Museum and Archives | City of Peterborough

Exhibitions

Brown teddy bear on blue background. Text: Artifacts. Speech bubble from bear: "Often, artifacts donated to the Museum come with complicated histories, layered with personal, cultural and historical meaning."

Featured exhibition

artiFACTS will be on display from June 21, 2025 to October 5, 2025. We invite you to visit this fun exhibit where artifacts themselves “speak,” revealing unique narratives that connect us to moments in time, places, and people from our shared past.

Museum exhibit with wall mounted Turtle Island feature and digital screen

Peterborough history

Our permanent exhibition tells a chronological history of Peterborough.

Educational Visits

Embark on a journey of exploration, discovery, and imagination as you connect with the past through our hands-on educational programs! Visit our School Programs page to learn more about what we offer.

Explore the Museum

Archival Research

An appointment, booked in advance, is required to access the Archives. Our Archivist is happy to assist you with your research requests in our Archives reading room.

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Donations

The Peterborough Museum & Archives gratefully accepts object, archival, and monetary donations. Learn more about how to arrange making a donation to the Museum.

Orange Toronto international film festival sign outdoors.

PMA: Bringing TIFF To You Film Series

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible partners at Galaxy Cinemas and the Toronto International Film Festival for helping us bring these outstanding films to Peterborough!

We are excited to share our Fall 2025 film lineup with you. Mark your calendars, series passes will go on sale Monday September 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Hope to see you at the movies this season!

More to Explore

PA Day Discovery Camps

Registration opens on Tuesday, August 26th at 9:30 am for fall programs including PA Day Camps. Camp programs are for ages 4 to 11 and include themes such as fall and dinosaurs!

Summer Discovery Day Camps

For ages 4 to youth aged 14+. Your museum adventure awaits this summer at the Peterborough Museum & Archives!

Museum Blog

Learn at the Museum

Toddler Tuesday

Drop-in for a tot friendly Museum visit! Tuesdays, September 2 to June 23, 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Collections

The Peterborough Museum and Archives is designated as a 'Category A Collecting Institution' under the terms of the Canadian Cultural Property Export/Import Act. This means that we collect, preserve and make cultural property accessible to the public through exhibitions, research and online.

Collections

PMA's new look

The Peterborough Museum & Archives gets a face lift!

We have a new visual identifier at the Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA). Join Education & Program Officer, Faryn Stanley and Museum Visitor Experience Coordinator, Katie Crowe as they show you all the exciting changes at the PMA.