Online Exhibitions

Explore the digital Banting as an Artist – Google Map to discover the sites of the artworks by Frederick Banting in the Banting House collection. Click on any of blue artist palette icons on the map to see the artwork Banting produced in that location and read a short description of its significance. 

In 2007, a station was put up in Dr. Banting’s bedroom as a more creative way for people to “sign a guestbook”. The intention was that visitors would write about where they were visiting, what they liked about the museum and what they thought about the tour. It’s safe to say that no one at the museum expected the visitor’s response to this activity.

This online exhibition was created in conjunction with the permanent installation, The Luckiest Boy in France, at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada. Explore for yourself the involvement of Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin, in the First World War.

Banting House National Historic Site of Canada is owned and operated by the Canadian Diabetes Association. To learn more visit www.diabetes.ca.

To celebrate insulin’s centenary and the release of a new, official commemorative stamp, Banting House National Historic Site of Canada has created this brand-new digital exhibit to showcase the history of diabetes-stamps! These stamps from over 25 countries reveal the history of stamps and the history of the recognition, de-stigmatization, and treatment of diabetes.

In this exhibit, we will explore some of the various themes that these tattoos take. This exhibit will take you through the ink that has given empowerment to hundreds all over the world. Tattoos are becoming more and more accepted in the public sphere, and as a result, people with Diabetes have become more open to sharing their story via a personal canvas. 

From July 1920 to May 1921, Banting operated his practice out of the front room of the house and kept a detailed patient ledger that included the addresses of the patients he made house calls. Banting’s ledger lists roughly 15% of his procedures being house calls with a few repeat visits to some of the patients. Below, you can explore the current locations that Banting stepped foot in more than 100 years ago to treat his patients.

In 1920, a young boy in Rockport, New Jersey named Teddy Ryder was diagnosed with diabetes. In early 1922, the Ryder family learned of the discovery of insulin, and through a family connection, found a way to convince Banting to take on Teddy as a patient. Mildred took Teddy from their home in New Jersey all the way to Toronto, when, on July 10, 1922, he received his first dose of insulin from Banting himself, changing the course of his life forever. In fact, he was Dr. Banting’s last surviving patient from the discovery period.

Check out the virtual exhibit and as you explore, think about these artifact selections and how photos and letters can tell the story of Teddy Ryder in a special way—a way that no other sources can.