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Wednesday, April 17 – Please note, the Museum’s Bruce Gallery (Thread of the Story exhibit) will be CLOSED from 11 AM – 3 PM.

Please note: The Museum’s historic outdoor structures are closed for the season!

Museum Hours

Monday 10 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday 10 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 5 PM
Thursday 10 AM - 5 PM
Friday 10 AM - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM

Archives Hours

Monday 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM and 1 PM - 4:30 PM
Sunday Closed

General Admission

Individual $8.00 + HST
Children (4-12) $4.00 + HST
Student $6.00 + HST
Senior $6.00 + HST
Archives $6.00 + HST
Children (3 & under) FREE

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Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre​

33 Victoria Street North (in the town of Saugeen Shores)
Southampton, ON Canada N0H 2L0

Toll Free: 1-866-318-8889 | Phone: 519-797-2080 | Fax 519-797-2191

museum@brucecounty.on.ca

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Donations

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Stories & Artefacts

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  • Agriculture
  • Art
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Businesses
  • Collections Objects
  • Diaries
  • Entertainment
  • Furniture
  • Marine
  • Medicine
  • Metis
  • Military
  • People
  • Photographers
  • Places
  • Pottery
  • Sports
  • Textiles
Slops Bowl given to Captain John Spence
Marine

Captain John Spence

One of the earliest permanent settlers, and one of the most week-known, in the Bruce was Captain John Spence. Captain Spence was born in 1814, ...
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Brownscombe Pottery
Pottery

Early Bruce County Potteries

Throughout the 1800s there were nine known potteries throughout Bruce County and included Kincardine, Port Elgin, Burgoyne, Chippewa Hill, Scone, Tara, Mildmay and Kinloss.  By ...
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32nd Bruce Battalion Badge
Military

Early Militia and 32nd Bruce Battalion

Bruce’s first militia was formed with the passing of the Military Act of 1855. This act made all men, ages 18-40, servicemen and ages 40-60 ...
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William Victor Tranter
Diaries

Victor Tranter 

I had some good chance to study the chances a man has against the bullet and concluded that they were all against the man.”  Victor ...
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Register of Vessels
Marine

Register of Vessels 

This partial “Register of Vessels employed in the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada, which departed from the Port of Kincardine,” is a register of ...
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Krug Bros. Co. Ltd. Catalogue Page
Businesses

Krug Furniture Co. Ltd: 100 Years of Service to the County

Krug Furniture Co. Timeline   1886   The business began as a partnership between brothers Christian, Conrad, John and William Krug, and brother-in-law Henry Ankenmann.   1909   The company incorporated ...
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VISIT THE MUSEUM

Location

Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre

33 Victoria Street North (in the town of Saugeen Shores) Southampton, ON Canada N0H 2L0 

Toll Free:

1-866-318-8889

Phone:

519-797-2080

Fax

519-797-2191

museum@brucecounty.on.ca

Hours

Admission

Individual $8.00 + HST
Children $4.00 + HST
Student $6.00 + HST
Senior $6.00 + HST
Archives $6.00 + HST

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