Randall House Museum

10/11/2026

🍂 The museum will be closed Sunday and Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday. All the best to you and yours! 🍂

10/08/2026

Friday, October 9, 2 pm - KC Irving Centre Auditorium, Acadia- Acadia ALLways Learning Series - Brenda J. Thompson - Enslavers of Kings County

10/08/2026

This is exciting!

Archaeology in the Haunted Valley

You are invited to an illustrated talk and conversation on the evening of Thurs., Nov. 5, 2026, at 7pm. Appropriately, the event will be held at Acadia University in beautiful Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

We'll be exploring several lesser-known French colonial archaeological sites in this part of the valley, many of which are hidden in plain sight. We'll also discuss some of the methods archaeologists use to detect and interpret traces of past human activity at a landscape scale.

We've got a few weeks to prepare for this event. I've got a handful of sites and stories in mind, naturally, but I'm also very interested in your perspective, and in any questions you may have about this fascinating subject. Please feel free to leave a comment below and I'll try to work these ideas into the presentation.

09/30/2026

🧡 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30

Today, we remember the children who never returned home from residential schools, honour Survivors and their families, and recognize the ongoing impacts of the residential school system.

Here in Wolfville, the Debbie Toney Indigenous Film Festival at Acadia University offers a full day of films, Indigenous perspectives, community dialogue and opportunities to learn and reflect.

This student-led festival was created with Welkaqnik and Acadia's Department of Politics, in partnership with the Town of Wolfville.

The festival honours Debbie Toney (1972–2025), a Mi'kmaq woman from Annapolis Valley First Nation and an Acadia alumna. Debbie studied Political Science and Earth & Environmental Science and co-founded the Indigenous Student Society of Acadia. She was a strong advocate for Indigenous perspectives, environmental issues, education and reconciliation.

📍LOCATION: K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, 32 University Avenue, Wolfville

🎬 TODAY'S SCHEDULE

9:00 AM - Building the Portrait: a collective canvas project

🎥10:00 AM–12:00 PM - "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance"
Alanis Obomsawin’s foundational masterpiece on the 1990 Oka Crisis.​

🎥12:00–1:00 PM - "Secret Path"
The story of Chanie Wenjack. Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire's beautiful, lyrical animated masterpiece.

1:00–2:30 PM - The Local Legacy & Dialogue
Remembering Debbie Toney, with an opening protocol, Mi'kmaq Honour Song, Mi'kmaq Sign Language, Elders, Knowledge Keepers and community members.

🎥2:35–4:10 PM - Feature Screening, "No Other Land".
2024 account of creative resistance and systemic forced displacement in Masafer Yatta.

🎥4:15–5:15 PM - Mi'kma'ki to the West Coast Front Lines: "Hunter's Mountain Blockade" & "Yintah"

🎥5:15–6:45 PM - Cinema Supper: Arctic Sovereignty - "Angry Inuk"

6:45- 8:30 PM - Town and Community Evening Finale
🎵 iskwē ft. Tanya Tagaq
🎥 "The Unforgotten" & "The Good Canadian"

🧡 Every Child Matters.

09/21/2026

On the last day of summer, let's remember boats plying the basin.

09/18/2026

Listen for us next Tuesday (Sept 22nd) at 8:10!

09/11/2026

Come for a walk in Wolfville's oldest cemetery this weekend. Long time, Wolfvillite, Wendy Elliot and Acadia Archivist, Wendy Robicheau will join forces at the Old Burying Ground (at Highland and Main) this Saturday, September 12th at 10am.

09/07/2026

Hello to resident and visitors! Welcome back students! Today, Randall House Museum are station at Wolfville Street, stop by and say hi 👋 then enter for a giveaway!

09/05/2026

Two Rand clippings 1854 & 1898 + same business

09/04/2026

Join us to celebrate the Launch of Brenda J. Thompson's new book, Memoirs of a Welfare Mother.
The book recounts her years as a young single mother on social assistance in Dartmouth and the political storm that followed after Social Services Minister Edmund Morris disclosed confidential information from her file. Brenda took Morris to court—and won. Her memoir explores poverty, motherhood, welfare stigma and the politics surrounding those who rely on social assistance.

Location: Royal Canadian Legion - Wolfville Branch (310 Main Street)
Date: Sunday, September 13th
Time: 2pm- 4pm