30 Objects for 30 Years of the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre Curated by Sylvia Nickerson and Tara BurseyDrawing on WAHC’s collection of heritage objects, this exhibition commemorates our 30th anniversary championing working people and their labour through history, culture and art. Solidarity and unity, struggles for fairness, and experiences at work, home, and play […]
Celebrate 30 years of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre! Over the last 30 years, WAHC has helped preserve and protect the history and culture of working people. Help us ring in this landmark anniversary while taking in our Fall 2025 exhibitions. Enjoy an all-vinyl playlist from DJ RUN MDC and DJ Spiritwalker, delicious refreshments […]
Second Saturdays are for families to relax, explore, and play. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! Projects draw inspiration from our Main Gallery exhibition, Thirty for Thirty. Personal Printmaking with Matt McInnes Children and families are invited to join […]
Join Executive Director and co-curator Tara Bursey for a special guided tour of our labour and activist heritage exhibition, Thirty for Thirty.This tour will offer rare insights into WAHC's collection of objects connected to labour and workers' history and people's movements. Visitors will also hear from some of the donors of items found in the […]
Second Saturdays are for families to relax, explore, and play. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! Projects draw inspiration from our Main Gallery exhibition, Thirty for Thirty. Mural Arts with Luis Casas Children and families are invited to join Cuban […]
Join Toronto based artist-activist Michael DeForge to explore how visual art and design supports labour organizing and social justice campaigns. This virtual program will explore questions such as how labour arts and artist-activists inspire action, why people turn to art in moments of resistance, and how are today's materials of resistance being preserved for the […]
Activist Printmaking on Fabric with Cleopatria Peterson Join artist Cleopatria Peterson to learn hands-on linocut printmaking techniques on fabric!Participants will hear from Cleopatria about their personal practice using printmaking as an accessible activist art form. We will then create lino cut prints on fabric inspired by objects from WAHC’s archives. Bring your own clothes to […]
Join the 2025-26 WAHC Youth Council!Are you between the ages of 16-29 and interested in workers’ rights, social justice, and labour arts & heritage? Looking to get involved in your local community? Join WAHC’s 2025-26 Youth Council!What is it?Youth Council members shape WAHC programming & learn hands-on skills by developing a youth-led project throughout the […]
Second Saturdays are for families to relax, explore, and play. Join us for Second Saturdays this season from 1-4pm for FREE family drop-in activities at the museum, led by special guest artists! Projects draw inspiration from our Main Gallery exhibition, Thirty for Thirty. Comic Arts with Sid Sharp In WAHC’s final Second Saturday for 2025, children […]
A solo exhibition by Jay Youngdahl Drawing on Jay Youngdahl's experience working with trade unions as a lawyer, organizer, and member, I Don’t Want Your Millions (Billions), Mister proposes two ideas: that all workers are artists, and despite differences working people can build solidarity through collective struggle.Featuring worker-made objects and documentation from training and apprenticeship […]
Workers Arts & Heritage Centre
51 Stuart St, Hamilton, ON L8L 1B5, Canada
WAHC is situated on the traditional territories the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas.
