celebrate heritage in all its forms and how it is conserved, promoted, and commemorated for generations to come. This week we have taken the opportunity to celebrate the theme of ‘Making Heritage Accessible’ by showcasing the efforts being made to make heritage resources available for all to learn from. One of the ways the Department of Museum and Culture makes heritage resources accessible is through the L.R. Wilson...

Archives Awareness Week Presents "Port Colborne High School Yearbooks: The Tattler"

The L.R. Wilson Heritage Research Archives staff is proud to present for Archives Awareness Week our new online exhibit, “Port Colborne High School Yearbooks: The Tattler.” When the high school was celebrating its centennial in 2023, we received a request to make its yearbooks accessible online.

To bring this project to fruition, over 70 yearbooks had to be scanned page by page at a high resolution, and then had to be uploaded to the Our Ontario website. The Port Colborne Historical and

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