Museums
The following is a list of museums in The Kawarthas. If we've missed your museum, please e-mail us at websites@quidnovis.com.
The Canadian Canoe Museum
Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 to 5
A "Museum in the Making," the Canadian Canoe Museum is home to the largest collection of canoes and kayaks in the world. The museum also includes a selection of crafts by the Native Friendship Centre. The Canoe Museum is located at 910 Monaghan Rd. (across from the Evinrude Centre). Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon to 5 p.m.. For more information, call 748-3265 or visit the Museum's web site at www.canoemuseum.net.
Hutchison House
A living History Museum located in the Dr. Hutchison home, built in 1836. Costumed interpreters will allow the past to speak to you. Hutchison House is located at 270 Brock Street in Peterborough, and is open during the winter from Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults, $1.50 for students, and 50 cents for children. For further information call 743-9710 or visit www.nexicom.net/~history/.
Lang Pioneer Village
The Village, located 10 km. east of Peterborough, has 20 pioneer buildings dated from the 1800's. Most of the buildings and their furnishing have been donated by Peterborough County residents. Volunteers and staff in period costume carry out daily chores, provide a real-life demonstration of pioneer crafts, trades and daily life. A picnic area is available along the Indian River, and refreshment booth is open in the summer months. Lang Pioneer Village was created by the County of Peterborough in 1967 as a centennial project.
Visit Lang Pioneer Village's web page on the County of Peterborough web site.
Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives
The Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives is a short walk from the world famous Peterborough Lift Lock and sits on top of Armour Hill, one of the highest in the Peterborough drumlin field. Visitors can take in a view of the city and the surrounding countryside. On the grounds of the Museum, The Heritage Pavilion is a re-construction of the old Wesleyan Methodist Church that stood for over 120 years in the City. Slated for demolition, the original white pine beams were saved and re-built on the Museum site. The Pavilion is also home to historically based dramas for young people.
Inside the Museum, visitors can learn about the history of Peterborough, its people and pastimes. The Museum collection now includes 25,000 artifacts, although only a small portion of them can be on display at any time. The Museum Archives house extensive original records and papers tracing links to the past. Family papers, photo albums and much more tell the stories of the people and the lives of this community from the early years to the present. The Archives contains the Basillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, an extensive collection of over 400 - thousand original photographic negative and plates dating back over the century. The Roy Studio chronicles the history of Peterborough and together with other significant photographic collections, gives the Museum the honour of being the stewards of one of the premier Photographic collections in Canada.
The Museum is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. , and weekends and holidays from noon - 5 p.m., with public access to the Archives by appointment. Admission is by donation and the Museum is wheelchair accessible with plenty of parking, picnic facilities and a souvenir shop. Located at 300 Hunter Street East. For more information, call 705-743-5180.
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Peterborough Liftlocks
Closed during the winter season
The Trent-Severn Waterway is known to many as a recreation paradise. Yet this waterway
has played a significant role in history during the period of Native occupation and
throughout the development of Ontario's lumber, agriculture and recreational industries.
This magnificent waterway is made up of 386 kilometers of rivers, channels and lakes
spanning Central Ontario, joining the Bay of Quinte with Georgian Bay. The Trent-Severn
Waterway is divided into five main Regions. From southeast to northeast, they are: Trent,
Otonabee, Kawartha, and Severn.
Today, the Trent-Severn Waterway bustles with boating and other tourist activity year
round. Visitors flock from many corners of the globe to experience, first hand, the geographic
and historic significance of this region's wondrous waterway. For more information on the Peterborough Liftlocks you can contact them by phone at (705) 742-9912, by email at: info@liftlockcruises.com or visit their web site at: www.liftlockcruise.com
Scugog Shores Museum
The Scugog Shores Museum is located on the shores of Lake Scugog, on Island Road, just 1 km east of Port Perry, off Hwy 7A. Free parking is available. For further information, call (905) 985-3589 or visit www.durham.net/~ssh-chin/.
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