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Online Collection
Visit our online collection from anywhere in the world!
Explore our current online collection
The Lambton County Museums online catalogue can be found on our old or current online collection database. This online catalogue includes thousands of photographs, books, textiles, archival documents, and historic artifacts.
Keep in mind that there are items in our current online collection database that have not been digitized and can only be viewed through an in-person appointment. We are always growing and updating this digital collection, so check back regularly.
Lambton Heritage Museum Collection
The museum collection is home to more than 25,000 artifacts and 10,000 photographs depicting the history of Lambton County. Each of the County's eleven municipalities are represented.
Some of our collection highlights include:
- The only horse-drawn ambulance in Ontario, manufactured in Petrolia in 1908
- Canada's largest collection of pressed glass water pitchers
- Beautiful antique stoves produced by the Doherty Manufacturing Company of Sarnia
- Extensive collections of farm implements
Records, images, and materials held by Lambton Heritage Museum are historical and contain language or depictions of people and places that are representative of their time. This may include problematic wording, cultural references, and stereotypes that may be harmful to racialized and marginalized populations. Maintaining these original records and making them available to students, researchers, and the public assist in understanding the historic and continued burden marginalized communities may face.
If you encounter records with harmful language or inaccurate statements in our catalogue or collections, please notify our staff team at heritage.museum@county-lambton.on.ca. We appreciate your feedback as we are actively reviewing and enhancing our records.
Interested in donating an artifact to the Museum?
The collections storage area of Lambton Heritage Museum, where thousands of artifacts are kept safe for future generations.
Lambton Heritage Articles
There are many fascinating characters that have lived in Lambton County, and many interesting stories to tell about our local history. On our Lambton Heritage Highlights page, we are exploring some of these tales. View our Lambton Heritage Articles page to read these stories!
Research
If you are doing any kind of research, consult the Research page. We can arrange access to museum artifacts in the collection through appointment.
Virtual Talks Archive
Please visit our YouTube playlist to discover past and upcoming virtual talks. Some of the topics we have covered in the past include, More Than Just Luck - Legacies of Irish Immigrants and Pollinators, Past and Present. We also have had talks where we invited curators of our traveling exhibits to discuss themes related to their exhibits, such as Nnigiiwemin / We Are Going Home co-curated by Summer Bressette and Monica Virtue.
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