Daytripping Issue - Summer 2020

TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME
EON: ELGIN-OXFORD
Network of Museums
Pick any Museum or Choose Several to visit…
Historical Summer Adventures are waiting for you!
AYLMER
Aylmer-Malahide
Museum & Archives
14 East St, 773-9723
Gay Lea Dairy Museum
48075 Jamestown Ln, 773-2955
BEACHVILLE
Beachville District Museum
584371 Beachville Rd, 423-6497
DRUMBO
Drumbo & District
Heritage Society
42 Centre St, 463-5522
INGERSOLL
Ingersoll Cheese Museum
& Oxford School Museum
290 Harris St, 485-5510
NORWICH
Norwich & District
Historical Society
91 Stover St N, 863-3638
Norwich & District
Museum & Archives
89 Stover St N, 863-3101
* All museums are in the 519 telephone area code
Ingersoll Cheese Museum
CHEESE & A WHOLE LOT MORE!
Voted Ontario’s Top Small Museum
OPEN YEAR ROUND
CALL FOR DETAILS
519-485-5510
OTTERVILLE
South Norwich Historical
Society/Station Museum
243 Main St W, 879-6804
PORT BURWELL
Historic Lighthouse
& Marine Museum
17 Robinson St &
20 Pitt St, 874-4807
HMCS Ojibwa
3 Pitt St, 633-7641
PRINCETON
Princeton &
District Museum
25 Main St, 458-8392
ST. THOMAS
The Elgin County
Heritage Centre
450 Sunset Dr, 631-1460
Elgin County
Railway Museum
225 Wellington St, 637-6284
Elgin Military Museum
30 Talbot Street - 633-7641
• #1 Stop on the Oxford
County Cheese Trail
• Home of the Oxford
County Museum School
• Changing Exhibits
Year-Round
• Festivals & Events
Year-Round
• Ideal for School and
Group Tours
• Parks, Trails, and
On-Site Camping
290 HARRIS STREET Ingersoll
1 km north of 401 at Exit 218
www.ingersoll.ca/cheesemuseum
SIMCOE
Norfolk Historical Society
Norfolk Heritage Centre
109 Norfolk St S, 426-1583
SPARTA
Forge & Anvil Museum
46316 Sparta Ln, 775-2292
The Sparta Church Museum
6073 Quaker Rd, 775-2292
STRAFFORDVILLE
The Edison, Vienna & Area Museum,
Bayham Historical Society
6254 Plank Rd, 773-8798
TILLSONBURG
Annandale National
Historical Site
30 Tillson Ave, 842-2294
WALLACETOWN
Backus Page House Museum
29424 Lakeview Ln, 762-3072
WOODSTOCK
County of Oxford Archives
82 Light St, 539-9800
Woodstock Art Gallery
449 Dundas St, 539-6761
Norwich & District
MUSEUM &
ARCHIVES
MUSEUM
Open
Tues–Sat
by appt.
ARCHIVES
Open
by appt
Visit our Quaker meeting house, salt
box house, 1861 Gore Methodist
Church, Dairy barn, blacksmith shop
and main street gallery. Special events
and exhibits year round. Part of the
Oxford County Cheese trail!
www.norwichdhs.ca
norwichdhs@execulink.com
89 Stover Street North
NORWICH • 519-863-3101
To Windsor
401
Wallacetown
4
St Thomas
3
Sparta
Aylmer
To London
73
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Explore the History of
Aylmer & Malahide
AYLMER-MALAHIDE
Museum & Archives
519-773-9723 • 14 East Street, Aylmer
Monday - Friday: 10-5, Saturday: 11-4
PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM
AylmerMalahideMuseumArchives
AylmerMuseum
www.aylmermuseum.com
3
2
401
Straffordville
19
Port Burwell
Beachville
19
Tillsonburg
59
Woodstock
DAIRY MUSEUM
www.cec-dairymuseum.com
Burgessville
403
59
wich
Otterville
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401
inceton
To Toronto
Drumbo
To Brantford
& Hamilton
Simcoe
3
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Please check with each
museum for re-opening
updates and hours.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
FOR DETAILS ABOUT
SITE RE-OPENING!
Be sure to check out the activitiy page on our website, bit
for free resources & lots of great activity ideas for kids!
48075 Jamestown Line, Aylmer • 1-888-773-2955 • museum@gayleafoods.com
Sparta
The Historic Village of
Forge & Anvil Museum
with permanent
display
Open Daily
11 to 4:30
The Sparta Church Museum
Current restrictions prevent
opening this season
New Exhibit
Coming Next Year
Pioneer Know How
72
3 Pitt St., Port Burwell
519-633-7641
GUIDED TOURS AVAILABLE
HMCS OJIBWA The Museum of
Naval History
See website for current hours.
www.hmcsojibwa.ca
UPDATES & TICKETS ONLINE
The Elgin Military Museum
30 Talbot Street, ST. THOMAS • 519-633-7641
• Canadian Military History with an Elgin County focus
• Archive & Reference Library
See website for current hours & museum updates:
www.TheElginMilitaryMuseum.ca
Southwest
t
ONTARIO
Linking local museums, historic communities
and farms, these colourful quilt blocks painted on
large wooden panels lead past other attractions
along winding country roads.
This is a driving tour only - please do not enter
private property. Go to barnquilttrails.ca for more
information.
The Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails is a project of the
Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk Museum Association.
Elgin
Oxford
Norfolk
Middlesex ex
Brant
WWW.BARNQUILTTRAILS.CA
SUMMER 2020 “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller
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