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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE OF THE WATERLOO REGION RECORD - NOVEMBER 2011 • WATERLOO REGION MUSEUM 3 Investing in Our Future with Our Past with Ken Seiling,Regional Chair

he Waterloo Region Museum represents functional community and teaching space. “It's a not just the history of one of Canada's most building to which anybody can relate,” says industrious and ambitious communities, it Seiling, “because there's a piece of all parts of the is also a monument to the cooperation and shared Region in it. It will serve a long time in telling the Tvision of scores of people for nearly two centuries. story of the community.” “The scale of the project and Regional Council’s The process of assembling, categorizing, and investment was absolutely necessary to adequately curating the wealth of documents and artifacts tell Waterloo Region's story,” says Ken Seiling, since 1912 – through the hands of collectors, Regional Chair. Seiling notes that Waterloo Region historical societies, and others – has been a labour was one of the last municipalities in Ontario to be of love for the many hands along the way. The without its own museum, but the long planning Waterloo Region Museum, though, is not the end A local curling team period is certainly worthwhile, considering the of the road, neither is it a conclusion to the story of shows their Scottish results. this place. As significant an achievement as it is – and adapts, the museum – its structure, exhibits pride around 1900. Seiling commends the 14-member steering and it is – the museum is part of the ongoing and supporters – will take on new meaning as a committee, two architectural firms, community history of Waterloo Region and its many reminder of and providing insight about our past, organizations, museum staff, and countless others communities. As the inevitable changes in the as well as a place to tell about the hopes and who worked together to create the multi- world take place, and Waterloo Region innovates ambitions of a story yet to be told. Personal Commercial Financial Celebrating the history of Waterloo Region R0011146502

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This is how we make history Waterloo Region’s past, present & future

he new museum, which first opened its doors in May of 2010, has been a long time in the making. Tom Reitz, the Manager/Curator of the Waterloo Region Museum, begins the story of the region's repository of culture just where you might expect: at the beginning. “1912 marked the founding of the WTaterloo Historical Society,” he explains. “There was, at the time, no one collecting local material culture in this way.” A few stalwart citizens with an appreciation for the emblems of human achievement began collecting donations of old newspapers and documents, objects, and materials. As the collection grew, the Historical Society identified the need for “a fireproof facility” to store the wealth of artifacts that ranged in origin from natural history to First Nations, agricultural, and industrial. The striking new museum on Homer Watson Boulevard, says Reitz, is the realization of the Society's – and then the Region’s – nearly century-old mandate to find a safe place to preserve the region’s human history and cultures. “In the mid 1990s,” Reitz notes, “the Waterloo Region Curatorial Centre Above:Tom Reitz, Manager/Curator for Waterloo was constructed, which allowed for the proper storage, inventory, and Region Museum, stands in front of an orginal cataloguing of the collection. It was a necessary step, and in hindsight was Conestoga Wagon. really the best process.” With a thorough catalogue of the 43,000 objects in Left: A hair curling or permanent wave machine the core collection and more than 100,000 in the archaeological collection, used at a local beauty parlour in the 1930s. the decade head start of organizational efforts allowed for the new Right: Emila Mogk in a traditional costume in the museum to be built from the exhibits, out. early 1900s. The challenge remained for Reitz and Waterloo Region Museum's curatorial staff to take what amounts to a small fraction of the collection and create a cohesive, compelling continued next page WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 6

