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main street in the village’s early days.
The Mair Display highlights the
achievements of author and poet
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Charles Mair, who was involved with
the Riel Rebellion of 1870.
You’ll also find a large collection of
photos and artifacts from local rural
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history in an entertaining and with festive decorations in the period and lumbering, pioneer fence styles,
educational way, visit the places rooms and hallways and cider and pioneer implements, Second World
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that showcase the stories of the local cookies in the warm and welcoming War veterans, church records and arti-
people and the past. 1840 kitchen. facts, histories, maps and genealogical
There are a number of museums The Perth Museum is open Monday information.
and resource centres throughout the to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Satur- Another exhibit chronicles the
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District. You can explore local history day, Sunday and holiday Mondays Lanark Village Fire of June 15, 1959,
or do some genealogical research – from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information
and the Caldwell Display commemo-
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there are many choices waiting for call 613-267-1947 or visit www.perth
rates one of Lanark’s earliest settlers,
you!
canada.com. William Caldwell, who became an
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You are invited to experience 19th-
The Hall of Remembrance Museum important lumber baron in the Ottawa
century Perth at Matheson House,
is another “must see.” Valley.
home of the award-winning Perth
Located on the second floor of The The museum is open from Victoria
Hi
Museum, at 11 Gore St. E. This elegant
Royal Canadian Legion (26 Beckwith Day to Thanksgiving on Saturdays,
stone building with its dignified
St. E.), this unique museum contains Sundays and holiday Mondays from
2,200 artifacts donated by the men and
women of Perth and area who served
our country in the First and Second
World Wars.
In addition to photos and display
cases containing personal items, such
as pass books, postcards, boots, helmets
and prayer books, there is also the
Prisoner of War display of the escape
tunnel “Harry” – built to scale by one
of the members of the POW Association
in Ottawa. It is on permanent loan to
the museum. You can also see a small
cast-bronze replica of a monument
commemorating the forced march
from Poland into Germany of Air Force
prisoners of war. The actual monument
The Hall of Remembrance honours
was unveiled in Britain by Prince
veterans.
Phillip in the 1990s.
The reference library and WWI room
Perth Museum is a showcase of local
façade was built in 1840 and is located displays artifacts and uniforms from
history.
in the heart of downtown heritage that war, and crowning the main case
Perth. Four period rooms in this is a “Church Clock” built by Gordon
1 to 4 p.m. or by appointment. For
National Historic Site reflect life as it Barrie just after the First World War.
information, call the Lanark Highlands
once was in the Matheson House. Another feature is the Stokes exhibit
Township office at 613-259-2398.
The museum features changing – a wonderful story all on its own.
Admission is by donation.
exhibitions in the main gallery, includ- For more information or for mu-
Dubbed “the little museum that
ing a pioneer textile exhibition, an seum hours, please call the Legion
makes history come alive,” the Middle-
annual art show and sale and more. office at 613-267-4400. Admission is
ville & District Museum is a hidden
Visitors will discover Perth’s colourful free. Special tours can be booked by
treasure that offers pioneer history
past in the third-floor history gallery appointment.
to explore. Located in Middleville,
from the early settlement years to the The Lanark and District Museum,
northeast of Perth and Lanark Village,
Last Fatal Duel, the Mammoth Cheese located at 80 George St. in Lanark it is set in an 1861 two-storey stone
and much more. Children will enjoy Village, offers a link to the area’s school where you can feel the pioneer
the miniature replica of Matheson heritage. It houses displays of tools, spirit emanating from every corner.
House, complete in every detail. clothing and artifacts collected from Among the treasures are a dramatic
Outdoors, visitors can rest a moment Lanark-area pioneer homes. There horse-drawn hearse, a canoe carved
under the shady maple and enjoy the is also a library of Canadiana books from a single basswood log, old-time
tranquility of the charming Victorian and genealogical records, as well as maple syrup and cheese-making
garden or wander through the court- a complete set of The Lanark Era implements, an 1830s barn-frame
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yard where an outdoor bake oven and newspaper. loom, black-smithing tools and farm
kitchen herb garden can be found. The museum offers special exhibits, implements, lumbering and shanty
Each December the museum hosts such as a map and photo of Lanark’s artifacts and original genealogical
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