Grey Roots celebrates its 8th annual Pratie Oaten Irish Festival in Moreston Heritage Village! The potatoes are dug and its time boil up a pot of “lumpers” to make a batch of everyone’s favourite,
Builders of all ages are invited to explore, build and play in the traveling exhibition –Castle Builder!
Black Roots in Grey is the next chapter in the history of Grey County’s Black community.
Grey Roots KidsCamp is an exciting way to spend your summer! We offer eight exciting weeks of activity-based programs inspired by our collections and visiting exhibits.
An evocative photographic essay, North Is Freedom celebrates the descendants of freedom-seekers who escaped slavery in the United States in the years before the American Civil War.
In 1860 a courageous Ojibwe (Mississauga) woman, Nahnebahwequay, or “Nahnee”, known in English as Catharine Sutton, crossed the North Atlantic. She presented important land claims to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. In honour of Donald B.
Great Britain declared war against Germany on August 4, 1914. The Dominion of Canada was a colony of the British Empire. As such, Canada automatically became at war with Germany too. Many Canadians, especially in Ontario, wanted to help.
Black citizens have been a part of Grey County, since the very first non-Native settlers arrived in the northernmost part of the Queen's Bush. Some of these early pioneers were born in Canada, whilst others had only recently slipped the bonds of slavery in the Upper South.
(Tank at Clark's Homestead near Vail's Point PF212S1F2I31 photo)
Your membership will grant you access not only to Grey Roots, but also to our partner museums!
Volunteers participate in learning workshops and seminars, meet new people and make new friends, and receive many benefits.
We rent our multi-media theatre and Delton Becker Room to the community. The 75 seat theatre is an excellent venue to host films, lectures and other events.
