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King Township Historical Society

Conservation/Preservation:

Archives/Library

In a community-wide call for material, families, businesses and organisations donated documents to the community archives. The township also contracted a historian to conduct oral interviews of residents. Personal papers, photos and taped interviews.

Public Programming:

Occasional public lectures, events, and other projects, including creating historical plaques, the preservation of a one room school house, the renovation of a railway station, and upkeep of a cemetery.

Country Heritage Park

Conservation/Preservation:

Artefacts

Collection contains 20,000 artifacts including antique tractors, steam engines, farm equipment, heritage buildings and other items relating to rural life.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

Home to 30 exhibits including buildings, displays and interactive learning.

Tours

Tours are offered to middle-school aged children and are experiential in nature with historical interpretation and activity by costumed staff to recreate the time period.

Markham Museum

Conservation / Preservation:

Architecture

  • Restored homes of three early settlers.
  • A nineteenth century church, blacksmith shop, cider mill, general store, and sawmill.
  • A 1930s-era train station.

Archives

  • Files on nearly 900 families who have lived in the Markham area, published and unpublished genealogies and family trees, birth, marriage, and death records from Markham and surrounding areas dating back to the early nineteenth century, local census records, and other genealogical materials.
  • Index of land deeds, assessment roles, and voter’s lists.
  • Miscellaneous documents including deeds, ledgers, diaries, journals, and photographs.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

Changing exhibits that included photographs and various artefacts from the Museum’s collection in addition to those loaned to the museum by local individuals and families.

Education

Day and half day programs for students from kindergarten to high school focusing primarily on early life, including work, transportation, home life, and leisure, in the area. In the Museum’s research facility, high school students learn how to work with primary research materials.

Canadian National Exhibition Archives

Conservation/Preservation:

Archives & Artefacts

Records and artefacts relating to the CNE Association, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place, The Warriors’ Day Parade Council, the Canadian International Air Show and Exhibition Place grounds, in the form of textual records, photographs, film, audio recordings, and printed materials.

Private papers and artefacts that relate specifically to the history of Exhibition Place and previous events held on the grounds.

Public Programming:

Exhibits

Seasonal; open to the public during Canadian National Exhibit (mid-August to Labour Day) revolving around archival and artefactual holdings

Black Creek Pioneer Village

Conservation/Preservation:

Artefacts

Black Creek Pioneer Village’s collection of 50,000 artefacts represents the development of the Toronto region in the 19th century. Of special note are the Percy Band Toy Collection with over 2,000 pieces and the Catherine Thuro Collection of over 150 working kerosene lamps. Other items include domestic artefacts, books, fine art, furniture, machinery, textiles, and tools.

Architecture

Black Creek Pioneer Village features a collection of 40 heritage homes, trade shops, community, and farm buildings from across south central Ontario. Each of the Village’s original buildings has been restored and furnished to recapture its original ambiance and demonstrates how settlers used it. Examples consist of a print shop, grain barn, smoke house and a tinsmith shop.

Digital Archives

Digital archive of onsite museum’s holdings available: http://www.blackcreekartifacts.com/bcpv/srchitem.html.

Public Programming

Exhibitions

At Black Creek Pioneer Village visitors enjoy exhibits focusing on the people and stories of Toronto Region, including the award-winning Breaking the Silence: Stories of the British Home Children, 1869-1948.

Public Programs

Public programs are offered daily and range from tours of the recreated 19th century brewery to short performances by Black Creek’s History Actors, from hands-on Discovery Stations to Farmyard Friends where visitors can get up close with heritage breed animals.

SPecial events

A seasonal roster of special events include Pioneer Harvest Festival, which has been celebrated annually for over 50 years, Light Up the Night, Ghost Walks, and Christmas by Lamplight.

Educational Programming

Interactive curriculum-linked programs are provided for students ranging from pre-school to post-secondary.

Applewood-James Shaver Woodsworth Homestead Foundation

Conservation/Preservation:

Architecture

The building, moved in 1980 to avoid demolition, serves as an example of the architecture of 19th century farmhouses in this region.

Artefacts

The interior of the homestead has been restored and furnished in the Victorian period of 1870-1890 (e.g. furniture and personal effects such as desks, china dolls, roll top desks, kitchen appliances).

Public Programming:

Tours

A tour of the main floor rooms and basement, with a slide presentation of the big move and restoration of the homestead.

Tours can also be tailored to a group’s interest, (i.e. J.S. Woodsworth, historic buildings, pioneer life, the Shaver Family, etc.).

Visitors may drop in and staff are available to answer questions.

Bradley Museum

Conservation/Preservation:

Artefacts

Artefacts are from the period 1830-40 and are generally domestic items that would be found in a household of this time period, such as kitchen items, tools, pottery and china. The Bradley House is arranged to reflect what a home would have looked like during this time period.

Public Programming:

Tours

Guided tours are offered to the general public and group tours can also be arranged. Tour guides and historic interpreters are in costume reflecting 19th century dress.

Other

Some of the programs offered to the public include cooking over an open hearth, spinning, weaving and historic crafts.

Oakville Museum

Conservation / Preservation:

Artefacts

The museum holds a diverse collection of objects reflecting the history of Oakville from its establishment to the present day, including costumes and textiles, fine and decorative arts, ethnological artefacts and Chisholm family-related materials.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

Permanent and changing exhibitions. Permanent exhibitions include Freedom, Opportunity and Family: Oakville’s Black History and The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom.

