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Grey County is rich with history, and local stories are told in museums across the county. We celebrate or rural and marine heritage, our local heroes and more. Grey Roots Museum and Archives boasts a permanent collection, a theatre, a heritage village, several travelling exhibits and lots of activities year-round.

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Bishop House: Museum, Archives and National Historic Site
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Bishop House: Museum, Archives and National Historic Site

A National Historic Site, the boyhood home of Billy Bishop has permanent exhibits on his life and career, focusing on the military accomplishments of Bishop and other Canadian Aviators.  Artifacts Read More
948 3rd Ave. West Owen Sound ON N4K 4P6 Canada
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519-371-0031
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Restored Chatsworth Railway Arch made of local stone
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Chatsworth Railway Arch (Culvert 21)

Circa 1850, three young stonemasons set sail from Aberdeen, Scotland to North America. They represented only a fraction of the nearly one million Scottish emigrants that crossed the ocean that century Read More
Highway 10 Chatsworth ON N0H 1G0 Canada
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Hiking Museums & Heritage Arts & Culture
The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre, summer 2016
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Community Waterfront Heritage Centre

The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre (CWHC) is located on Owen Sound’s picturesque harbour at 1155 1st Ave West, in a historic 1932 CN Rail Station, it is the last train station of its kind in Read More
1155 1st Avenue West Owen Sound ON N4K 4K8 Canada
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519-371-3333
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The front of the Craigleith Heritage Depot.
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Craigleith Heritage Depot

A museum, housed in a former railway station built in the 1870s, that traces local history from the very distant to the much more recent past.It is also a branch of the The Blue Mountains Public Read More
113 Lakeshore Road East The Blue Mountains ON L9Y 0N1 Canada
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519-599-3681 ext. 6
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Moreston Heritage Village Volunteers
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Grey Roots Museum & Archives

Grey Roots engages and educates our communities in the human history of the County of Grey by preserving and sharing collections, stories and memories. Innovative programs and demonstrations, rotating Read More
102599 Grey Road 18 Owen Sound ON N4K 5N6 Canada
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519-376-3690
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Meaford Museum
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Meaford Museum

Meaford has a robust and unique history that transcends it's borders and delights all those who visit to learn about it.Our interactive exhibit rooms will surprise and delight you. Marvel at the Man Read More
111 Bayfield St. Meaford ON N4L 1N4 Canada
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519-538-5974
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MWikwedong Native Cultural Centre
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MWikwedong Native Cultural Centre

We have renovated the downstairs area where are younger years programs will now be operating out of. As for the upstairs we have it open and available to use as a daily drop in. So please feel free to Read More
1723 8th Avenue East Owen Sound ON N4K 6W5 Canada
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519-371-1147
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Osprey Museum
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Osprey Museum

Two location - in the Old Rob Roy School House at #634632 Pretty River Road at the corner Grey Rd 31 and Road 63. Second site in the old Salvation Army Church in Feversham - open for special occasions Read More
634632 Pretty River Road Rob Roy ON N0C 1M0 Canada
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705-441-1182
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Saints & Sinners growler, tumbler and maps
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Saints & Sinners: Bootleggers' Run Trail

BEER. WINE. CIDER. HISTORY. Once a hotbed for bootleggers during Prohibition, Grey, Bruce and Simcoe counties now boast several thriving drink producers. VQA wineries, craft breweries and heritage Read More
102599 Grey Road 18 Owen Sound ON N4K 5N6 Canada
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Sheffield Park
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Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum

Come, learn, teach your children about a history of another culture and generation. Open from the May Long Weekend until Thanksgiving weekend in October;  Tuesday  to Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Read More
241 Clark St Clarksburg ON N0H 1J0 Canada
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519-599-6226
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Explore Grey Highlands history at South Grey Museum
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South Grey Museum & Historical Library

South Grey Museum & Historical Library is open year-round - Thursdays to Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A tourist information centre welcomes visitors to explore our area from this starting point. Museum Read More
40 Sydenham St. Flesherton ON N0C 1E0 Canada
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519-924-2843
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Welbeck Saw Mill
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Welbeck Shingle Mill

The Shingle Mill turns out Ontario White Cedar shingles and gives enjoyment to hundreds of visitors and school students each year as they come to tour the mill and reminisce of days of yore. Read More
R. R. # 2 Durham ON N0G 1R0 Canada
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519-369-2144
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