page_title: Guelph Civic Museum
section_title: Children's Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Guelph Civic Museum / Children's Museum
caption_attribution_description: English: inside the Children's Museum June 2011
context_page_description: The Guelph Civic Museum is a museum of culture and natural history located in Guelph, Ontario. It was established to explore the culture and natural history of Guelph through exhibitions and public programs. In 2012, it opened a new location at 52 Norfolk St., after having previously been located in a three-story building at 6 Dublin Street South.
  The Guelph Civic Museum showcases Guelph’s history through permanent and changing exhibits, a fun and interactive families gallery, and special events and activities. Located in the recently renovated Loretto Convent, atop the hill at Norfolk Street and beside the landmark Church of Our Lady, the museum is home to a collection of over 30,000 artifacts that bring Guelph’s past to life. Many of the items in the museum have been donated by citizens of the city of Guelph.
  The museum was closed to the public on June 30, 2011 in preparation for a transition to a new building, and reopened at 52 Norfolk Street in January 2012.
context_section_description: The Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet Growing Up in Guelph Children's Museum was found on the first floor of the Civic Museum's 6 Dublin Street location.  It was designed and created by Vilnis Cultural Design Works and the museum staff, after doing research and holding focus groups which involved children from local schools.  The Children's Museum consists of interactive exhibits in an attempt to let children play and explore Guelph's history.  It implements monthly themes on which some of the exhibits and events are based.  In the Guelph Civic Museum's new home at the Loretto Convent, the Children's Museum is entitled the Royal City Families Gallery and has twice the space that it did at its Dublin Street location.
caption: A look inside the Children's Museum just before it closed in June 2011.
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