We are so excited to finally be able to add Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives free family passes to our Community Pass collection! Search the catalogue for ‘Community Pass’ to place a hold today and visit this wonderful local attraction.

A welcomed report to aid in telling the stories of Indigenous experiences and an important step in decolonizing the museum sector.

Opportunities on the OMA Job Board with upcoming deadlines: -Feb 15: Finance Coordinator MOCA Toronto -Feb 17: Camp Supervisor Museum Town of Stouffville -Feb 19: Project Lead (Digitization) Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives Members can view more postings HERE: bit.ly/OMA-Job-Board

Photographs from a recent donation from a former employee at Sylvester Manufacturing Company in Lindsay, Ontario. The company was formed in 1876 and would close in 1972 after many ownership and name changes.

Digitizing some of Al Capon’s (editor of The Lindsay Post) negatives, we came across a photograph that depicts a scene that we are all longing for: hot summer days swimming and relaxing by a pool! Opening on June 23, 1950, this photo was taken in 1967.

On Monday, May 1st, our museum had the pleasure to install a community exhibit in OLA at Queen's Park. Curated by Barbara Doyle, Managing Director and assisted by Zac Miller, Archivist, this exhibit highlights the history and transformation of our museum and archives!

C.N.R 649 and another small mogul on the Toronto-Haliburton weekend passenger train just south of Colborne Street on Victoria Ave in Lindsay in 1938. At the left of the photo you can see the former Lindsay Jail which we now occupy. Photo from the Charles H. Heels fonds

Tucked between Rev. James Hartley Dunsford’s sketches of unknown villages in England and Hartley Dunsford’s silhouettes and drawings are four lithograph prints of Fenelon Falls and scenes from Church Hill in the village. Sketches from the Dunsford family fonds (2016.298)

klmuseumarchives.ca/from-the-colle… "While grocers and bakers are currently in hot water, steaming under the allegations of bread price-fixing, at one time, the Town of Lindsay passed a 'bread by-law.'" Not only did Lindsay have such bylaw, Fenelon & Bobcaygeon! Read below!

Klmuseumarchives.ca/from-the-colle… Read all about one of Lindsay small family run dairies!

Coming all the way from the Pym family in Australia is this little creamer pitcher by staff at the Pym’s Hotel, which was located at 84 Kent Street in Lindsay. The hotel was operated for only a short time during the early 1900s with brothers William and Charles Pym at the helm.

Check out our latest exhibit that’s now live! Klmuseumarchives.ca/flavelle

Come visit us at Kawartha Lakes Pride Pride in the Park at Maryboro Lodge in Fenelon Falls!! Lots of activities and fun until 4pm today 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We love our community! Yesterday, we received six volumes of The Lindsay Daily Post from 1969, 1971, 1974, and 1975. These additional volumes help complete some of the years we are missing. Keep an eye on our website to view the digitized issues of the Lindsay Post.

📢 PLEASE SHARE! 📢 Do you remember journalist and editor Alan Capon (center) and his time with the Lindsay Post? If anyone has any memories of interacting with Alan in Lindsay, we would live to hear from you! Please contact Har-Leigh Arsenault at [email protected]

klmuseumarchives.ca/from-the-colle… Johannes Trojan (1837-1915) was a German writer, journalist, and botanist who travelled to the Kawarthas in the summer of 1900 collecting specimens of plants and fruits to bring back home to Germany. Read more about his journey through the Kawarthas.

Sometimes posters can more than one story, as does this Lindsay Bullfight poster advertising for the event in 1958. Not only does it advertise the event, but it also displays what a mess it was to organize and prepare for as evidenced by the blue marking over the date.

It may seem like fall outside with the chilly temperatures, but there are still a few weeks of summer left for you to enjoy! Here are some photographs of camps at Norland that the Rumney family of Coboconk set up for a small berry picking adventures in 1919 and 1922.

The Lindsay Fair starts this week, so why not highlight one of the most successful World's Fair in the 20th century: the Montreal Expo. Did anyone go to Expo 67? Lindsay Daily Post reporter Alan Capon was sent to cover the Montreal Expo of 1967.

Visit us at the Lindsay Exhibition! We are here all week!