Animals are getting some stage time as the province has opened the new Archives of Ontario's ANIMALIA: Animals in the Archives exhibit.
It's to demonstrate the important role animals have played in the lives of Ontarians.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker is the Minister of Government and Consumer Services.
Walker says animals have always been a key part of Ontario's history, helping to shape the past.
The exhibit is to try and create a better understanding of the relationship between people and animals from pets, to farming and hunting, to service animals.
The exhibit explores five distinct animal groups and their significance to Ontario's history: bears, birds, dogs, fish and horses.
Each animal's section will feature: A summary of the animal's changing role in Ontario A selection of records demonstrating the animal's importance in Ontario's past A spotlight on the work of an external institution to document, study, and/or maintain the animal's role in Ontario An interactive moment to engage visitors in the exhibit content.
The free exhibit will also feature new curriculum-linked educational lesson kits and a workshop to try and engage all ages.
