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Join the Thunder Bay Museum for the October presentation of our 2026&ndash;2027 Free Public Lecture series as we welcome Myles Cummins, who will be presenting: Pressed in Time: The History of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium. 💻 Joining Us Online?<a fr-original-style="" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87207744006" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE ZOOM WEBINAR</a>Webinar ID: 872 0774 4006 Description:Every herbarium voucher preserves more than a plant; it captures a place and moment in time, and with it a small piece of a much larger botanical story. Explore the history of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium through specimens collected long before its founding, Claude Garton&rsquo;s earliest collections, and the Herbarium&rsquo;s formal establishment in 1967. Follow the collection as it flourished under Garton&rsquo;s curatorship, reaching far beyond the region through international exchange while drawing other important botanical collections into its care, and continuing to evolve under the stewards who followed him. Still growing through those who explore and document the region today, the Herbarium remains both an archive of the landscapes that came before us and a botanical history still being written, one specimen at a time. Presenter Bio:Myles Cummins is the Associate Botanist at Lakehead University&rsquo;s Claude E.Garton Herbarium, where he has worked with the collection since 2019. He spends his days preserving plants and piecing together the stories held within their carefully labelled sheets, using the collection to support research, teaching, and a wider appreciation of northwestern Ontario&rsquo;s botanical heritage. He holds an MSc in Forestry and is currently a PhD candidate at Lakehead University, where he is investigating how northern carnivorous plant lineages capture, digest, and benefit from their prey. Most recently, he helped research and develop Out of Place: The Strange Plants of LakeSuperior&rsquo;s North Shore, drawing upon the Herbarium&rsquo;s collections to share some of theregion&rsquo;s lesser-known botanical stories. About the Free Public Lecture SeriesThe Thunder Bay Museum&rsquo;s <a fr-original-style="" href="http://thunderbaymuseum.com/events/public-lectures/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Free Public Lecture series&nbsp;</a>explores a wide range of topics connected to the history, people, communities, environment, and culture of Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Lectures are generally held on the fourth Tuesday of each month from September through March and are free and open to the public. For those attending in person, light refreshments will be served following the presentation. Can&rsquo;t make it? Many Museum lectures are recorded and later made available through the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThunderBayMuseum" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Thunder Bay Museum&rsquo;s YouTube channel</a>. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/give/membership/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Members of The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society</a> receive advance notice of upcoming lectures, along with a variety of other Museum benefits. Attend In PersonThunder Bay Museum 425 Donald Street East Thunder Bay, Ontario Admission to the lecture is free. Whether you are interested in local history, conservation, the environment, or simply want to learn more about the organizations that have helped shape our region, we hope you&rsquo;ll join us for an evening of conversation and local history.Bring your questions, invite a friend, and join us at the Museum or online. 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Join the Thunder Bay Museum for the October presentation of our 2026–2027 Free Public Lecture series as we welcome Myles Cummins, who will be presenting: Pressed in Time: The History of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium. 💻 Joining Us Online?<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87207744006" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE ZOOM WEBINAR</a>Webinar ID: 872 0774 4006 Description:Every herbarium voucher preserves more than a plant; it captures a place and moment in time, and with it a small piece of a much larger botanical story. Explore the history of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium through specimens collected long before its founding, Claude Garton’s earliest collections, and the Herbarium’s formal establishment in 1967. Follow the collection as it flourished under Garton’s curatorship, reaching far beyond the region through international exchange while drawing other important botanical collections into its care, and continuing to evolve under the stewards who followed him. Still growing through those who explore and document the region today, the Herbarium remains both an archive of the landscapes that came before us and a botanical history still being written, one specimen at a time. Presenter Bio:Myles Cummins is the Associate Botanist at Lakehead University’s Claude E.Garton Herbarium, where he has worked with the collection since 2019. He spends his days preserving plants and piecing together the stories held within their carefully labelled sheets, using the collection to support research, teaching, and a wider appreciation of northwestern Ontario’s botanical heritage. He holds an MSc in Forestry and is currently a PhD candidate at Lakehead University, where he is investigating how northern carnivorous plant lineages capture, digest, and benefit from their prey. Most recently, he helped research and develop Out of Place: The Strange Plants of LakeSuperior’s North Shore, drawing upon the Herbarium’s collections to share some of theregion’s lesser-known botanical stories. About the Free Public Lecture SeriesThe Thunder Bay Museum’s <a href="http://thunderbaymuseum.com/events/public-lectures/" target="_blank">Free Public Lecture series </a>explores a wide range of topics connected to the history, people, communities, environment, and culture of Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Lectures are generally held on the fourth Tuesday of each month from September through March and are free and open to the public. For those attending in person, light refreshments will be served following the presentation. Can’t make it? Many Museum lectures are recorded and later made available through the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThunderBayMuseum" target="_blank">Thunder Bay Museum’s YouTube channel</a>. <a href="https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/give/membership/" target="_blank">Members of The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society</a> receive advance notice of upcoming lectures, along with a variety of other Museum benefits. Attend In PersonThunder Bay Museum 425 Donald Street East Thunder Bay, Ontario Admission to the lecture is free. Whether you are interested in local history, conservation, the environment, or simply want to learn more about the organizations that have helped shape our region, we hope you’ll join us for an evening of conversation and local history.Bring your questions, invite a friend, and join us at the Museum or online. Zoom Webinar InformationWhen: Nov 24, 2026, 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Topic:  Myles Cummins – Claude Garton/Herbarium History (Official title TBA)Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android:<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87207744006" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87207744006</a> Phone one-tap:+15873281099,,87207744006# Canada+16473744685,,87207744006# Canada Join via audio:+1 587 328 1099 Canada+1 647 374 4685 Canada+1 647 558 0588 Canada+1 778 907 2071 Canada+1 780 666 0144 Canada+1 204 272 7920 Canada+1 438 809 7799 Canada+1 507 473 4847 US+1 564 217 2000 US+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)+1 646 931 3860 US+1 669 444 9171 US+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)+1 689 278 1000 US+1 719 359 4580 US+1 253 205 0468 US+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)+1 305 224 1968 US+1 309 205 3325 US+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)+1 360 209 5623 US+1 386 347 5053 US+44 203 481 5240 United Kingdom+44 203 901 7895 United Kingdom+44 208 080 6591 United Kingdom+44 208 080 6592 United Kingdom+44 330 088 5830 United Kingdom+44 131 460 1196 United Kingdom+44 203 481 5237 United Kingdom+358 3 4109 2129 Finland+358 9 4245 1488 Finland+358 9 7252 2471 FinlandWebinar ID: 872 0774 4006International numbers available: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbieyIi5Fa" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbieyIi5Fa</a>

The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society

Free Public Lecture - Myles Cummins – Pressed in Time: The History of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium

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