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narrative that would engage and inform communities here meant reaching out to visitors to the museum about the area's experts when appropriate. Such expertise complex and diverse historical and was needed for the First Nations section of contemporary cultures. The museum’s the long-term exhibit. primary exhibit, entitled What During community consultations prior Makes Us Who We Are? is, to developing the museum's according to Reitz, “a broad- programming, the brush representation of public identified First Waterloo Region's Nations' history as community.” something of great With such a wealth of importance to the story of material to choose from, Waterloo Region. But, as a selecting the stories to be diverse community with a told and the tools with highly politicized cultural which to tell them – history, it was clear to Reitz such as choosing from and the others curators that they lacked sufficient knowledge a vast number of Visitors to the Waterloo Region Museum will find an amazing selection of artifacts and exhibits from about local Aboriginal culture to photographs, some of early pioneer contributors to 20th-century items such as an Electrohome microwave shown above produce an appropriate exhibit. The which were sourced from local and the famous RIM BlackBerry (left). non-professional photographers who issue, says Reitz, “became what aspects posted their work on social networking [of First Nations culture] to focus on.” The websites – required reaching a consensus of curators enlisted the help of people from the Waterloo Region today. Le Roy automobile built in Berlin (present- a variety of people whose identities are tied First Nations community. The result is an The people behind the museum strive to day Kitchener) was, in Reitz's words, “a no- up in the region’s past, present, and future. exhibit area unique in the museum: it tells examine history as a contemporary issue brainer.” The Le Roy was a favourite in the “It was always very important to us,” says the story of First Nations that inhabited this and exhibit Waterloo Region's past within collection, but with input from Ken Reitz, “that the exhibits be sensitive to the area from a first-person perspective, and the context of its present. “We want to be McLauglin, Professor Emeritus of History at cultural and geographical communities of uses a non-linear technique to connect part of the conversation about this the and a key Waterloo Region.” The uniqueness of native peoples of pre-European history with community and its future,” says Reitz, historical advisor to the project , the team Waterloo Region has a great deal to do with contemporary native persons noting that the things we decided to display a 1989 Toyota Corolla its diversity, and providing adequate in experience today will be instead – the eighth car built in Cambridge representation to the various the exhibits of a distant by a manufacturer that still employs tomorrow. But, perhaps hundreds of people locally, and owned by not so distant as you Claudette Millar, former mayor of might think. “The amount of Cambridge. 20th-century objects [in the “There's no other museum like this in the museum] is quite surprising,” province,” beams Reitz from his office in the he adds. As part curatorial building. He's confident that the of the exhibit's new facility, its mission, and its own Waterloo Manufacturing focus on community of dedicated staff and Company “Champion” manufacturing in volunteers will deliver a compelling and thresher/separator from the region, the unique experience to anyone who visits the the late 1800s. curators Waterloo Region Museum. The choices determined made in curating the exhibits seek to including a 1903 include as many of the region’s stories as WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 7

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possible, while providing a collective 400 inductees whose contributions to the narrative of how the region came to be the community have helped to shape history; way it is. “You'll never know it all,” says some are still making a difference to this Reitz about the Waterloo Region's deep and very day. significant history, “but you can certainly Providing a modern context and discover a lot.” contemporary considerations Part of the for the museum's exhibits is discovery process has a priority. The museum’s to do with the layout of first temporary exhibit – the museum. A Unconventional Thinking - mezzanine in the (open through early primary gallery January 2013 ) focuses on performs double duty for innovation in the region. visitors' journey through It's an appropriate way to the region’s historical and open the museum's contemporary culture. exhibits because the This interior balcony looks region owes a great deal out over the exhibit and of its achievements to the provides a different spirit of innovation. perspective on the artifacts Understanding how and why below, and hopefully on the region’s industrialists and entrepreneurs are and identity and path through the past. On the have been successful in Waterloo Region is Above:Waterloo Region Hall of Fame inductees mezzanine itself is the Waterloo Region crucial to understanding the growth and really an exhibit about an idea,” explains – the Kraut Line – Woody Dumart, Bobby Bauer Hall of Fame, which features the more than character of the citizenry here. “The exhibit is Reitz, “and the kind of unconventional and Milt Schmidt played for the NHL in the thinking that makes Waterloo Region what it 1930s. is today.” Left: Program cover from a service held to The work of a curator is neither easy nor honour returning soldiers in 1945. does it end, but that's probably as it should be. Waterloo Region is a living thing with a story that continues to evolve and reveal itself to us, and the task of Reitz and the rest of the staff of the museum is both to listen and re-tell that story. Our task, as residents of Waterloo Region and participants in its constant reinvention, is to understand the story unfolding around us and determine our own roles in this collective story – now, the Waterloo Region Museum offers us the A 1989 Toyota Corolla opportunity to do just was the eighth car built at that. the Cambridge Toyota plant, and owned by former Cambridge mayor, Claudette Millar. WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 8

