Exhibits

Current Trillium Community Gallery Exhibits

The Trillium Community Gallery is located inside the Spriet Family Visitor Centre* at Fanshawe Pioneer Village.

(*The Spriet Family Visitor Centre is the large red building just outside the Heritage Village. This building acts as the Administration Building and has the gallery inside.)

Current Exhibits

Check back again in 2025 for our next seasonal exhibit in the Trillium Community Gallery.

Digital Exhibits

Tools of the Trade exhibit poster. A collage of black and white and sepia toned photos at the top of the poster shows women working in an early factory, farmers working in a field using early agricultural equipment, and 2 men standing in front of a…

Tools of the Trade

Available now online!

Exploring the rich history of tools and trades in London and Middlesex County through objects, images and stories from the Fanshawe Pioneer Village historical archives and permanent collection.

Past Exhibits:

Freedom for All

2024 marks the 190th anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act coming into effect, which began the process of freeing enslaved people across the British Empire, including those in Canada. This exhibit explores the process of enacting Emancipation, and its impact on early Black Communities in the London area.


Poster for "Only What You Can Carry".

Only What You Can Carry

Come explore five unique stories of migration from communities in what is now London and Middlesex County.

This exhibit was developed with the assistance of:

  • London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership

  • Oneida Language & Cultural Centre

  • Home Children Canada

  • Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum

  • Jewish London

Downtime in the Village

Downtime in the Village is our new exhibit in the Trillium Gallery after having a two year break due to the pandemic. Come and explore how people in London-Middlesex had fun in their free time during the 19th and early 20th Century.