St. Marys Museum

Région touristique : Southwestern Ontario

Overlooking the Town of St. Marys, the main museum building is a large 1850s home built from locally quarried limestone. The Museum offers changing and permanent exhibits relating to the history of the area. Two outbuildings contain a woodworking shop and displays of farm implements and early methods of transportation. There is also a children's discovery area and resources for research into local history.

Renseignements sur les collections

The artifacts and materials in the Museum collection all relate to the history of St. Marys and area.

Nombre approximatif d'objets ou de spécimens dans la collection : 10,000

Archives

Resource materials relating to local history, including genealogy.

Architectural Records • Cartographic Materials • Electronic Records • Prints and Drawings • Manuscripts • Microforms • Photographs • Sound Recordings • Textual Records

Arts décoratifs

The St. Marys Museum has some fine examples of china and glassware from prosperous 19th century homes in the area. It also has excellent examples of quilts, coverlets and costumes, all of which are related to such areas of local history as, for example, a small turn-of-the-century cottage weaving industry.

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

Beaux-arts

The paintings featured in the St. Marys Museum's collection all have a local connection - painted by area people, perhaps examples of the small art schools that flourished in St. Marys as in many 19th century Ontario communities. The Museum also owns and exhibits several paintings by William Greason, an artist who was born near St. Marys but who lived his professional life in Detroit.

Culture :
Canadian

Période :
Historical
Autre période : 19th century, early 20th century

Média : Painting • Photography • Prints and Drawings

Histoire humaine

Again, the collection relates to the history of the St. Marys area. Of particular interest are examples of agricultural implements manufactured by the David Maxwell Company in St. Marys from 1885. The Museum also has a woodworking shop area where old tools are demonstrated and exhibited.

Agriculture • Clocks or Time-Keeping Devices • Communications Devices • Costumes and Accessories • Furniture or Furnishings • Household Objects or Domestic Technology • Imaging : Photographs • Industrial Technology and History • Local History • Manuscripts • Maps, Charts, Plans or Blueprints • Medals • Medical History and Technology • Memorabilia • Military History and Technology • Musical Instruments • Oral History • Sports Equipment • Toys and Games • Transportation : Motorized ground : Non-motorized ground

Sciences naturelles

The Museum has a collection of bird and natural history specimens, including male and female passenger pigeons. There is also information on the limestone formations of the area.

Collections biologiques ou plantes et animaux
Zoology : Vertebrates : Birds (Aves) : Mammals (Mammalia)

Services

Services de recherche

Archival Records • Genealogical Research • Information Centre • Library • Slide Library

Programmes Éducatifs

Discovery Room or Centre • Family Programs • School Programs : Age 0-4 (Pre-School) : Age 5-11 (k-6) : Age 12-17 (7-13)(Quebec: Secondary 1-CEGEP)

Information aux Visiteurs

Guided Tours : English • Children's Activities or Services • Information Centre or Desk • Parking Facilities : Free : Bus • Reminiscence or Oral History Kits • Special Needs Facilities : Parking : Wheelchair access • Washrooms
Autre : hands-on area for children and other visitors

Services de bénévoles

Volunteer Services Available • Volunteer Training Offered

Nombre de bénévoles : 36

Tâches : Research, interpretation, care of collection, special events

Avantages d'adhésion

Newsletter, Members' Evening, special invitations to openings, discounts

Services de restauration

Picnic Area

Publications et produits

The St. Marys Museum's most recent publications include: Bravi, A History of the Italian Community in St. Marys, 1996, 160 pages, soft cover, photographs, $15.00
St. Marys and Area Remembers: Compilation of short, individual histories of more than 200 war fatalities listed on St. Marys and Area Cenotaphs: two volumes, 1995 and 1996, soft cover, $5.00 each, ed. Richard Holt.

Annual Reports • Books • Brochures • Educational kits • Museum Guide • Newsletters • Postcards • Commemorative Souvenirs

Carte

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Emplacement

Adresse :	177 Church Street South St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1A9 Voir la carte
Téléphone :	519-284-3556
Télécopieur :	519-284-2881
Adresse postale :	St. Marys Museum PO 98, St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1A9
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