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Colourful Design with Brian Rudy, Architect with Moriyama & Teshima, on designing a building for the Region

or Brian Rudy, the project architect architects took design cues from landmarks for the museum, overseeing the like the Pioneer Memorial Tower, design of the building is the latest Cambridge’s majestic stone buildings, several chapter in his family's history in of the region's heritage barns, and even the Waterloo Region. He grew up here, went to curiosity of King Street's four directions. The school here, and only recently left to pursue goal set by the Region was to create a building his career with Moriyama & Teshima in which to display the region's history, but FArchitects in Toronto. Descended from some also one that was iconic and encapsulated the of the first Mennonite settlers in the area, culture of this unique and diverse place in the Rudy was hailed as “the local boy” leading world. To achieve that goal, the architects set the charge on a formally innovative design, out to design a building that would not only and his connection with the Region became a enhance the experience of museum-goers, but real asset due to his inherent “local also be the iconic structure, inside and out, sensitivity.” that many feel Waterloo Region deserves. “We, more than most firms in Canada,” The resulting design is as multi-faceted The colourful “quilt wall” is a bold design statement with respect to local cultures. Coloured glass says Rudy of Moriyama & Teshima, “focus on and lively as the region itself. The site was panels are arranged in a hexi-decimal code, where colours represent a numerical value, which cultural buildings and culturally sensitive chosen for its historical significance as an correlates to an alphabetical letter. spaces. We don't necessarily have a signature important crossroads: visitors to the museum style that we impose because it's important for enter the building from the east, along the a museum's design to be a response to its path of the Huron Road which crosses the old within a stone's throw from the museum. It The museum's façade on the street side, culture.” The architectural firm's experience Galt-Elmira railroad line in the grand foyer was important that the new structure not however, is anything but subtle. True to the with and buildings made them a before entering the exhibit space. The crossing detract from visitors' immersion in history, so mandate for an iconic structure, the colourful natural choice for the project's ambitious point of a pioneer wagon trail and the train design choices were made to keep the profile “quilt wall” is a bold design statement and an mandate to embody the region's history; tracks that were an important part of the of the museum low from the vantage point of homage to local cultures. Rectangular panes Rudy's inclusion made for an ace in the hole. Region's industrial prowess. “The intersection the historic village. The floor-to-ceiling glass of coloured glass, arranged in a seemingly Rudy's insights and intuitive knowledge of was the first thing we noticed about the site, of the museum's northeast wall, which faces (but not actually) random fashion, adorn the Waterloo Region were a great jumping-off and it seemed a clear and obvious place for the Doon site, actually reflects the image of the street-facing side of the building to form an point for the architecture – which also the building from a design perspective,” says restored village under the right atmospheric unmistakable and unique, world-class included a partnership with the local firm, Rudy. He notes that the best choices in conditions, while the stone of the structure cultural centre. The panels are arranged in a WalterFedy – as he and the other members of architecture, though, are a balance between blends pleasingly with the surrounding hexi-decimal code, where colours represent a the project team were given a guided tour of design and pragmatism. landscape. Happily, the location of the numerical value, which correlates to an the region to get a sense of the local Another concern was the relationship of building also provides a sound barrier for the alphabetical letter. The wall decoded spells landscape's character and quirks. Taking in the new building with , village, blocking the noisy traffic of Homer out the following 1905 quotation by Sir sights on a bus tour of the region, the the 1914 restored rural village, which rests Watson Blvd. Wilfrid Laurier: WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 9

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“We do not want, that any individuals should but let them look also to the land of their children.” country's most culturally diverse regions. The artistic reference to the land and its forget the land of their origin or their ancestors. Let Laurier's words, a sentimental precursor to encoding of this message into a language inhabitants. The wall of colour panels at the them look to the past, but let them also look to the Canada's multicultural policy, have particular used for computer programming and web building's main entrance features the same future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, resonance in Waterloo Region as one of the design form a connection between inclusivity hexi-decimal code, but in this case it spells out and industry, specifically as part of the the names of Waterloo Region's seven Region's transition into a knowledge-based communities: Cambridge, Kitchener, economy with the technology sector leading Waterloo, North Dumfries, , Wellesley, the charge. “Quilting is also a social activity,” Wilmot, and Woolwich. Though the building adds Rudy, “where you create something new is rich in architectural elements of meaning out of old, discarded fabric.” folded back into meaning, Rudy maintains Shown here is an The theme of reinvention that it's less important that visitors interior view of the and reclamation represented understand these design features on an train tracks that were in the region's long history of intellectual level than it is that they feel it. a part of the old quilting offered the perfect “Just like the Region, all these things add up Galt-Elmira railroad visual effect to wrap around to more than the sum of their parts,” he says. line and are now the museum that would “It's about how you experience the space,” incorporated into the hold Waterloo Region's adds Rudy, “it's very personal.” Whether Waterloo Region cultural and material history. visitors to the museum take the time to Museum design. “We like architecture that appreciate the excellence of its design, or has many layers of simply experience a sense of nostalgia as they meaning,” says Rudy about encounter the Region’s history and culture, the design principles at Moriyama & Teshima. the architects' achievement is a constructed The building is peppered with architectural space that works on your perspective to features that reach back into the past or make enhance the experience.

