Quarantours
2023-11-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-10-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-10-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-10-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-10-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-16 13:00 - 14:00 UTC and 5 more dates | OMAH Online
OMAH OnlineVirtual Programming
History Speaker Series

Brass Roots: Music, Memory, & Community

The Orillia Museum of Art 8 History Presents: Quarantours
Take a guided Zoom tour through photographs of some of the OMAH collection’s greatest hidden treasures. Your guide will discuss an array of artifacts from both the art and the history collection. Through Zoom’s chat feature, participants can ask questions of their guide white exploring the collection via slideshow.
Quarantours are available for private group bookings in addition to the public tour which runs every Saturday at 1:00PM.
Registration is required in advance for this program. Private Group Tours: $10 per person ($7 for members) (must have at least 10 people to book).
COSTS:
Public Tours: $7 per link ($5 for members)To book click the button Or call us at (705) 326-2159

Book the Class

AllAdult Programs

Seniors in the Studio2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Healing Circle with Paul Shilling Dazaungee – SkybuffaloAdult Programs

Community Greening Initiative2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Mobility Yoga with Jennie-May Banks2026 Programming, Adult Programs

A Temperance Town Mystery2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Gel Plate Printmaking Workshop in Orillia | OMAH2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Pressed Petal Art2026 Programming, Adult Programs

A Night at the MuseumAdult Programs, Tours

Quilting Through the Ages
2023-11-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto)
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
7 pm – 8:30 pm
The Orillia Recreation Centre, 255 West Street South – Community Room

The history of quilting can be traced back to medieval times and even earlier. From comfort and convenience to crafting and culture, quilting has been a tradition in families around the world for many generations. Margaret Pomeroy brings her passion for quilting, paired with her extensive knowledge of the craft, to this captivating talk, LIVE at the Orillia Recreation Centre. Margaret will share her quilts and their history as well.
Show Your Quilts!
If you’d like to share a quilt that is special to you, register for the talk and send an email to Monica. The first three registrants to indicate their interest in sharing will be invited to bring the quilt with them and share it with the group.
Please note: this presentation will be recorded by Rogers TV, including the sharing of quilts component. Thank you for your cooperation.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Spooky Stroll
2023-10-31 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-10-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-10-17 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto)
Experience & LearnAdults
Children/Teens
Seniors
Educators & Schools
2026 Summer Camps
Tours
Art in Public Places

Two different dates and spooky levels!

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Family Friendly
Tours leaving at 5 pm & 6 pm
12+
Tours leaving at 7 pm & 8 pm
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 – 12+ tour ONLY
Tour leaves at 6:30 pm
COST
Adults (18+): $10
Children (17 and under): $5

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

AllChildren/Youth ProgramsFamily Programs

Spooky Season | Family Discovery Days at OMAHFamily Discovery Days, Family Programs

PA Day Camps at OMAH2026 Programming, Camps, Children/Youth Programs

Kindness & Community | Family Discovery Days at OMAHFamily Discovery Days, Family Programs

Holidays Around the World | Family Discovery Days at OMAHFamily Discovery Days, Family Programs

2026 Summer Camps2024 Day Camps, 2024 Summer Camps, 2025 Day Camps, 2025 Day Camps, 2025 Summer Camps, Camps, Children/Youth Programs

MUSIC FOR THE MUSEUM
2023-10-28 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto)
Saturday, October 28, 2023. 7:30 - 9:30 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS

Getting together in person to enjoy live music is a cause for celebration. Jacquie Dancyger-Arnold and Hugh Coleman and friends are coming together once again for the museum with a musical showcase for all to enjoy. The musical repertoire and performer bios are found below.

Funds raised from this event will go to supporting our new youth program, entitled, You Are A Superhero, Empowering Vulnerable Youth (to be launched 2024).

