The Arts and Culture Division is responsible for the provision of arts, culture, the Municipal Cultural Plan, cultural facilities, services, and resources. 

Highlights and statistics

The division includes the Peterborough Museum and Archives, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, and the City's public art program. New in 2025, the Riverview Park & Zoo becomes part of the City's Arts and Culture Division.
 Peterborough Museum and Archives

The Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA) 2024 exhibits had a strong focus on languages and communication. 2024 also saw the unveiling of the PMAs new branding. The new look decolonized the PMA's visual identifier, which was critical in the context of necessary and fundamental changes within the Canadian museum and archives profession and shows their commitment to advocating for meaningful truth and reconciliation in all activities. In May 2024, the PMA was recognized with the Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Exhibitions category for “To Honour and Respect: Gifts from the Michi Saagiig Women to the Prince of Wales, 1860” (April to November 2023).
 Art Gallery of Peterborough

The Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024. The AGP continues to facilitate annual programming such as the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, the It's All About Art Fundraising Auction, the Youth Art Mentorship Program, and a variety of activities for children of all ages. With twelve to sixteen exhibitions a year, the AGP presents contemporary visual art in the gallery by artists from the region and across the nation.

Public Art
The City's Public Art program focused on two notable projects in 2024: the procurement and coordination of the Indigenous art piece Analogous Harmony (working title) installed in the Miskin Law Community Complex and the Right of Way - The Chemong Portage Project.

Riverview Park & Zoo

Riverview Park & Zoo is being brought in-house from a wholly owned subsidiary of the City.

Spanning over 55 acres of park area along the shores of the Otonabee River, the Riverview Park & Zoo (RPZ) is proud to be Canada's only free-admission accredited zoo. The Riverview Park & Zoo offers 25 animal exhibits with more than 40 different species and over 150 animals. With a focus on animal welfare, education, and conservation, the RPZ is a unique facility offering attractions to people of all ages. Advancement and growth have been made possible through generous donations and support from community members, local businesses and visitors.

Interactive Budget

Explore the City's budget using the interactive OpenBook feature, including expenses by department and division as well as a breakdown of what a typical residential property taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment.

The full budget information is available in the Draft 2025 Budget book.

The OpenBook budget tool enhances the transparency of the City's Budget by allowing us to share financial information visually in accessible and easy to understand formats. View our budget data using charts, tables, and graphs. We hope you find this helpful.

Through our OpenBook reports, you can start at the organizational level then click on a department to go down to the division/section/service level as you explore the financial information for the City. Flip between charts, tables and graphs to display the data in a way that visualizes the information based on your preference.

In OpenBook tables, all column headers labeled as "Current Year" refer to 2025; "Previous Year" refers to 2024.

Please note: The 2025 Budget is the first year that the City has used this budget tool to enhance how it shares information with residents. We're learning how to use the new platform and will be adding features and reports as we explore the tool's capabilities.

OpenBook budget tool