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The Hub of Community With Roger Farwell, Architect & Senior Partner at WalterFedy

t the entrance to the long-term exhibit gallery sits Hazel, the giant steam- engine and flywheel that weighs in excess of 10,000 pounds. Hazel, constructed in Galt and used in the Kaufman Footwear (now the Kaufman Lofts) to generate electricity and keep utilities costs down, was lowered into the museum in two sections with a massive crane before the roof of the building was put on. Hazel's bright red bulk is symbolic of the industrial might of Waterloo Region during its reign as a major manufacturing cluster, but it also reminds Aus that many of the key components of local accomplishment were forged right here at home, through partnerships and community initiative. Overseeing operations like Hazel's installation was local architectural firm WalterFedy, who partnered with Moriyama & Teshima Architects on design as well as performing the role of Construction Management. WalterFedy took on engineering of structural, mechanical, electrical, and even civil systems on the project as part of their collaboration. “We'd been tracking the opportunity for years,” says Roger Farwell, Senior Partner at WalterFedy, “and we clicked wonderfully with Moriyama & Teshima.” WalterFedy, who celebrate their 60th Anniversary in Waterloo Region this year, was keen on participating in the Waterloo Region Museum project because, as Farwell puts it, “it's part of our history.” Farwell refers to the character of architecture in the Region as an expression of the “muscle and ambition” of this diverse community. The area's history of agriculture Above: Partner at WalterFedy, Jamie and industry were constant sources of inspiration during the process of designing and Van Dyk (left) with Senior Partner, constructing the museum. “One of the coolest things about the process,” he says, “was Roger Farwell. working with local historian Ken McLaughlin and gaining a more vivid Right: A glass wall facing Doon understanding of the community's economic history, from its agrarian beginnings to Heritage Village is a subtle, yet the muscular nature of its precise manufacturing industry.” deliberate design element to capture The museum's physical presence is itself an expression of Waterloo Region's the historical and contemporary culture in this region. trajectory through its early farming communities to the high-tech and advanced manufacturing sectors of the present. A high, rough-quarried stone wall in the centre of museum, reminiscent of downtown Cambridge’s stone buildings, juxtaposes the continued next page WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 12

Congratulations from the 12 WATERLOO REGION MUSEUM – NOVEMBER 2011 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery sharing the heritage & stories of our region. reclaimed barn board-clad wall on the construction process echo the practices of adjacent side of the Grand Foyer as an excellence in innovation, the building is a expression of common materials of natural place to host community events and construction in the region. The seams conversations about culture in Waterloo between the stone blocks continue down the Region. “We hope the architecture is felt, and wall and form precisely contiguous joints that it's successful on its own as an with the stone blocks in the floor, creating a embodiment of the pride, hope, and ambition strong flow of lines to guide a visitor's eye of the Region.” The possibilities for the across the room and add dimension as the gathering area, it's outdoor terrace, or “break- 101 Queen Street, N, Kitchener (Located in ) space expands out the glass wall overlooking out area,” is ideal for everything from 519.579.5860 | www.kwag.ca Doon Heritage Village. The deliberate and weddings, to galas and corporate events; not exacting standards of construction, says to mention the 114-seat Christie® theatre, Farwell, “are subtle, but done with absolute tailor made for film festivals, lectures, or any Congratulations! intent.” other audio/visual presentation. This kind of attention to detail, which Farwell's reverence for Waterloo Region's We are delighted to be able to share Farwell points out, is well beyond standard ability to succeed under the force of its own this special achievement with our friends construction tolerances, amounts to an ambition is obvious to anyone who's heard at the Waterloo Region Museum. embodiment of the spirit of Waterloo Region him speak about it – now, the museum is a in not just the materials of the building, but bricks-and-mortar testament to the spirit of also in their execution. Farwell notes that this “robust entrepreneurship and courage” that sort of excellence in production is part of the produced artifacts like Hazel. The happy reason a young, inland community could irony of the Waterloo Region Museum is that trade its products globally as early as the mid the place where these stories of our history 19th century. will be told, is simply the newest part of the LOCATED AT CONESTOGA MALL Because the museum's design and story itself. www.waterloo.ca/museum | 519.885.8828

