Exhibits

On Monday, August 4, 2014 the community unveiled a life-size bronze statue of Strathroy native General Sir Arthur Currie, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the General Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Project - a volunteer committee that successfully raised about $130,000 for the project over four years.

The memorial, consisting of an inscribed granite base and a life-size bronze figure of Currie sculpted by renowned Canadian artist Adrienne Alison, was placed in front of Museum Strathroy-Caradoc next to the cenotaph memorial on Frank St. in Strathroy. 

Art Shows

With the removal of the Strathroy Art Space in 34 Frank St. during the 2020-21 renovations, Museum Strathroy-Caradoc (MSC) seeks to develop a new system to offer exhibition space to encourage art exhibitions that are both engaging and locally significant. We welcome artists who wish to develop exhibitions at the MSC, the cultural centre of the community.

 

Two shows (30-day periods) have been reserved for Public Art Shows in 2025; March, and mid-August. 

March: Katie Dortmans and Kristyn Box-McCoy

August: Cheri Loeb and group with Karen Caughlin, Sam Hassen, and Sara Melo

Submission for 2026 shows will be announced in the fall of 2025. The proposals for Exhibitions will be brought to the Museum Advisory Committee for review, after which artists will be chosen and notified. Upon notification, the Artist has 14 days to accept the offer, after which MSC may rescind the offer. Upon accepting the offer, the artist will be sent the consignment agreement and the insurance waiver to be returned to MSC with the non-refundable deposit.

 

Please review the Public Art Gallery Policy before entering your submission. Print off the ARTIST SUBMISSION FORM and submit to the museum either in person or by emailing info@strathroymuseum.ca! We look forward to seeing your works of art!

 

More questions? Contact us! 

We encourage you to learn the stories behind the names that are inscribed on the cenotaph memorials located within our community.

Museum volunteer John Sargeant has worked with staff to put together a comprehensive profile of each name listed, using resources from the museum collection, local history resources at the library, online sources and the collections available through Library & Archives Canada. We also acknowledge the assistance of folks from all over the world who photographed grave markers.

Visitors can access this information by visiting the following pages for profiles on each soldier. We will remember them.

Strathroy Cenotaph 

Mount Brydges Cenotaph

Hometown Heroes: Famous Canadians from Strathroy-Caradoc

Featuring a past resident of Strathroy-Caradoc every month, Strathroy-Caradoc's Hometown Heroes were displayed from March 2014 to February 2015. Click on the links below to find out more information about our previously displayed exhibit Hometown Heroes. 

• Stan Long, sponsored by the Strathroy Rockets
• Charlotte Rapley, sponsored by the Strathroy Middlesex Museum Foundation
• Sir Arthur Currie, sponsored by the Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Project Committee
• James T. Shotwell, sponsored by Strathroy District Collegiate Institute (SDCI) and the SDCI History Department
• Clara Thomas, sponsored by Middlesex County Library
• Don Wright, sponsored by the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University
• Susie Carson, sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart
• Alexander Knox, sponsored by Entertainment Tonight
• Dorothy Doan
• Sir George William Ross
• Mary Armstrong, sponsored by the IODE Mary Armstrong Chapter
• George Orton
• Alfred McInroy "Mac" Cuddy 

Come meet our fish! Thanks to the Conservation Authority, we have a number of local fish in our tank. These fish give us an opportunity to talk all about our local watershed the Sydenham River System. The Sydenham River System, or Watershed, known as Jongqukamik in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe), is recognized provincially, nationally, and even globally for its biodiversity. The entire Sydenham Watershed covers an area of 2,751 square kilometres, and stretches across Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lunaapeewak, and Attawandaron people’s land. If you laid all the natural watercourses and municipal drains in the Sydenham watershed end to end, they would stretch from Wallaceburg to Whitehorse, Yukon! Come and learn more at the exhibit!