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Monday, November 11 – Please note the Museum & Archives will be CLOSED for Remembrance Day.

Please note: The Museum’s exterior exhibits, including the MacKenzie Log Home and S.S. No. 10 Amabel Log School House are now CLOSED for the 2024/25 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 Closed

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

Membership & Passes

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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

Our success is made possible, in part, by the support we receive through our strong relationships with you, our donors. Your generosity ensures that we will continue to inspire, educate and remain the premier destination of choice for exploring our history.

Volunteer

Volunteers are the building blocks of our Museum. All our activities and programs depend on the assistance of dedicated volunteers.

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
Log Cabin Quilt
Art

Log Cabin Quilts

The Log Cabin pattern is a great example of shared cultural experiences expressed through symbolism within quilting patterns.  There are many pattern variations, each with ...
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Sword and Scabbard
Military

The Swords of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sproat

This sword is one of two housed within the collection of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sproat, ...
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Signature Quilt with close up of Block
Military

First World War Signature Quilts

The outbreak of the First World War saw many of Bruce County’s able-bodied men off to the battlefields of Europe.  Back on the home front, ...
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Polfuss Chest
Furniture

Early Furniture Makers

Bruce County is well known for its commercial furniture manufacturers.  Operating just before the rise of the great furniture factories, were several skilled furniture makers.  ...
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Lion's Head Church Pulpit
Furniture

Ecclesiastical Furniture

The chair featured above is part of a set that includes a pulpit, that was made for the Knox Presbyterian Church in Lion’s Head, who ...
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Hair Bracelet
Art

Hair Art and Jewellery

The Victorian Age was one of sentimentality; due to the historical symbolism and associations of hair to intimacy, devotion, love, and esteem, hair was chosen ...
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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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