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Upcoming Exhibits:
A Leacock Love Story
February 10, 2023
When Stephen Leacock purchased his Orillia property in 1908, he and his wife Beatrix first lived in tents on the property. Eventually Beatrix convinced Stephen to build the house that currently stands on the property. Unfortunately, Beatrix passed away before the house could be completed. The story of her final days lives in the letters that were hidden in Stephen's bedroom closet, and rediscovered during restorations in the 1990s. These letters, sent while searching for a cure in Europe, will be on display along with other important and exciting displays.
Learn about their love story and life together during Valentine's week, 2023.
Current Exhibits:
75 Years of Laughs: Reminiscing the Leacock Medal for Humour
September 21, 2022
Visit the Leacock Museum’s new permanent exhibit opening Sept 21, 2022, featuring past winners of the Leacock Medal such as Farley Mowat, Robertson Davies and Mordecai Richler.
Learn about Farley Mowat's secret office and some of the items that may have been inside.
The exhibit also features the medals themselves, and information about their designer, Emanuel Hahn -- who also designed many of Canada's coins!
Click HERE for hours and booking information.
Past Exhibits:
Entertaining Entertainers: Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silver Screen
May 21 to October 28, 2022
This exhibit explored the friendship of Stephen Leacock and Mary Pickford as well as Pickford’s legendary silent film career.
“The Girl with the Golden Curls” was the first Canadian to win an Oscar, the first actress to make 1 million dollars a year, and the first person to be filmed in a close-up.
Guests of the exhibit were welcomed to vote on which of Leacock’s famous friends to focus on next; some of which include Charlie Chaplin, F. Scott Fitzgerald and J.M. Barrie!
The Leacock Museum thanks the Mary Pickford Foundation for their partnership on this exhibit.
