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Volume 10, Issue 1 For the week of January 4, 2016 through January 31, 2016

N I A G A R A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y & M U S E U M P R E S E N T S

Niagara

Ephemera Club

SHORT STORIES - ABOUT EPHEMERA COLLECTIING

January 19 at 7 pm Community Centre Board Room

Paul Catling will lead off the evening with a profile of a recent book collecting find. Then a few other members have agreed

to walk through items from their own collections. Found interesting material?

Bring it along for a Show and Tell!

FAMOUS & INFAMOUS An interactive biography discussion group about historical figures.

Sunday, January 17 at 2 pm Ian Adams presents John Lilburne (1614–57)

English political Leveller during and after the English Civil Wars

1642–50; coined the term "freeborn rights" (rights with which every human being is born, as opposed to rights bestowed by government or human law); attempted to get a written constitution for England.

@ the Niagara Historical Museum, 43 Castlereagh Street

For more information about Niagara-on-the-Lake, please visit

niagaraonthelake.com or contact the Niagara-on-the-Lake

Chamber of Commerce at 905.468.1950. You can also visit in the lower level of the

Court House on Queen Street.

Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Our Story chronicles the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake from its earliest inhabitants to the present day.

Life Under Canvas: Niagara Camp 1915-1919 commemorates the First World War training grounds in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

43 Castlereagh St. | 905.468.3912 www.niagarahistorical.museum

Open daily 1 pm to 5 pm

e x h i b i t i o n s

RiverBrink Art Museum

TREASURES OF THE WEIR COLLECTION

NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS

CARTOONS, CARICATURES, AND SATIRICAL PRINTS

ARTHUR LISMER: THE ARTIST AS TEACHER

SUZOR-COTÉ AT RIVERBRINK

AVANT LA LETTRE: CANADIAN LANDSCAPE BEFORE THE GROUP

116 Queenston St. | 905.262.4510 | riverbrink.org | Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm

Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre

Members’ & Students’ Show on display until January 28th, 2016. Instructors’ Exhibit on display until March 28th, 2016. The instructors at the Pumphouse are all professional artists who are actively creating artwork in their own studios and exhibiting across the Niagara Region and beyond. 247 Ricardo Street | 905-4685455 | www.niagarapumphouse.ca Open weekdays 12 - 4 pm

Other Historic Sites Open to the Public Fort George National Historic Site - Queen’s Parade Open 12 pm - 4 pm, weekends only

Fort Mississauga on the grounds of The NOTL Golf Club

St. Mark’s Anglican Church - 41 Byron Street

Produced by the Niagara Historical Society & Museum