Discover Haldimand’s Museums and you will find a wealth of historical artifact’s, stories, and connections to our past.  Start your historical experience at any one of our three County Museums: Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre, Haldimand County Museum & Archives; and the Wilson MacDonald Memorial School Museum. 

Cultural heritage sites and places, represent a huge and varied collection of events, artifacts and stories across the span of Haldimand’s history.  Our cultural partners bring our history to life; telling stories about where we have come from, what we have accomplished, and celebrating the people and places of significance in our communities.

Cultural heritage sites and places, represent a huge and varied collection of events, artifacts and stories across the span of Haldimand’s history.  Our cultural partners bring our history to life; telling stories about where we have come from, what we have accomplished, and celebrating the people and places of significance in our communities.

Haldimand’s  heritage and cultural sites consist of various organizations from traditional collection-based museums and community archives to living heritage sites and places of significance.

Community museums and heritage organizations are important cultural assets that acknowledge the past and strengthen the future.

• Local railway artifacts, Caledonia Grand Trunk Station
• Former home of the Thompson family for 150 years, and 1,500 acre estate and natural resource on the Grand River, Ruthven Park National Historic Site
• Preservation of the No.6 Service Flying Training School, No.6 RCAF Dunnville Museum 
• Restoring and maintaining the rich agricultural history of the Walpole Region, Walpole Antique Farm Machinery Association 
• Historic ‘working’ drilling rig depicting the early natural gas heritage of the region, Canadian Drilling Rig Museum
• Now a living museum, the mansion build c. 1865 by William Holmes Jr., Cottonwood Mansion

• Preserving and promoting interest in the history of Dunnville and surrounding areas, reseraching local history and genealogy, Dunnville District Heritage Association
• Local History Genealogy Room, Jarvis Public Library
• Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Grand River Naval Depot, Located withing Port Maitland East Park, Port Maitland Cairn
• In combination with a lock around the Dunnville dam and locks further up the Grand River, The Port Maitland Lock allowed small ships and barges to travel from Lake Erie to Brantford, Port Maitland Lock
• North Erie Shore Historical Society Geanealogy Collection, Selkirk Public Library