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Any Friend of the Museum... with Kelly Smith, President of the Friends of the Waterloo Region Museum

or Kelly Smith, long-time volunteer and current President of the Friends of the Waterloo Region Museum, supporting the museum's mandate to preserve and share the story of Waterloo Region is nothing short of a vocation. She's had the pleasure of watching the organization grow to become a world-class facility that serves as a gateway to Doon Heritage Village, and, like many involved with the museum's mission, is glad to see it explore the breadth and depth of the region's rich history. F“The site [of Doon Heritage Village] represents what life here was like in 1914,” says Smith, whose passion of preserving and teaching history were fostered in the 15 years she worked there, prior to her tenure with the Friends. The volunteer organization has been involved in the governance of the site since its founding charter in 1956 as the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation. In its current incarnation as the Friends of the Waterloo Region Museum, the group continues to add value to the community by providing programs, workshops, and hosting events to raise funds for future initiatives. Events like Starry Night, the annual Christmas season celebration in the village, has been a community tradition for more than a quarter century and is a favourite for many families as they get into the spirit of the holidays. Wagon rides, chestnuts roasting over open fires, and traditional music resounding from the church, are just a few of the attractions of Starry Night. The 500 tickets for the December 17th event often disappear quickly, so Smith recommends ordering well in advance. As the group continues in its partnership with the Waterloo Region Museum, providing advocacy, enhancing education and community presence, and creatively raising funds to support the museum, Smith reflects on the role of the Above: Enjoy the sights and sounds of Friends: “We've been able to watch the evolution of the site and we're very Christmas past at Doon Heritage Village. grateful to the Region of Waterloo for their leadership and support in taking Left:A Jack-in-the-box toy from 1851. Doon Heritage Crossroads to another level.” A new and exciting time though it may be, there's more than ever to do for everyone who supports the museum to keep its vision vital and growing. WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 14

14 WATERLOO REGION MUSEUM - A SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE OF THE WATERLOO REGION RECORD - NOVEMBER 2011 Waterloo Region Museum Special Events Calendar TALKS SERIES Canadian flavour. Meet the first Canadian to quality of life for future generations. Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Proceeds to this Monday November 14, 2011, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. fly, and hear his story of triumphs and TALKS SERIES engaging performance will benefit The Food Marlene Epp - failures. Listen to the stories of Canada's Bank of Waterloo Region. Readers include Monday November 28, 2011, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Mennonites of Waterloo Region, Then and Now bush pilots, including the famous flyer, Wop Lynn Haddrall (Waterloo Region Record, The Mennonites who arrived in present-day May. Hear how lives were touched through Ken McLaughlin - Editor-in-Chief) and Nadio Matos & David Waterloo Region in the early 19th century Operation Manna and, of course, the story Power for the People: the Coming of the Electric Imrie (CTV, Reporter). In the spirit of were a fairly homogeneous group of of the famous Canadian jet fighter, the Avro Age to Waterloo County, 1911 giving... please bring along non-perishable European-origin Pennsylvania German Arrow. This illustrated talk will take us behind the food items to support The Food Bank of people. Today the Mennonites are a 'quilt of TALKS SERIES scenes to explain why this inland area of Waterloo Region food drive and new book many pieces' with a variety of histories, Ontario was the birth place for the hydro donations to support The Waterloo Region Monday November 21, 2011, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ethnicities, and traditions yet sharing some movement in Ontario and one of the first in Record Books for Kids book drive. basic religious beliefs. This talk will survey Peter Russell - Canada. DOON BY LANTERN the culture and beliefs of the Mennonites as Waterloo Region From the Bottom Up DRAMATIC READING LIGHT TOURS they have evolved in this region over 200 We will start our exploration two billion OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL Fridays & Saturdays, Dec. 3, 9, 10 and 16. years. years ago and follow the transformation as Friday December 2, 2011 7 or 8:30 p.m. our portion of the planet travels from the STORYTELLING SERIES 7 p.m. Doors open for festive music and tropics, through the ice-age and historic Step back in time to experience the sights, Tuesday November 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m. refreshments 7:30 p.m. Dramatic Reading times to today. Our region benefits from the sounds and smells of Christmas in the early Storyteller: Bruce Carmody - To Touch the Sky gifts that nature gives us, from farmland to Launch the Christmas season and celebrate 20th century. Enjoy a guided lantern lit From Icarus to the Avro Arrow, Bruce stone, aggregate and water supply. How we this festive time of year at Waterloo Region walking tour of the village and a carol Carmody tells stories of flight with a use these gifts in the future will shape the Museum with a dramatic reading of Charles concert in the church. Seasonal clothing

