News & Events
Peterborough Historical Society Annual General Meeting
In accordance with Provincial authorization, notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Peterborough Historical Society will be held by means of a ZOOM webcast meeting on Tuesday, 19 April, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. for the following purpose: 1. To elect Directors 2. To appoint Auditors for the Corporation and to authorize … Read more
Speaker Series: Days from Destruction: How Public Action Saved Lakefield’s Old Stone Mill House
Speaker series: Michael Chappell Michael Chappell is a Civil Engineering Technologist and Occupational Health and Safety expert who in 2021 helped mobilize citizens to save the historic Old Stone Mill House in Lakefield. A demolition permit already having been issued by the Township of Selwyn and an outside buyer having made an offer on condition … Read more
March Break at Hutchison House
Come to Hutchison House Museum for some March Break fun! This drop-off program will run from 9:30 to 12:30 pm on March 11th, 15th, 16th, and 18th. Please make sure to bring a peanut-free snack and indoor shoes. All visitors to the museum aged 12 or older must be fully vaccinated to enter the museum. … Read more
February 2022 Hours
Please note that following the lifting of provincial restrictions on January 31st, Hutchison House will once again be open to visitors.
The Lakefield College School Archives: A Powerful History Teaching Tool
Speaker series: Wendy Darby Wendy Darby is a teacher and archivist at Lakefield College School. A strong believer in the active use of archival collections, Wendy incorporates archival resources to bring the history curriculum to life. Originating in the early days of Samuel Strickland, Lakefield College has played an important role in the development of … Read more
MUSEUM CLOSED
Please note that Hutchison House Museum is CLOSED for the duration of the province’s Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen. Please email staff at if you have any questions during this time.
Happy Hogmanay!
Did you know that the first-foot was the first person to enter a household on New Year’s Day? The first-foot would bring some gifts to the house, sometimes whisky, coal, and black bun. The first-foot was thought to bring good luck for the coming year.
John A. Macdonald, Elizabeth Hall and Beavermead Farm
Speaker series: Ken Brown. On 21 December 1860 the prominent Peterborough widow, Elizabeth Hall, wrote to John A. Macdonald beginning, “My loved John,” and closing, “Goodbye my own darling, Love your loving Lizzie.” Historians have long known of this letter, but until now, not much of the backstory. Ken Brown sheds new light on the … Read more
