Welcome to the Arnprior & District Museum

 

Location: 35 Madawaska Street at the corner of John St.
Admission: Adult $3  |  Family $8  |  Student & Senior $1.50  |  Children under 8 are free
Dates & Hours: Mon - Sat 12 - 5 p.m. closed Sundays
2010 Season: The Arnprior & District Museum opens  Wednesday, June 9th. at 7:00 p.m. with speaker David Forsyth, Senior Curator National Museums of Scotland. Mr. Forsyth will be speaking about the Emigrant’s Kist, a travelling exhibit from the National Museums of Scotland which addresses Scottish emigration to Canada during the 19th century. This exhibit will be on display until the beginning of September.

To make an appointment year-round, contact the curator, Janet Carlile by phone at 613-623-4902  or via e-mail at jcarlile@arnprior.ca

         

The Arnprior & District Museum is situated in the former Post Office built in 1896.  Based on a design by Thomas Fuller, who was the architect of the original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa (c. 1860), it was saved from demolition by the generosity of David and Jessie Gillies in the early 1960s.  This designated building is now recognized as the symbol of the Town of Arnprior.

The Museum houses a great collection of artefacts and photographs that you can peruse at your leisure.  Come and see the new Kenwood Mills exhibit, the 1928 fire engine, scenes of early 20th century domestic life, Charles Macnamara, our own ever-changing lumber exhibit, the museum's tribute to the Lair McNab and our most recent acquisitions which include an early 19th century canon and a major new building.
(below) New or revitalized exhibits featured on the second floor of the Arnprior & District Museum

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Arnprior through the eyes of a tourist's  postcard  Community Memories CHIN 

See you at the Museum.  It's yours to enjoy! Curator ~ Janet Carlile

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