Museum

100 t-shirts for Grimsby’s 100th Birthday!

Join us in celebrating The Town of Grimsby’s centennial year!

Sales open on May 1st to coincide with May is Museum Month 2022! Get your t-shirt HERE

Limited edition! Only 100 t-shirts will be made.

Premium quality shirts available in all sizes while they last with a unique Grimsby inspired design.

All proceeds will support The Grimsby museum collections, education programs and community events. Look and feel good supporting the Museum and celebrating our amazing heritage!

Like many others, fundraising was halted for the past couple years. Your support is greatly appreciated and needed. 

Thank you for ensuring our past has a future! 

Museum at home

Activity sheets: 

• Main Street colouring page

• St. Andrew's Church colouring page

• Train Station colouring page 

A selection of Grimsby's history is available to browse online:

• Online Collections Database

• Grimsby Newspaper Archives

• Grimsby Park - Summers by the Lake: The History of Grimsby Park

• Sweat Equity - The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative – 1953-1956 

• Fruit Industry - Grown in the Garden of Canada: The History of the Fruit Industry in Grimsby

• 1812 history

• 'What's In Your Bedroom?' mini exhibition found on the Grimsby Museum's Facebook page

• 'Everything Mickey Mouse' mini exhibition found on the Grimsby Museum's Facebook page 
• 'The Woolverton Family' mini virtual display found on the Grimsby Museum's Facebook page 
• 'Through The Eye of a Needle' mini virtual display found on the Grimsby Museum's Facebook page 

There's always something new, check back often!

 Contact us

Telephone: 905-945-5292

Email the museum 

Fax number: 905-945-0715

 Location

6 Murray St

P.O. Box 244

Grimsby, Ontario

Canada, L3M 4G5

We are located on the corner of Main Street West (Regional Road 81) and Murray Street. The parking lot is located on Murray Street. Parking is free.

The Grimsby Museum is fully accessible.

Hours of operation

Hours of Operation:

The Grimsby Museum is closed all statutory holidays unless otherwise posted.

Please note that throughout the year there may be times that we are open, however our exhibitions are not open due to exhibition change over. Please contact us directly if you have any questions about what exhibitions are open today.

*All hours and information is subject to change without notice. 

 Exhibitions

 Admission

ADMISSION BY DONATION

• The Grimsby Museum is pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2022 our exhibition galleries are now ADMISSION BY DONATION! Voluntary donations may be given in support of valuable museum functions such as: caring for museum collections, education programming and community services. This is a great step in making arts, heritage and culture more accessible for all!

Museum event schedule

Please visit our events page

Research appointments

Are you looking for information on Grimsby's history? We offer access to our full collection through research requests. The Grimsby Museum's collection includes documents, letters, photographs, diaries and other material relating to families, businesses, organizations, places and events in Grimsby's history.

Please note appointments are mandatory for all research requests. We are not able to accept walk-ins.

For research appointments, please email us a description of what you are looking for and include any relevant information you have that may aid in our search, example: addresses, birth or death dates, maiden names, parent or sibling names etc. Alternatively, non email users may call us to make an appointment: 905-945-5292. Even if you call, an appointment is still required.

Research Fees:

* Research fees will be quoted in advance and will depend on your individual needs.

• initial assessment: FREE for everyone
• research appointment: $ 20.00 for non-members, FREE for Grimsby Museum Members.
• photocopies and digital copies: starting at $1.00- $ 20.00 (depending on your needs. A quote and options can be discussed). 
• research conducted by a Museum representative: $ 30.00/hour
• reproducing our images in publications etc.: starting at $ 22.00 (depending on your needs. A quote and options can be discussed). 

How it works:

• We conduct an initial assessment to see if we have anything within our collections relevant to your research request. There is no charge for this initial assessment.
• (optional) If no information is found during our initial assessment than no further appointment is needed. If we do find something that is of interest to you than a formal appointment is needed. Depending on the request, appointments can be conducted in person at The Museum, by phone or by email. Each request is handled case-by-case.  There is a $ 20.00 flat rate fee for this service.
• (Optional) If you want photocopies or digital copies than extra fees apply.
• (Optional) depending on what you are researching, you can hire a Museum representative to conduct research for you. There is a $30.00/hour charge for this service.

Facility rentals

Rental fees:

• Non-Profit: $ 15.75 per hour
• Citizen: $ 30.50 per hour
• Business: $ 39.00 per hour
• After hours: $ 19.00 per hour
• 10% discount for Grimsby Museum Members and long-term rentals