Museums near Bright ON (41 Result(s))

The Stratford-Perth Museum brings heritage to life with programmes and exhibits for the whole family, an important part of the community, committed to preserving and celebrating the stories of Stratford and Perth County residents, collect, interpret, exhibit and preserve local material culture, the Museum hosts numerous special events and educational programmes.

The Norwich and District Historical Society is committed to the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of the artifactual and archival heritage of the Township of Norwich. The Society shall promote through displays and educational programs, the unique social, religious, agricultural and industrial history of the area.FundingThe Historical Society is a non-profit charitable organization. While we receive some funding from the Ontario government, in the form of a community-museum operating grant, and an additional grant from the Township of Norwich, we receive the majority of our funding from private donations, and fundraising activities. Money raised from these activities helps to support the educational programming, exhibition creation, historical research and artifact conservation that the Historical Society does on a daily basis. Interested in making a donation? Please contact us. The Norwich & District Historical Society operates both the Norwich & District Museum and the Norwich & District Archives

As we are no longer able to afford to house our photos and documents through Our Ontario (now Our Digital World), a list of titles of the photos is available. We can have a conversation about any photos you are interested in, but they are subject to copyright and privacy legislation and we do not hold copyright to all the photos in the collection.

St Mary's Museum is a large 1850's home overlooking St. Marys. St Mary's offers changing and permanent exhibits. A new wing for community archives was opened in 2006, which is used by researchers throughout the year. There are 2 outbuildings at St Mary's museum. One being a woodworking shop and the other displays farm implements and early methods of transportation.

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