St. Edmunds Bruce Peninsula Museum — Attraction in Tobermory

This tiny museum is located just outside main Tobermory. It's steeped in history and dates back nearly 200 years. There is no admission fee but they look forward to donations. Basically it is 2 small buildings - one is the old school and the other is the log cabin they stayed in. Note that the log cabin was situated in main Tobermory ( on rent i believe )but was relocated when the landlord wanted his property back. It was brought to the current address and reconstructEd- nearly 50 years back. The main school building is full of relics and stuff you probably have never seen. It was actually a school back in the day - there is a bell outside which was rung to call kids into school. You need to go and see the history in that building as it's hard to explain. Old attendance registers along with cursive hand writing sheets are there for all to see. Not sure if they have heritage status as yet but seriously think that the appropriate authorities need to look into. The 2 ladies there were really knowledgeable and friendly - go see the appliances they have and how Canada managed back then. Parking is available on site and its free. We need to understand and appreciate the resilience of people from that age - how they learnt and adapted to the times. For example back then no corporates made butter - it was made in house using age old appliances and techniques. See the pictures I have posted and you...

We spent an enjoyable couple of hours wandering through the St. Edmund’s Bruce Peninsula Museum. The museum is housed in an old, one-roomed school house built in 1898 and actually saw service up until the 60’s. Records on display show that the school housed grades one to eight in the one room with as many as 30 children. There are interesting displays on the maritime history of the Tobermory area as well as the tools and habits of everyday life on the Northern Bruce. A second building on the property is a log cabin built in 1875 and was in use up until the 70’s when it was disassembled and moved to the museum grounds. It has been furnished as it would have been in the 19th century. It’s always fascinating to visit these small, community museums and to get a taste of what life was like not so very long ago. What struck me was the sheer physical work that went into making a home and a living in the early days in...

Can't say enough good things about this place.. The staff was so friendly, so knowledgeable it made it so fun and enjoyable for my kids to learn the history of the area of all Things tobermory and northern bruce peninsula. The history / artifacts here are so well preserved and maintained and getting constantly cleaned and maintained its was a joy.. The preservation of history is...