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Museum Hours
Mon-Fri 10:00am-8:30pm
Sat 10:00am-4:00pm
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Contact Information
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc
34 Frank Street
Strathroy, Ontario
N7G 2R4
Phone: 519.245.0492
Fax: 519.245.1073
Email: info@strathroymuseum.ca
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Collections & Research
Museum Collections and Acquisitions
The Museum's collection of over 20,000 objects and archival documents covers every aspect of our local history from settlement (circa 1830) to the present. We collect items pertaining to the geographic area of Strathroy-Caradoc and the people who lived here or influenced our municipality's development. This includes household items, farming implements, documents, artwork, military and sports artifacts, photographs, clothing and textiles, and more.
The Museum is pleased to accept items that fulfill the collection mandate in person, or accompanied by appropriate donor and item information. All items are then reccomended to our Collections Committee for review. You will be notified of the final decision regarding your donation in a timely manner.
Check out our Collections blog to learn more about the storage facility, artifacts, and recently donated items!
Collections Storage Facility
A custom designed storage area was built to accommodate the artifacts in the Museum collection. This space is located in a new shared facility at the rear of the Strathroy Public Library site.
This facility was developed to honour our mandate to collect, preserve and interpret the material heritage significant to the history of Strathroy-Caradoc and its neighbouring communities. Each artifact in the Museum collection representis an aspect of our community’s story and has been donated to the Museum in trust. It's our duty to preserve this material through appropriate methods of storage, and to present and promote the history of the area through these artifacts to foster an appreciation for the relevance of the community’s past to its present and future development.
Research Opportunities
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc has many resources that are useful to researchers of both genealogy and family history.
Secondary Resources:
Secondary resources include family files of accumulated research on specific families that have lived in former Adelaide and Caradoc Townships; The Strathroy Age Dispatch newspaper on microfilm; copies of church registers; census records on microfilm; published books (including genealogies); subject files relating to historical events and organizations.
Primary Resources
Primary resources include: Adelaide Township Heritage Group Collection of genealogical research covering over 100 family groups; documentary artifacts including diaries, deeds, ledgers, personal correspondence; directories; published books; photographs.
LEVELS OF SERVICE
We offer three levels of service to researchers:
1. Self-Directed Visiting Researcher: The researcher is provided with access to the Museum's secondary resources and conducts his/her own searches. Staff will be available to briefly familiarize the researcher with Museum resources and to assist with photocopying. Appointments are necessary.
2. Visiting Researcher With Curatorial Assistance: The researcher is provided with access to primary resources through the assistance of our curatorial staff. Appointments must be arranged in advance to ensure that the Museum has resources that will assist the researcher and, if so, to ensure that space and appropriate staff are available to retrieve materials from our archives.
3. Corresponding Researcher: We offer two levels of service to researchers who are unable to visit the Museum personally:
Initial Review: A staff member will review our finding aids to both primary and secondary sources of genealogical information and report to you on any listings found for your specific subject, within the time frame provided. For details on any such listings, directed research would then be required.
Directed Research: A staff member will conduct research on a specific subject and a customized written report of our findings will be provided. Correspondents who make use of this service are encouraged to direct our work by providing us with any specific questions that they would like answered.
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc offers photograph prints, photocopies and printouts of our archival collection. Our photograph collection cannot be photocopied but print duplicates are available . According to the Canadian Copyright Act, copies of documents and images are for personal research and study only, and the researcher is responsible for obtaining copyright for publication.
For more information or to book an appointment, contact the Museum:
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc
34 Frank Street
Strathroy, Ontario
N7G 2R4
Phone: (519) 245-0492
Fax: (519) 245-1073
Email: info@strathroymuseum.ca
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