Crossing the Bar was first mounted in 1993 at the Law Society of Upper Canada Museum in Toronto. Public interest in the exhibition prompted the Society to make it available to a wider audience by creating a travelling version in 1996. The web exhibition (2002) is based on the travelling version.

Credits
Curator and designer: Elise Brunet
Research (1993): Cecilia Morgan, Cynthia Wright

Special thanks to Susan Lewthwaite of the Law Society of Upper Canada Archives Department and the Equity Department for their assistance in updating the exhibition.

 Sources for artifacts and illustrations
The Law Society of Upper Canada Archives
The Great Library, The Law Society of Upper Canada
Janet Hyndman
Helen D. Roberts
The Women’s Law Association of Ontario