RESEARCH WITH US

Thousands of objects to discover.

Thousands of photographs to explore.

Thousands of archives to uncover.

research Requests

The Museum houses many objects, photographs and archival documents, including the North Star newspaper, that may be able to assist you with your research. Please reach out to us if you have a research request.

It will take 15 business days to process the request.
The first 30 minutes of the research is free.
There will be a $30/hour charge after the first 30 minutes.
Photos and scans will be allowed only after signing a Use Agreement with the museum.

To make a research request, click on the links below.

Researching an Individual

Researching an Event

Researching a Newspaper

Research Library

For a few years now, we have been slowly working towards creating an in-house research library for our community, and thanks to funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, we have hired a familiar face to complete this project!

Michaela Dickens has been working with us for over two years now. She started as a Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) Collections Assistant before taking on the responsibilities of acting Collections Supervisor while Amy Sultana was on maternity leave. She has worked on various projects, including exhibition development, adding artifacts to our collections, development of videos for our YouTube channel and content for our social media, to name a few. Her education in Museum Management and Curatorship and previous experience with archives and libraries make her the perfect fit to set up our new research library.