Another Waterfront Transformation

Another Waterfront Transformation

by | Jan 17, 2024 | History, Publications, Uncategorized

Orillia Waterfront Transformations By David Town, Historian, Author of ‘A Waterfront for Everyone’ Orillia Museum of Art & History Guest Contributor What a transformation our waterfront is undergoing!  There’s a new road going in with better access to the...
Titus Ware’s Impressions of Orillia in 1844

Titus Ware’s Impressions of Orillia in 1844

by | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized

Mona Cottage, the Residence of James Scott, Esq. 1844 – Orillia Township, Ontario By Fred Blair, OMAH Family researcher and guest contributer In July of 1844, Titus Hibbert Ware, originally from the City of Worcester, England, left England at the age of 33 to...
Music and Mocktails at the Museum

Music and Mocktails at the Museum

by | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorized

OMAH is hosting a unique new event that will bring emerging musicians to the museum for an evening of live entertainment and refreshing mocktails developed by mixologist and museum assistant Mikenna Richardson.  Music and Mocktails kicks off on Thursday, September 29,...
Remembering OPP Constable Willis Jacob

Remembering OPP Constable Willis Jacob

by | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Dave Osborne, OMAH Volunteer The bridge at Highway 12 South is dedicated to Constable Willis Jacob, who died in a fatal motor vehicle collision in 1958 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Constable Willis Jacob, age 35, a three-year veteran, reported to work as usual...