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Our Mission The Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre is committed to being a dynamic local point of community interaction through public programming, heritage conservation, research & education initiatives in a welcoming, authentic, and sustainable way. Our Vision Continuing the legacy provided by the early settler families and museum founders, the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre is a unique focal point of community partnerships, appreciations and interpretation for the Town and its heritage preservation. As such, the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre enables and empowers its diverse audience to: Gather and celebrate with community members Develop a shared sense of community and understanding of societal development in Canada Learn about the many cultures who have shaped & continue to shape our community Connect to the past Contribute to local preservation

Open from Mid-May to Mid-October, stories from the past of the Cobourg, Ontario area are told in annually changing story panels accompanied by artifacts and videos. At one time Cobourg was a major political, educational and industrial centre. Much of the industry centred around the harbour and the railway so on the grounds of the Museum is an operating model of the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway with its ill-fated Rice Lake Bridge. The Cobourg Museum Foundation (CMF) is a volunteer run, registered, not-for-profit charity, founded in 1999 by a group of citizens concerned about the state of near collapse of the limestone building locally known as the 'barracks' and now housing the Museum exhibits.