Tag: Peterborough ON

September 26, 2019

Peterborough Museum and Archives

The new 9,000-square-foot artifact storage facility at Peterborough Museum and Archives, shown in this 2015 video, is a wonderland. The only other time I’ve had the privilege of being let loose to wander (but don’t touch!) in an archival storage area of similar dimensions was at the Museum of London’s archive on Eagle Wharf Road, …

September 24, 2019

Canadian Canoe Museum

The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, features Pierre Trudeau’s iconic buckskin canoeing jacket. The accompanying text says: An evocative and very Canadian artefact. The Canadian Canoe Museum is museum no. 52 in my #100museums challenge (see 100 Museums Challenge).