Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy, founded by Guelph's own Admiral Kingsmill, one of the many activities found in the Children's Museum

About the Growing Up In Guelph Children’s Museum:
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 This exhibition space presents an exciting array for the senses throughout the 400 square foot gallery. From the puppet theatre near the entrance, located within the trunk of a tree where historic birds and animals can tell the story of Guelph’s founding, to historic toys to a special “birds nest” reading area, there is something for children of all ages! 

 Documented stories of Guelph children can be experienced through the re-creation of houses typical of periods of Guelph’s past. There are four Guelph children’s stories presented along with such objects as toys and clothing: Sacred Feathers (Mississauga Child’s Story), Ann Orton (Pioneer Child’s Story), Frederick Bond (Victorian Child’s Story) and Melba Jewell (Wartime Child’s Story). Melba, for example, wrote her own story of what it was like to be growing up in Guelph during the Second World War. The voices that tell that story belong to her nieces. Other stories were re-created from researched sources and can be viewed and read or listened to through telephones.

 The Discover Your World section presents animal, bird and insect life of Guelph backyards and the Speed River.  An aquarium contains water creatures that help interpret the Speed River. Hands-on activities include examining turtle and clam shells and examining fossils through magnifying glasses. Other activities in this section include dinosaur digging, fossil making and identification, looking at the lives of owls and butterflies, learning about bird songs and the means of identifying other inhabitants of our back yards.

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