The Simcoe County Museum holds an impressive collection of machinery and heritage vehicles, including a 1922 Erie Steam Shovel and Caterpillar Sixty. In partnership with the Historical Construction Equipment Association of Canada (HCEA), the Museum displays both HCEA and Museum owned heritage construction equipment.
READ MOREThe Simcoe County Museum is home to ten heritage buildings that have been relocated to the Museum grounds from various locations around Simcoe County. From the 1834 Spearin log home to the newly relocated 1922 Cedar View Cottage, this architectural display of heritage buildings illustrate daily life and the growth and development of the area.
READ MOREHow do you describe this land called Simcoe County? Rolling sand dunes, rugged escarpment, rich marsh soil, dense forests, sandy beaches, clear waters? All of the above? Our varied landscape has provided a wealth of natural resources for the people who have lived here. Important for work, recreation, and even survival, these resources have influenced […]
READ MOREThe 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.
READ MOREA walk down Barrie’s Main Street exhibit transports visitors back to the turn of the 20th Century, into the heart of downtown Barrie. The stores depicted in this exhibit are recreations of actual stores and businesses that operated in Barrie between 1890 and 1910. Represented in this gallery are several businesses, including Simmons Hat and […]
READ MOREForest and Habitat Restoration at the Simcoe County Museum The County of Simcoe is embarking on a unique forest restoration project and joining an international effort to reintroduce the Kirtland’s Warbler, a globally endangered migratory bird, to its natural range in Simcoe County. This is the first project of its kind in Canada and further […]
READ MOREComing Soon Members of a newly formed Simcoe County Museum Working Circle are selecting stories, creating content and designing a new Indigenous Peoples gallery.
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