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY

THE PERFORMERS

Jacquie Dancyger Arnold

Jacquie Dancyger Arnold began her piano studies in Toronto when she was 4. She was introduced to the piano by her father, who soon realized she needed a teacher. She eventually received a scholarship to study with the renowned teacher Mona Bates. Jacquie gave her first solo recital at the age of 7 and began teaching at the age of 11. She received over 50 awards and medals and four scholarships by the time she was 16. After receiving her ARCT, Jacquie decided to start a career as a high-school music teacher at George S. Henry Academy in North York. There she taught and conducted numerous chamber groups, symphony orchestras and choirs. In 1999, she retired as the Head of Music. Jacquie is well known to the Orillia area as both soloist and teacher. She has been a part of a number of musical groups over the past 16 years. Memorable performances include Rhapsody in Blue with both the Orillia Wind Ensemble and the Huronia Symphony, numerous performances with the Stan Passfield Quintet and a two-piano concert with Doreen Uren Simmons. Jacquie was also accompanied by the Orillia Silver Band in a performance of Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasie and the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto. Jacquie lives in Orillia where she teaches piano and theory privately and, along with her husband Ross Arnold, plays percussion in the Orillia Wind Ensemble.

Blair Bailey

Blair Bailey, our MC for today’s concert, is well known to Orillia and area audiences as a concert performer and music educator. Since returning to his home town of Orillia after attaining his Bachelor of Music and Masters of Music degrees from the Universi- ty of Toronto, Blair has been the organist and choir director here at St. Paul’s United Church since 1984. He has been the principal accompanist of the Cellar Singers from 1985 to 2020 and often appeared with them and many other vocal and instrumental ensembles performing on the piano, pipe organ and harpsichord in concerts throughout Simcoe County and Muskoka.

Gail Spencer

Gail Spencer is a retired English teacher who winters in Bracebridge and summers on Lake Temagami. She was born and grew up in Orillia, where she learned to play flute in what was, in the 1960s, a very recently introduced instrumental music option. This has been a huge gift throughout her life. In 2008, her partner Harold Keevil gave her an alto flute. Shortly afterwards, she and her mother attended a Proms concert by the Orillia Wind Ensemble and, with Harold’s encouragement and the opportunity to play the flute made real by the band, a whole new world opened up. It has been a very steep learning curve, she says, and all those dusty notes on the page have been a challenge, but it’s never too late.

Hugh Coleman

Hugh Coleman started playing clarinet in Grade 4 and competed in many Kiwanis music festivals. Still a student of the instrument, he is fond of all types of music, especially jazz and chamber music. With Mariposa Arts Theatre, he has played in many pit orchestras, including productions of Evita, Carousel, Chicago, and Sweeny Todd. He has been a member of the Orillia Wind Ensemble for over 20 years. Other instruments he plays include alto and tenor saxophone and bass clarinet.

Ross Arnold

Ross Arnold is a retired high-school music teacher who taught at George S. Henry Academy in North York and Twin Lakes Secondary School in Orillia. Ross received his Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education at the University of Toronto. He has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Huronia Symphony. He has also played in the pit orchestras in many of the Mariposa Arts Theatre musicals and in productions conducted by Blair Bailey at St. Paul’s United Church. Ross continues to teach music privately in Orillia and plays timpani and percussion with the Orillia Concert Band and the Orillia Silver Band.

Laura Kelly

Mezzo-soprano Laura Kelly is an active member of Ontario’s professional music scene. Laura has always enjoyed performing, and finds inspiration both as a teacher and singer. While she specializes as a soloist, her other performance credits include choral singing, musical theatre and ensemble work. Laura is a graduate of York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts with an honours degree in music under the direction of Canadian legend Catherine Robbin.
Eager to share her love of musical performance, Laura appears at special events, concerts and galas. In recent years, she was a member of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Mendelssohn Singers, frequently performing at Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Other highlights include performing with international superstar Andrea Bocelli at the Air Canada Centre. Laura also performed at Canada’s famous Black Creek Music Festival, sharing the stage with opera legend Placido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky, the London Symphony Orchestra, Martin Short, Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, among other notable performers.

PURCHASE TICKETS

FALL 2023 PA DAYS
2023-10-20 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-22 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
Experience & LearnAdults
Children/Teens
Seniors
Educators & Schools
2026 Summer Camps
Tours
Art in Public Places

September 22, 2023
October 20, 2023
November 17, 2023

For ages 6 – 12

OMAH offers a special camp every PA Day of the school year. During these fun and creative days at the museum, campers will be guided through a variety of art and history workshops and activities both inside and outside of OMAH. If you’re looking for a way to entertain the kids during their PA Day, look no further than OMAH.
All materials will be provided.
Camper drop off: 8:45 am – 9:00 am
Camper pick up: 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm

COST
NEW! Register for all three remaining PA Days in 2023 and save!

