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EXHIBIT 1812
St. Catherines Museum, St. Catherines, Ontario
April 6 - Aug. 18, 2013
The St. Catharines Museum is hosting a popular travelling exhibit titled 1812 this spring and summer. The exhibit was first housed at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. But now a travelling version of the exhibition will be shown at various locations across the country during the next few years. As its moniker implies, the exhibit focuses on the War of 1812, a 32-month military conflict between the British Empire and its Aboriginal allies against the United States and their Native American cohorts. The travelling exhibition is fully booked until May 2015. It will be shown at venues in Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. It opened at the St. Catharines Museum in early April and will remain at this site until Aug. 18. The scaled-down version of 1812 features 30 artifacts, displayed in a 140-square foot area. The exhibit presents the happenings of the War of 1812 from four different perspectives, including Canadians and First Nations people. Another perspective of the war is from the Native Americans. Views from the Americans and British are also explored. Besides detailing the motivations and aspirations of all participants of the war, the exhibit also details all of their experiences and the effects the conflicts had on their future. A First Nation perspective is conveyed through Shawnee leader Tecumseh, a respected Native military leader who fought alongside the British and was killed during the Battle of the Thames. The original exhibit of 1812 at Ottawa’s War Museum received last year’s Ontario Museums Association Award of Excellence in Exhibitions. Last year marked the 200th year since the declaration of the war. Canadian government officials are urging individuals to learn more about the country’s history and heritage, including through the 1812 exhibition. Canada will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2017.
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