by Vanessa | Feb 8, 2025 | Our History, Uncategorized
Written by Don Ross, OMAH Founder The Founder/Visionary we recognize today is the late Qennefer Browne. The late Qennefer Browne was born in Toronto in 1937, the only child of Canadian sculptors Emanuel Hahn and Orillia-born Elizabeth Wyn Wood. For more than 50 years,...
by Vanessa | Jan 28, 2025 | Our History, Uncategorized
Written by Trish Crowe-Grande, OMAH History Committee The Founder/Visionary we recognize today is Ted Duncan In 2015, after serving 40 years with the Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club, Ted Duncan, wanted to be involved with the community in another way. At OMAH,...
by Vanessa | Jan 11, 2025 | Our History, Uncategorized
Written by Trish Crowe-Grande, OMAH History Committee The Founder/Visionary we recognize today is Ted Markle Over a cup of coffee recently, former OMAH Board Chair, Ted Markle, shared his memories of his time on the Board of Directors. In 2016, his uncle, Richard...
by Vanessa | Nov 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
OMAH Acquires Gordon Lightfoot Artifacts at November 17 Estate Auction November 20, 2024, ORILLIA, ON – The Orillia Museum of Art & History (OMAH) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a selection of significant items from the Gordon Lightfoot Estate Auction...
by Vanessa | 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...
by Vanessa | 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...