Three PA Days:
FAMILY MEMBERS = $105GENERAL = $120
Individual Days:
FAMILY MEMBERS = $40GENERAL = $45

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please note that information about your child will be collected upon registration confirmation (sent via email). If you have any questions about this, send an email to The Operations Coordinator: visitors@orilliamuseum.org

VIEW OMAH'S CANCELLATION POLICY

Tradition Transformed Special Reception
2023-10-14 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto)
(Left) Peter Fyfe, Canadian Car Strata. Mixed media assemblage, 44x21x2.5, Aug 2021- September 2023.
(Right) Taimi Poldmaa: Agawa Coastal Trail – I. Oil on Canvas, 40x30x1.5, 2020

Join the jurors and selected artists in celebrating the 2023 Tradition Transformed exhibition! All are welcome to attend.

Elevating Indigenous Voices
2023-09-30 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
This one hour presentation focuses on the work of Ziigwen Mixemong, an Anishinabek youth from Beausoleil First Nation. Performed by her mother, Kelly Brownbill, it will include excerpts from plays, poems and children’s books written by Ziigwen and Kelly that focus on the issues facing Indigenous people in our area, while underlining the importance of an ancient culture in our lives today.

Free to attend, no registration required.

New Exhibition Reception
2023-09-23 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto)

Gangs, Guns and Grog: True Stories of Orillia’s Wild West Days
2023-08-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto)
This summer OMAH’s popular guided downtown walking tour returns. Gangs, Guns and Grog is themed around Orillia in the 1870s, a time in which there was a licensed pub for every 150 citizens and it was legal to carry a loaded and concealed firearm. 1870s Orillia was chaos, and we are so excited to tell you all about it every Wednesday night! Tours will depart from OMAH at 7pm and finish at Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. at 8:30pm where your first drink is included in your ticket price (participants must be over 19 years old to be served alcohol). Please wear appropriate footwear to walk in. This program begins on Wednesday July 5, and will run every Wednesday until the end of August. Book now as space is limited! You won’t want to miss out on this fantastic date night opportunity, or an evening out with friends.
Adult ticket (19+)
$25 per person ($20 for members).
Tickets must be booked at least 24 hours in advance.
For more information, send an email to Monica.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Preview the tour!

VIEW OUR OTHER TOURS AND ADULT PROGRAMMING

AllTours

Historical Orillia: A Guided Walking Tour

A Night at the Museum

Starry Night Studio & Gallery Tour
2023-08-26 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto)
Select galleries open late.

DOORS OPEN SIMCOE COUNTY
2023-08-26 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY (INCLUDES TOURS)
No registration required
Museum staff will be revealing the brand new Historic Jail Cells Display. Guided tours will take place at 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm (lasting up to half an hour each).
We will also be hosting building tours at 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm and 3:00pm (again up to about 30 minutes each), as well as offering ongoing favourites such as Museum Bingo.

Jewellery Making with Donald Stuart
2023-08-16 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto)
Join jewellery designer Donald Stuart for a private tour of his exhibition, Homage, followed by a step-by-step demonstration in jewellery making. In this fun and creative workshop, simple tools will be used to create a unique cuff bracelet or perhaps a pendant or two. Using bands of anodized aluminium, participants will learn how to texture and personalise their design into a finished, wearable piece of jewellery. This is an adult workshop, however kids 12 and up are welcome to come with a guardian to help. All materials and tools will be supplied, but please note that there will be quite a bit of hammering involved so it might get noisy!

WORKSHOP MATERIALS LIST
ALL materials are supplied by the instructor

PRICE $35 +HST Members / $45 +HST for General

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please note:
OMAH’s programs are run on a cost recovery basis. We reserve the right to cancel this program if minimal registrant numbers are not met. If a refund is required, we will issue you a cheque, mailed out to the address entered up on registration, within two weeks of the program.

AllAdult Programs

Seniors in the Studio2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Healing Circle with Paul Shilling Dazaungee – SkybuffaloAdult Programs

Community Greening Initiative2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Mobility Yoga with Jennie-May Banks2026 Programming, Adult Programs

A Temperance Town Mystery2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Gel Plate Printmaking Workshop in Orillia | OMAH2026 Programming, Adult Programs

Pressed Petal Art2026 Programming, Adult Programs

A Night at the MuseumAdult Programs, Tours
