How did an architectural style synonymous with medieval Europe become the style of choice in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canada? This illustrated talk will take us on a journey that begins in the Middle Ages, dips into the popular horror novels of the eighteenth century, crashes into the windswept, rocky coasts of Newfoundland and ends […]
Fairbairn House is pleased to present an online lecture with Teresa Edwards, Executive Director for the Legacy of Hope Foundation. This talk introduces us to themes that are explored in a traveling exhibition that will be displayed at Fairbairn House this summer. The exhibition is the first in Canada to be developed on Residential Schools and spans […]
Join the Bytown Museum as they sit down with Paul Henry to discuss how public transit has transformed throughout the history of Ottawa. Paul J. Henry, City Archivist of Ottawa, began his archival career at the National Archives of Canada. He later served as an archivist at the Directorate of History and Heritage in the […]
This special lecture takes us outside Canada to look at how the Bauhaus — founded over 100 years ago — spread internationally and in particular, how it took root in Tel Aviv under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White City area of Tel Aviv, constructed mainly in the 1920s and 1930s, is now a […]
