Macdonald Stewart Art Centre at the corner of College and Gordon Streets. Judith Nasby , director of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Gilbert Stelter, 1996. The Centre holds the most important collection of the works of local artists, dating back to the 1850s. David J. Kennedy's sketch of part of the town of Guelph in 1853 is part of the extensive collection of Kennedy's local works and that of many other local artists in the Macdonald Stewart Centre.
Special arrangements have to be made.
Check with the instructor. Wellington County Archives, halfway between Fergus and Elora on County Road No. 18. The Wellington County Museum and Archives buildings dates from 1877 when it was designed by Guelph architect Victor Stewart to serve as the county's poorhouse, known as the House of Industry and Refuge. They specialize in materials covering the county outside of Guelph. Many major collections are relevant to local research, including the Couling Slide Collection, made up of about 40,000 slides of buildings in Guelph and the county, and a very extensive collection of county court records.