{"id":1914,"date":"2013-05-07T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2013-05-14T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:11:57","slug":"exhibit-looks-for-the-unique-and-unusual-side-of-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/exhibit-looks-for-the-unique-and-unusual-side-of-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit looks for the unique and unusual side of Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s history will be celebrated this summer in a special exhibit in the Aurora Room, bringing together artefacts from in and around the area to illustrate the Town\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

Your artefacts, telling your own story about your own town could soon play a very important role in the exhibition as the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) looks for residents to have their say on the show. <\/p>\n

\u201cSet to open Monday, July 1, in the Aurora Room, the exhibition will be the eleventh exhibition created by the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) since January,\u201d says the AHS. \u201cThe scope of the society\u2019s exhibition work this year has included onside, online and offsite exhibits. The 150th exhibit will feature selected artefacts from The Aurora Collection that support themes such as Aurora\u2019s natural history, industry, merchants, education, sport, and recreation, community spirit, technology and communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

They issued the invitation to all Aurorans on Friday to collaborate in the creation of the exhibit by sharing their personal stories, artefacts, images or documents related to the Town\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a fitting component, as 50 years ago, AHS began collecting to celebrate the Town\u2019s centenary through community and volunteer collaboration. This was the beginning of The Aurora Collection.\u201d<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be just any old thing to make the cut, however. The Society stresses items and stories must relate directly to Aurora\u2019s history and, if you\u2019re interested in getting it in there, an appointment with Catherine Richards, curator for the AHS, to view the item must be made. Items will be considered temporary loans and will be returned to the owner by the end of November.<\/p>\n

Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 31. <\/p>\n

The exhibition is coming together after months of wrangling at the Council table not just over funding, but also logistics. There were also calls last month from heritage advocates outside the Aurora Historical Society, for the community to have more of a direct input in what will ultimately be on show to mark Aurora\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have consistently worked with community organizations and individuals [and when we heard] David Heard and Christopher Watts came forward expressing interest, it was an additional impetus to see what others are interested in,\u201d Ms. Richards tells The Auroran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a history of working with volunteers and the community and that is how AHS started. It is fitting that in the 50th anniversary of the AHS, and the 150th of Aurora, we are going back to our roots and we hope there will be a response.\u201d<\/p>\n

In going out to the public, they\u2019re not looking for typical, everyday objects, but something which might put a new spin or add a new chapter to something we\u2019re already familiar with. While the AHS has a Fleury plough, a rare Fleury sewing machine eludes them. This, says Ms. Richards, would show another aspect of Aurora\u2019s manufacturing industry. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is those objects that really tell such a great story about Aurora,\u201d she says. \u201cWe definitely have some pieces in the collection that do the same, so they will be coming out of the woodwork, and we are looking for those \u2018wow\u2019 pieces that just have an interesting element.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AHS too will be doing their part to bring out the lesser-seen and\/or more unusual items from their collection as part of this exhibit, including highly rare wooden boxes made by imprisoned local rebels after the 1837 Upper Canada rebellions. <\/p>\n

They also plan on illustrating the matrimonial side of Aurora\u2019s history not with a wedding dress as one might expect, but a highly unusual noisemaker, a mainstay at local weddings, which Ms. Richards says more resembles piece of farm equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would expect to see a dress or maybe a garter, but this I a different angle in speaking to the community of the marital factor,\u201d she says. \u201c[We\u2019re using this occasion] to look at the collection differently and I\u2019m really excited about it.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nFor more information, contact Ms. Richards at 905-727-8997 or email curator@aurorahs.ca, subject line \u201c150th Exhibition.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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