TEMPORARY EXHIBITS
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Our temporary exhibits bring fresh perspectives and timely stories to the Museum of Health Care. Developed in collaboration with researchers, artists, and community partners, these changing displays highlight new discoveries, untold histories, and contemporary issues in health and medicine. From thought-provoking explorations of public health and medical innovation to creative projects that connect personal experiences with Canada’s health heritage, each temporary exhibit offers visitors something new to see and learn.
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Exciting new exhibits are coming to the Museum of Health Care! Watch this space for upcoming announcements and must-see exhibits!
Past Exhibits
They Are Loved - An Epidemic of Grief (2025)
They are loved-an epidemic of grief is a textile installation exploring disenfranchised grief and addiction, motivated by the loss of Tracey-Mae Chambers’ son, Parker. Each piece of clothing or other textile based material used in this installation has been donated by someone who is surviving the loss of someone due to the consumption of a harmful substance that resulted in death.
Tracey-Mae Chambers is an installation artist and a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Since 2021, Chambers has been traveling across Canada creating site specific fibre-art installations at residential school historical sites, cultural centres, museums, art galleries, and other public spaces mapping questions of identity while sparking dialogue on displacement, decolonization, and reconciliation. To date she has created at Rideau Hall, Aga Khan Museum, the Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and over 150 other sites.
The Museum of Health Care is grateful for the support of Ontario Power Generation Regional Empowerment Grants Program, who sponsored this installation.
This exhibit explored the evolution of psychiatric care in the 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of Rockwood Asylum, Kingston’s first psychiatric hospital. Through artifacts, text and supplementary digital resources, the exhibit traced shifts in approaches to care from Rockwood’s founding to its closure.
This exhibit was made possible through the Paul Osmond Robertson Memorial Fund.