Tours

The Oakville Museum offers guided tours of the Chisholm family home.

Other

Throughout the year, museum staff present a series of mini exhibits coupled with conversational-style presentations to seniors’ residences in the community. Various themes are covered including oddities in the museum’s collections, an overview of Oakville’s history, vintage quilts and cocktail party gowns.

Halton Region Heritage Services

Conservation / Preservation:

Artefacts

The collection includes:

  • The Alexander Farm buildings, housing and historic water-powered generating system interpret and conserve Halton’s cultural heritage, while engaging the community.
  • Archaeological artifacts, Native artifacts, natural history specimens
  • Household utensils, furniture, tools and trades
  • Personal effects, clothing and textiles, carriages and cutters.
  • Behind-the-Scenes: Collections Storage offers visitors the opportunity to learn about collections conservation and Museum practices, and features “visible storage” of Museum collections

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

  • Located in the Visitor Centre and Alexander Barn, the Museum hosts a variety of changing exhibitions on Halton’s cultural & natural heritage.
  • Permanent exhibitions include: Main Street Halton, Water Power on the Farm, A place called Halton, Kelly’s General Store, characters of Halton’s past, Victorian Times: Getting About in Good Weather and in Winter, The Dominion Seed House.

Tours

Yes

Online / Digital

  • Digital gallery featuring historic photographs from the Museum’s archives.
  • There are three sections of the gallery including People and Places from Halton’s History, The Alexander Family and the Ford Oakville Assembly Plant Construction.
  • ‘A Glance Back Through Halton’s History’, presented by the Halton Region Museum. Read about the land, the people and the industries that shaped this Region.
  • Museum on the Move is a program which loans artefacts to schools or learning centres for one week. The kits are designed around specific themes, such as 19th century cooking or writing, and are accompanied by guides to explain their use and historical significance.
  • Puzzling Pieces is a presentation that includes participants handling the artefacts.
  • Pond Study is a two hour excursion that provides kids an opportunity to study pond life.
  • Escarpment Discoveries will offer visitors a choice of two paths: a journey through time to learn about the development of the Niagara Escarpment including threats to its future; the opportunity to take a virtual hike on the Escarpment and discover its natural splendor.

Dufferin County Museum and Archives (DCMA)

Conservation/Preservation:

 Archives/Library

  • The archival collection encompasses a range of materials relating to all aspects of Dufferin’s history. The collection includes more than 3000 archival documents, more than 500 local history books, and approximately 3000 photographs, as well as a wide range of reference books pertaining to Canadian antiques and artifacts, Canadian history, local authors, education, area churches, and community organizations.
  • The archives also offers an extensive collection of municipal government information, such as by-laws, council minutes, and financial records, the earliest of which dates from 1851; information on such social organizations as the Loyal Orange Lodge, Masonic Lodge, and Women’s Institutes .
  • Local History: A collection of over 500 works, including information on Dufferin and area towns, villages, churches, schools as well as many personal anecdotes of life in this region of Ontario.
  • Museum Reference: The collection is accessible to researchers who are interested in finding and verifying information on Canadian, American and British antiques, Canadian glassware, antique furniture, costume jewellery and textiles.
  • Canadian History: A selection of over 200 works, including texts of general interest in Canadian social, economic, and political history.
  • Home & Health Advice: Includes some 200 works pertaining to Canadian agriculture, genealogy, cooking, maps, bibles, music and school textbooks.
  • Family History: Two self-serve filing cabinets offer a number of family histories and research files.
  • Cemetery Master Index and Transcriptions: Consult this master list available in the Archives.
  • Microfilm: Census Records of Dufferin County records 1852 to 1901 are available
  • Civil Registration Index from 1869 onward, various newspapers dating from 1861 including Orangeville Sun, Banner, Grand Valley Star & Vidette, Shelburne Economist, Free Press.
  • Dufferin County Land Records to 1966, Municipal Records and many County Directories and Atlases are available.

Artefacts

  • The first floor’s Large Artefact Storage Room is accessible to visitors. This area, which stores such items as wagons, sleighs, and furniture, allows visitors to view artefacts which are not currently on display in the DCMA’s exhibit galleries.
  • The collections include archival documents and artefacts such as Canadian glass and ceramics (notably, Corn Flower cut glassware), furniture, wagons, machinery, agricultural implements, clothing, quilts, archival documents, and photographs.
  • The museum’s hillside site features heritage gardens with a rich variety of plants, trees, and flowers, all of which were native to this region around 1900. The property also showcases samples of crop varieties traditionally harvested in DufferinCounty, as well as an apple orchard and an herb garden.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

  • Three heritage buildings are situated inside the DCMA’s main gallery; the Rich Hill Orange Lodge Building 1861, a pioneer log home 1850, and Crombie’s Station, a Toronto, Grey and Bruce train flagging station, 1882.
  • Rich Hill Orange Lodge, constructed of tamarack logs in 1861, was originally located in AmaranthTownship.
  • The McCutcheon Replica House at the DCMA is a one and one-half storey log home, constructed with logs dating from 1851. The interior of the house is appointed and furnished with artefacts from the DCMA Collection to reflect the period of the County of Dufferin’s incorporation in 1881.
  • Also located on this site is the Historic Corbetton Methodist Church Building.
  • The Reading Room also showcases changing displays in beautiful antique cases, formerly of Morrow’s Jewellery Store in Orangeville, ca. 1880.

Tours

Group visits must be booked in advance and admission is $20.00/person.