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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE OF THE WATERLOO REGION RECORD - NOVEMBER 2011 • WATERLOO REGION MUSEUM 15 Waterloo Region Museum Special Events Calendar STORYTELLING SERIES recommended. Exhibit galleries will be sounds and flavours of a Christmas past as social and personal change, while her Tuesday February 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. closed. you see the village in its finest lamp-lit irreverent wit holds nothing sacred. COUNTRY CHRISTMAS beauty. Music, food and good cheer under Storyteller: Adwoa Badoe - the silent stars are sure to get you and your Fighting to Keep Their Freedom Sundays December 4, 11 and 18, For more information on these family into the spirit of Christmas. Seasonal Adwoa Badoe tells the gripping story of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. special events and more visit clothing recommended. Museum gallery Richard Pierpoint and his unusual legacy. Enjoy a Christmas in the country from the will be open during this event. She traces his story from his early life in www.waterlooregionmuseum.com last turn of the century. Tour the newly STORYTELLING SERIES Bondu, West Africa before he was captured or call 519-748-1914 opened exhibits in the Waterloo Region and enslaved, through his time as a Black Tuesday January 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Museum, let the little ones meet Father Loyalist and settler in Upper Canada to the Christmas, sing along with Christmas carols Storyteller: Mary-Eileen McClear - part Pierpoint played in the war of 1812. and enjoy the sites and sounds of a We See Thee Rise STORYTELLING SERIES Christmas past. Did Laura Secord channel storyteller Mary- Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m. STARRY NIGHT Eileen McClear in order to have her story told as she really wanted? What claims for Storyteller: Evalyn Parry - SPIN Saturday December 17, 2011 restitution were made by Waterloo County Evalyn Parry's SPIN blends words and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mennonites after the War of 1812? How did music in a unique tribute to the bicycle as The Friends of Doon Heritage Village's the teen called "Canada's Paul Revere" alert muse and agent of social change. From 19th annual Christmas extravaganza! Tour the the British that the Americans were coming? century cycling heroines to the quest for the newly opened exhibits in the Waterloo All this and more in an engaging look at Northwest Passage, Evalyn's outspoken Region Museum and enjoy the sights, ordinary people living in extraordinary times. creations hold out a powerful vision of WRmuseum feature 11/1/11 11:22 AM Page 16

REGION OF WATERLOO MUSEUMS MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Become a member, and show your support for the Waterloo Region Museum, Doon Heritage Village, Joseph Schneider Haus and McDougall Cottage with an JOIN annual membership. TODAY! DOON HERITAGE Bringing History to Life! VILLAGE Waterloo Region Museum - New Exhibits! waterlooregionmuseum.com What Makes Us Who We Are? Community Highlight Exhibit: The Hmong in Waterloo Region Unconventional Thinking: Innovation in Waterloo Region Doon Heritage Village - Experience a day in the life of 1914 with hands-on history for families and school groups. Joseph Schneider Haus - This c.1816 Mennonite farmhouse, restored to the 1850s, is a National Historic Site. McDougall Cottage - Learn about the hardworking Scots in this c.1858 limestone labourer’s home. Some Membership benefits include: • Free unlimited general admission to regionofwaterloo.ca/jsh Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village Free admission to Joseph Schneider Haus and McDougall Cottage • 10% discount at the Waterloo Region Museum café • 10% gift shop discounts • Advance notice of events and exhibit openings • Discount on selected workshops, special events and camps (some restrictions may apply) • Complimentary Guest Pass • 10% off admission for accompanying friends and family • Members only events regionofwaterloo.ca/mcd AND MORE!!!

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