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Woodstock Museum Celebrating 75th Anniversary in 2023

Monday, 9 January 2023 05:54

By Brad Kraemer

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The Woodstock Museum has lots of events planned for its 75th anniversary this year, starting with a free tea party on Saturday January 28th.

WOODSTOCK - Woodstonians can expect plenty of events from the museum in 2023.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Woodstock Museum National Historic Site.

The first event will be on Saturday January 28th, the day the formerly named Oxford County Museum opened back in 1948, and it will be a free tea event. Guests are encouraged to wear 1940s and 1950s clothes, and you can reserve a seat by phone or online here.

It was renamed the Woodstock Museum in 1985 when the City of Woodstock took over the operation of the museum and its collection.

The museum will also be presenting a special exhibit on its curators through the decades. Current Curator and Manager of Culture Karen Houston says there is an interesting story about the first curator and why she missed the grand opening.

"It was Louise Hill. She missed the opening in 1948 because she fell on the ice. That's the downside of January and these things happening. However, Mr. Ross Butler, who was the head of the Oxford Historical Society was there, and he gave her all the credit. It's neat looking at some of the early people who were involved in this and how important they were to our community."

Houston also gave a sneak peek as to what the next anniversary-related event is expected to be.

"Shortly after this is of course Family Day and there's going to be all kinds of things coming up for that. One thing that we're really excited for is we have Sikhs in Canada. It's a history exhibit of the Sikh religion, the people who came to Canada, how long they've been here and what a contribution they've made to the country.

Details about other upcoming events can be found online here.

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