The Brockville Museum is a hub of community activity – it is home to several heritage partners as well as a meeting place for many community groups.

Being a community meeting place is mutually beneficial – the community groups benefit from the museum’s accessibility, kitchen facilities, sound system, and most importantly the many networking opportunities – the museum benefits from great support from these various groups.

The Leeds & Grenville Genealogical Society is housed in the lower level of Beecher House. The Society’s genealogical records in combination with the museum’s research library and archival collection provide visitors, researchers, genealogists, authors and historians a wealth of resources under the same roof.

The Brockville and District HISTORICAL SOCIETY members meet at the Brockville Museum. The society hosts an annual ‘Show and Tell’ which provides an opportunity for members and guests to showcase a personal treasure. The society continues to contribute to the operation of the museum by providing speakers or purchasing equipment and supplies for special projects.

The City of Brockville is very proud of the accomplishments of the Brockville Infantry Co. RE-ENACTORS (1862). This group of men and women have researched the 1862 military story, and share their knowledge with their encampments and participation in re-enactments throughout the province and beyond.

The infantry members dressed in their attractive scarlet tunics are always on hand for museum educational programs, community fairs and parades. Their organizational meetings are held once a month in the museum.

The Col. Edward Jessup Branch of The United Empire LOYALISTS Association of Canada meet regularly.

Once a month the Thousand Islands YARNSPINNERS meet at the museum. Well known children’s performer and story teller, Deborah Dunleavy leads the group in spinning yarns, which very often have a historical background. These story tellers are dedicated to the preservation of, the oral art of telling stories.

Visit the museum on the last Thursday of each month and see the BASKET GUILD, creating their beautiful hand-made baskets. They weave with rattan reeds that are soaked in water. Instructor is Gwyn Marriott who is also Chairperson of the museum’s Board of Management.

Tuesdays you will find the ARTISTIC STITCHERS busy with their many projects. Each Monday morning the CRAFT AND CHAT group meet to work on crafts and to socialize. This group is most generous with support to the museum – volunteers, donors and memberships.

The local R.C.A.F. Sabre Wing 450 calls the Brockville Museum home. Monthly pot luck dinners are enjoyed by members and guests.

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