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Featured exhibits

Peel Time Capsule

Stories and images that reflect the social, cultural, or economic impacts of COVID-19 across Peel.

Botanica Colossi

A collection of photographs from Sara Angelucci’s recent Nocturnal Botanical Ontario series, which were created between the spring and fall of 2020.

Inspiring stories of Women in the PAMA collections

Many of their stories have faded from the public’s memory. We hope to change that.

Our Boys: Peel's Fallen Soldiers 1914-1918

To commemorate 100 years since the beginning of World War I, Heritage Mississauga documented soldiers from Mississauga who served and were killed the war.

Art Voice: Expressions from youth in Peel

Explore diverse, extraordinary works created by youth artists expressing their voices through their art.

Simon Hughes 360° virtual tour

An exhibition that focuses on the artistic preoccupations of Winnipeg-based Simon Hughes through a twenty-year career in the arts.

Home: Expressions in Abstraction

Grade 11 students from Mayfield Secondary School's Regional Arts Program interpret the theme of home in an abstract painting.

Digital Morphology exhibit

Witness the transformation of Mississauga's lakeview waterfront.

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Annie May Johnston (1889-1987)

Quilter

Annie May Johnston sewed her first quilt in 1906 when she was 15 years old. After her 80^th birthday, she decided to “do a few quilts” and sewed more than 100 to add to her already extensive collection.

She designed many of the quilt patterns herself, and also used liquid embroidery to paint images of Malton landmarks on some of her quilts. She wanted to help preserve their history, saying,

All these little old churches and schools are down and these young people don’t know anything about it.

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Painted Quilt, around 1970. Gift of Jack Johnston - PAMA Museum Collection.