Arts & Culture

Self-guided outdoor tour: Flower Power

Spring 2021 at Oakville Museum at Earchless Estate

Spring is the time of year when everything in nature is in bloom, promising new life and new hope. After a particularly challenging year, let the Oakville Museum’s costume collection awaken your senses with the power of flowers. Unique dresses bursting with colourful blooms tell a variety of stories which give life to the fabric of our town.

There And Then

28 June – 8 August 2021

After a year of homebound stay, the concept of home feels ever more embedded within a physical space. Yet homes are manifold and shifting: neighbourhoods are gentrified and redeveloped and families are uprooted across lands.

Tracing Language

9 August – 19 September 2021

Tracing Language includes a selection of language-related works that were made in the years between 1990 and 2000, a tumultuous decade in which the art world and beyond underwent many technological and societal changes.

At Home in Bronte Muskoka Chair Display – Summer Edition

Summer 2021 in Bronte Village

At Home in Bronte: Summer 2021 invites locals to continue to get outside to walk, push and cycle to Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park and surrounding businesses to see – and use – 70 professionally painted Muskoka chairs.

The art installation is safely spaced out, free and available any time, during any weather through October 2021.

Read Me a Story: Fables and Fairytales

February 29, 2020 to Winter 2021 at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre

Elders have tried to teach children important life lessons through storytelling since time began. Through museum artifacts, we take a whimsical look at reoccurring themes found in fables and fairytales from a long, long time ago.

Two Truths and a Lie

21 September – 30 December 2021

“Two Truths and a Lie” is an icebreaker game that involves stating three possible propositions about oneself: two that are true and one that is false. Through deception, deduction, and disclosure, the players become better acquainted with one another.

History of Sledge Hockey

Sixteen Mile Sports Complex 

What is sledge hockey? Sledge Hockey of Canada (SHOC) was established over twenty-five years ago. Learn about the history of the sport, the rules of the game and get introduced to some of its leading athletes, some of which call Oakville home.

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom

Permanent Exhibit at Erchless Estate 

In this exciting and moving multi-media presentation, the ghost of Deborah Brown tells the true story of her heroic flight from a life of slavery in Maryland to her new life of freedom in 19th-century Toronto. Presentation available in French and English.

Freedom, Opportunity and Family: Oakville’s Black History

Permanent Exhibit at Erchless Estate 

Discover the stories of early Black settlers in Oakville including Branson Johnson, a freeborn African-American, who arrived with his family in 1855. His Certificate of Freedom from a Maryland court and the pocket watch in which it was hidden for many years are featured.

I-DYVO – Augmented Reality Art

100 Bronte Road, Unit 10

Our pilot collection weaves the linkage between Autism and Augmented Reality – a layering of sensory perceptions – over the calming creativity of art. This collection is designed to generate awareness for Autism and to showcase the innate and unique talent inside people affected by this commonly misunderstood neurological condition. A cornerstone of our gallery is original pieces created by a great autistic artist – Aiden Lee from Oakville, Ontario.