POWs: German Prisoners of War on Lake of The Woods 1943 – 1946 will feature photographs, artifacts, stories and personal accounts regarding POWs on Lake of The Woods during World War II.
The members of the Lake of the Woods Quilt Guild are back for another year with their brilliant show of all manner of quilts freshly completed in the past year and never before displayed.
UnEarthed is an exhibition that will explore geology and archaeology of Lake of The Woods and Northwestern Ontario.
Strike a Pose: Portraits from the Collection features over 60 of the most compelling and striking portraits from our extensive photo collection.
Commemorating a historic agreement that symbolizes the enduring partnership between Anishinaabe Peoples and the Crown.
The members of the Lake of the Woods Quilt Guild are back for another year with their brilliant show of all manner of quilts freshly completed in the past year and never before displayed.
A Walk in the Wilderness is an Early Years Community Project that invites educators to venture outside and discover what captures children’s imaginations.
This exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of Kenora’s CIBC bank robbery in 1973, showcasing the photographs of Clarence Dusang.
This travelling exhibition, produced by the Montreal Holocaust Museum, introduces the history of the Holocaust and the Second World War to children eight years and older.
This exhibit explores the history of the hundreds of Ukrainians who found themselves in the Kenora area, making a new life for themselves.
After a two year hiatus, the Lake of the Woods Quilters Guild is back with their 35th Annual Quilt Show at the Lake of the Woods Museum!
A Walk in the Wilderness is an Early Years Community Project that invites educators to venture outside and discover what captures children’s imaginations.
Dakobinaawaswaan (Baby in a Cradleboard) gathers more than 50 cradleboards from Indigenous communities across Turtle Island (North America).
The Lake of the Woods Museum is pleased to have worked with Rob McInnes in curating this exhibit which features over 70 local (enlarged) postcards from his extensive collection.
This exhibit examines the Indian Residential School experience, particularly two schools that were located in Kenora, Ontario.
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Kenora’s TryLight Theatre Co. After producing 60 memorable shows they’ve partnered with the Lake of the Woods Museum to produce an exhibit to share the stories of the company and their performances.
Colour with a “U” is a juried exhibition of art quilts created by Canadian SAQA members interpreting themes of diversity and inclusion.
Strike a Pose: Portraits from the Collection features over 60 of the most compelling and striking portraits from our extensive photo collection.
For over 50 years the Lake of the Woods Museum has been collecting photographs of our region and the people who live here. In those years the museum has amassed a collection of over 20,000 photographs. In our newest exhibit, Strike a Pose: Portraits from the Collection, the museum staff have selected over 60 of the most compelling and striking portraits from our extensive photo collection. Spanning many different subject areas, and with some photos dating to the 1880s, this wide ranging portrait exhibit is sure to please both the history lover and the photography aficionado.
Whatever you called it— phonograph, gramophone, record player— they were a staple at camps on the Lake of the Woods for nearly half a century.
The Lake of the Woods boasts over 14,500 islands and more than 105,000 kilometers of shoreline. Here the Museum presents a selection of maps of our Lake.
The Annual Lake of the Woods Quilters’ Guild showcases the fine work of local quilters.
Shiibaashka’igan – the jingle dress, the healing dress, is sacred in the Anishinaabe culture. 50 dresses are on display.
The Kenora Great War Project began in 2012 as a local heritage project to research and commemorate people from Kenora who were killed in the First World War.
