Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives
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| Established | 1897 (Current Location: since 1967) |
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| Location | Armour Hill, Museum Drive, 300 Hunter St. E., Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 6Y5 |
| Visitors | ~32,000 per year |
| Website | http://www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca/ |
The Peterborough Museum & Archives, formerly the Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives (PCMA), is a historical museum located within the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Found only a short distance from the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of the Peterborough Lift Lock, the museum has a history spanning well over a century and is home to the second oldest historical collection of its kind within Ontario. Thousands of linear feet of archival materials and over 33,000 artifacts are included in the collection of which only 3% is displayed at any one time due to space restrictions.
The museum site itself is one of architectural, geographical and historical significance all within its own right. The museum is located atop of a drumlin known informally as Armour Hill. This elevation offers one of the best vantage points for viewing the surrounding countryside and is inclusive to the Oak Ridges Moraine / Peterborough Drumlin Field.
The firm of Craig, Zeidler and Strong was contracted on July 14, 1965 as the architectural designers, (Rutherford-Wilcox, 1987). In the decades that have followed, the work of Eberhard Zeidler has become internationally renowned for distinctive and innovative design.
Additionally, a Heritage Pavilion can be found just a short stroll from the main site. This structure is constructed from 150-year White pine which was resurrected from a Methodist Meeting House built during the 1840s in downtown Peterborough.
The land upon which the museum resides was donated to the City of Peterborough and is more formally known as Ashburnham Memorial Park. A plaque at the summit reads, “This park was given to the City of Peterborough by the Women’s Patriotic League of Ashburnham in memory of the men of Peterborough who fell in the Great War of 1914–1918.”
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