Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre (Cobourg Museum Foundation)

Artifacts & Mystery Boxes

Prominent Cobourg Families

Three Decades Timeline

Exhibit Hall & Cottage

A Curtiss Commando Crash Lands in Cobourg in 1951 (Quinte Plastic Modellers Club)

Visiting Dancers From Pickering Village Museum

Model Stagecoach Delivers The Royal Mail

Near The Harwood Station At Rice Lake

Heritage Award From The Town Of Cobourg

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Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre (Cobourg Museum Foundation)

141 Orr Street, Cobourg, ON, K9A 0J6
Tel: 905-373-7222

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Hours:

The Centre is NOW OPEN for the 2021 season. Our new theme features 8 famous or infamous characters from our County's past - “The Heinous, the Heroic and the High Flyers”. 2021 FALL HOURS (until October 10) Saturdays - 10am - 5pm Sundays - 1pm - 5pm Please visit our website for details of particular show times. The Museum Foundation continues to operate through the winter months and access to the fledging Research Library can be arranged by contacting us at 905-373-7222

Fees:

No Admission Fees. Donations are appreciated.

Overview
Insider's Look

The Cobourg Museum Foundation has restored the town's oldest limestone building together with a 19th century workman's cottage and converted them into the Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre, named after two of the Foundation's early members.

A 250 ft. 1/20 scale operating model railway (the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway, 1850s-1880s) running the length of our property, includes a layout of Cobourg's Harbour. A train runs over the ill-fated Rice Lake Bridge carrying loads of lumber from the backwoods.

Archived material from the following displays is accessible on our website, www.cobourgmuseum.ca:

2012 - Cobourg at the time of its Incorporation 175 years ago (1837).

2013 - Our Transportation Story - the 160th Anniversary of the turning of the sod for our railway

2014 - Our Military Story

2015 - Industry & Commerce

2016 - The Part Sports Played

2017 - Canada & Cobourg

2018 - Our Built Heritage

2019 - Artifactually Speaking

Website: http://www.cobourgmuseum.ca

Type: Community Museum | Historic Building

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