AUTUMN 2019

THEMUSEUM delves into the AFTERLIFE with a series of immersive experiences that will lift the veil to the world beyond.

AFTERLIFE | A Séance Experience Featuring The Ghost of Thomas Lacey will explore the themes surrounding death that are meant to challenge and enlighten, while plunging you head-first into the question – What does death mean to you?

AFTERLIFE the exhibition culminates with an intimate séance experience with actual recordings from the 1960s. With the help of audio documentary, The Ghost of Thomas Lacey, guests are transported back to the Kitchener home of Otto Smith, to the Séance Room, where the original séances took place.

The Ghost of Thomas Lacey is created by Erin MacIndoe Sproule and Rebecca Swabey from Anthroscope Media in collaboration with the Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo Library. 

AFTERLIFE | A Séance Experience will also feature local award-winning graphic artist Vincent Marcone who uses pseudonym My Pet Skeleton, as well as Mere Phantoms, a Montreal based duo made up of artists Maya Ersan and Jaimie Robson. Also displayed in the exhibition will be Michèle Karch-Ackerman and Canadian mixed media artist Heather Murray.

EXPERIENCE

AFTERLIFE | The Séance Experience

Delve into the AFTERLIFE with this unique guided experience, featuring The Ghost of Thomas Lacey. Tour through the many rooms of our newest exhibition for an intimate, immersive look beyond the veil. Your experience will culminate with an exclusive listen to Thomas Lacey’s seances, led by Thomas himself. The experience will run for one hour, please arrive 15 minutes before the time that you select. Tickets are $12.99.

These will take place every Wednesday until the exhibition closes on January 12th. Check out our events calendar for dates and times. 

Dialogues 

THEMUSEUM, which has built a reputation on provoking conversation with its relevant and often controversial exhibitions, present dynamic dialogues on select Wednesdays during the year.

Check out the AFTERLIFE Dialogues

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AFTERLIFE | The Séance Experience

Check out our events calendar for dates and times. 

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Grief Resources

We understand that this exhibition can be sensitive to some, therefore have compiled a list of resources that may be able to help visitors on their journey navigating their own personal experiences. Thank you to Registered Psychotherapist, Andrea Warnick, for helping us put together this great list of resources.