Lambton Heritage Museum

Région touristique : Southwestern Ontario

The Lambton Heritage Museum is a community museum collecting and interpreting artifacts relating the human and natural history of Lambton County and area.

Renseignements sur les collections

19th century agricultural equipment a specialty, especially western Ontario manufacturing concerns of the 19th century. Over 300 pressed glass water pitchers of Canadian and American origin, 1870-1930.

Nombre approximatif d'objets ou de spécimens dans la collection : 25,000

Archives

The holdings pertain directly to either the formal/ industrial/ or social history of Sarnia-Lambton area. Highlights are the John Goodison Thresher Co., Sarnia; Doherty Stove Manufacturing Co., Sarnia; Thom's Agricultural Implement Works, Watford; The Howard Fraleigh Flax and Hemp Collection, Forest.

Prints and Drawings • Films and Videos • Photographs • Sound Recordings • Textual Records

Arts décoratifs

300 pieces pressed glass of the 19th C. Over 300 small-format Currier and Ives prints, and their contemporaries. Collection of 235 cheese dishes. Modest collection of local commerical pottery.

Ceramics, Porcelain or Pottery • Costumes • Furniture or Furnishings • Glass • Textiles or Tapestries

Beaux-arts

A highlight is the photographic work of six Lambton photographers 1860-1940.

Culture :
Canadian

Période :
Autre période : Victorian prints

Média : Painting • Photography • Prints and Drawings

Histoire humaine

Generally pertains to the history of Sarnia-Lambton area, the agricultural technological history of western Ontario, and to the settlement of western Ontario in general.

Agriculture • Animal Husbandry • Archaeological Objects • Furniture or Furnishings • Household Objects or Domestic Technology • Imaging : Photographs • Local History • Toys and Games • Transportation : Non-motorized ground

Sciences naturelles

Victorian shadow-box cases of stuffed birds, and small mammals.

Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux
Botany : Vascular Plants

Sciences de la Terre et collections géologiques
Rocks

Services

Tours; lectures; special events; in-school and on-site children's programs; gift shop on premises.

Services de recherche

Archival Records • Conservation or Restoration • Genealogical Research • Information Centre

Programmes Éducatifs

Various education programmes for use at the museum and in-school, for grades K-8.

Family Programs • School Programs : Age 5-11 (k-6)

Information aux Visiteurs

Meeting Room Rental • Parking Facilities : Free • Gift shop • Special Needs Facilities : Washrooms : Wheelchairs available : Wheelchair access • Washrooms
Autre : Facility/meeting room rental available.

Services de bénévoles

Volunteer Services Available

Nombre de bénévoles : 250

Tâches : Food service, special event and fundraising tasks, school programs.

Avantages d'adhésion

Free admission, plus unlimited half-price admission to nine other area museums of our Heritage Sarnia-Lambton Museums Network.

Services de restauration

Snack Bar or Vending Machines • Picnic Area

Services Internet

General Information • Events • School Visits or Programs

Liens touristiques locaux

Local Attractions • Hotels • Restaurants • Shopping • Other Services

Publications et produits

"Grand Bend... Images of Yesteryear"

"Thomas Doherty... A Life of Invention"

"Scottish Connections", a 2 hour VHS format film about Scottish settlement in the Lambton County area, 1830-1900.

Assorted texts by amateur historians pertaining to the history of Sarnia-Lambton.

Newsletters
Autre : Numerous books on local history.

Images en vedette

Carte

Consultez le site Web

Emplacement

Adresse :	RR 2, 10035 Museum Road Grand Bend, Ontario NOM 1T0 Voir la carte
Téléphone :	1-519-243-2600
Télécopieur :	1-519-243-2646
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