Move to Museum, 1960- Present

Eldon House Garden

This is the third exhibit in a series developed to celebrate the 190th Anniversary of Eldon House and explores the transition of the site from a domestic space to a public one, starting with the donation of the 11-acre property and its accompanying buildings to the City of London in 1960. The exhibit includes sections on various phases of operations, from a time where a live-in caretaking couple lived in the servants’ quarters of the house, to the building of the IC, to listing some notable people who helped established the museum as well as taking a detailed glimpse at “Lassie” the Eldon House guard dog, who was donated to the City with the house.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.