Norwich & District Historical Society

05/29/2026

93% of Canadians agree that museums spark curiosity, promote wonder, and promote creativity and a ‘love for learning’. Join us in celebrating May is Museum Month and let us know how a museum has helped shape your thinking recently below!

Ontario Museum Association

05/27/2026

3 in 4 Canadians agree that museums contribute to a sense of belonging and membership in a community. Join us in celebrating May is Museum Month and let us know how a museum has contributed to your sense of community recently below!

Ontario Museum Association

05/26/2026

Norwich & District Historical Society need your help! We're writing our strategic plan for 2025-2030 and we're looking for community imput in several areas: educational programming, events, and exhibits. Below, we have several surveys gathering information from our community on these subjects - please help us out by filling them in!

And of course: thank you so much to anyone who has filled in the surveys! We really appreciate you!

Everyone is welcome to fill in our surveys about events and exhibits! If you have already given feedback on events you’ve been to, many of the questions are similar and we plan to complie the data, but still feel free to add your additional thoughts to the new survey!
Events: https://forms.gle/kuQzijKQhzauwiMD7
Exhibits: https://forms.gle/CPyMJMeBaRRi1iiE8

Our Educational Programs form an important part of our operations, one which we would like to grow in the future. If you are a teacher, a parent of a child in school, a home educator, or any combination of the above, we would appreciate your input on any of the relevant surveys!
Teachers: https://forms.gle/1thRp2dsnV1Hx9Q9A
Parents: https://forms.gle/3xwiP4n82p914bu48
Home educators: https://forms.gle/eLgg5gdRJyFW8qhD9

Please also share these surveys! The more responses we get the better!

05/23/2026

Congratulation to Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbaur on receiving the prestigious Governor General's Artic Award.
Whitney proudly calls Otterville home, and we are very proud of him!

05/21/2026

4 in 5 Canadians agree that local museums are a place to learn about the history of a community. Join us in celebrating May is Museum Month and share how museums have shaped your understanding of local history recently below!

Ontario Museum Association

05/19/2026

In 2020, over 3,000 school-groups visited museums, galleries, and heritage sites across the province. Norwich Museum is currently undertaking a review of our educational programming as part of our strategic plan, and we would love to hear from educators and parents about what they want from museum programming! Please fill in the relevant survey below:

For parents: https://forms.gle/ALMYwxVvUwU9o4fr5
For teachers: https://forms.gle/5NBfc1D99v5GfZGK7
For home educators: https://forms.gle/cbymM5EfsfqV7chD6

Join us in celebrating May is Museum month and share a favourite memory from a field trip you participated in below!

Ontario Museum Association

05/18/2026

The staff and board of Norwich & District Historical Society are saddened by the passing of Paul Kerr. Paul was a board member at the Historical Society and he and Diana were regular volunteers at our Lunch & Learns as well as many other activities around the Museum. Our thoughts are with his family.
Here is the link to the obituary: https://www.arn-lockiefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Paul-David-Kerr?obId=48428038
Apologies that the link in the post opens messenger instead of leading to Paul's obituary.

View Paul David Kerr's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

05/14/2026

There's still places in our Butter Churning Experience this Saturday at 2:30pm! Call or email the museum, send us a message, or buy your tickets at the link below if you want to learn to churn this weekend.

https://www.universe.com/events/churn-back-time-norwich-museums-butter-churning-experience-tickets-DV5NHX

05/11/2026

Post-pandemic there are over 9,000 workers and 18,400 volunteers working across the province in over 700 museums, galleries and heritage sites. How has a museum worker or volunteer impacted your visit?

We'll be interviewing for our first two summer positions TOMORROW, and as such the Museum will be closed to the public. We still have one position, our Visitor Experience Assistant position, open until Saturday 16th May. See the pinned post on our profile for details and eligibility!

Ontario Museum Association

05/06/2026

Norwich and Distict Historical Society is making a strategic plan for the next few years! Over the next few weeks we will be requesting input on surveys covering various different aspects of our operations, which will help us to write the plan. First up is our events survey: let us know what events you have attended at Norwich Museum and what sort of events you would like to see here in the future!

Norwich & District Museum is making a strategic plan for the years 2026-2030. In order to gather information for this plan, please help us by filling in this survey about events at the Museum!