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Living and Working Gallery

​The newly designed Living and Working Gallery highlights the development of business and industry, military, fashion, daily life and technology in Simcoe County. Featuring artifacts from the 1890s to the 1970s, the gallery depicts changes that have occurred in this area throughout the twentieth century.

  • Victorian hearseVictorian hearse
    Victorian hearse
  • Early 1900 artifacts including a clothing wringer, camera, and gramophone.Early 1900 artifacts including a clothing wringer, camera, and gramophone.
    Early 1900 artifacts including a clothing wringer, camera, and gramophone.
  • Buy Victory Bonds 1918Buy Victory Bonds 1918
    World War One display with shadow boxes of people from Simcoe County who served in the war. A large propaganda banner for victory bonds located behind the boxes stating If ye break faith, we shall not sleep.
  • General StoreGeneral Store
  • 70s Rec room display70s Rec room display
  • Minesing Basket Company DisplayMinesing Basket Company Display
  • County industry displayCounty industry display
  • KitchenKitchen