Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some of the museums in the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton network remain closed to the public. Please visit each institution's website in advance to confirm their status before arranging to visit.
Explore the history of Lambton County! Care to tour past a nineteenth century oil field? Why not climb aboard the time machine and explore historic buildings from over a century ago? And if what is happening today is more your style, experience everything from kite flying to fossil hunting to concerts and craft sales.
The eight museums of Lambton County that make up Heritage Sarnia-Lambton offer a variety of events, exhibits and programs throughout the year. We invite you to join us anytime. We are sure your experience will truly be time well spent!
By purchasing a membership to one of these museums, you will get free admission to the rest of the museums in the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton network! (please note: the Arkona Lions Museum does not have a membership program as museum admission is free, but all visitors must pay the gate entry fee for Rock Glen Conservation Area to access the museum).
Visit the Museums Online
- Arkona Lions Museum
- Forest-Lambton Museum
- Lambton County Archives
- Lambton Heritage Museum
- Moore Museum
- Oil Museum of Canada
- Plympton-Wyoming Museum
- Sombra Museum
Heritage Newsletter - Lambton Musings
Access back issues of our newsletter Lambton Musings for interesting articles about our local history and our museum collections.
- 2021 Summer Issue
- 2021 Spring Issue
- 2021 Winter Issue
- 2020 Fall Issue
- 2020 Summer Issue
- 2020 Spring Issue
- 2019 Fall Issue
Heritage Hour
Upcoming Heritage Hour Talks
Lambton's Haunted History
Thursday, October 21, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Join us for Heritage Sarnia-Lambton's upcoming Heritage Hour as we explore spooky artifacts, haunting histories, and unexplainable events from across Lambton County.
On the Lam in Lambton
This Heritage Sarnia-Lambton panel presentation is hosted by museum professionals from across Lambton County. In this presentation, the group explores criminal accounts that have befallen our communities. From scofflaws to the downright illegal, explore Lambton’s sensationalized dark underbelly.
Note that due to this subject there is potentially disturbing content presented that might include graphic references to violence and sexual assault. Please be advised.
Lambton Calamities
Heritage professionals from across Lambton County reflect on some of the disasters that have shaken our community since the beginning of the 1900s. Some of the disasters were natural, such as the Great Storm of 1913 or the Sarnia Tornado of 1953. Some were manmade, like the 1902 Wanstead train wreck or the nitroglycerin explosions in the oil fields.
Living Now & Looking Back
The first installment of our Heritage Hour. Watch heritage professionals from across Lambton County as they discuss the Spanish Flu and its impacts on Sarnia-Lambton. Learn about how the Spanish Flu was different than the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways that it changed our local area forever.
Fun in the Sun
In the second installment of Heritage Hour, curators and volunteers from museums across Lambton County examine the history of summer recreation. How have local residents whittled away their summer days in years past? The presentation includes archival photographs and pictures of artifacts from the various museum collections.
Home and Away
For the third Heritage Hour, we took an opportunity to recognize Remembrance Day and celebrate our war veterans. Watch the video for discussions of amazing stories about the sacrifices that were made by our military overseas, as well as the contributions of brave men and women on the home front.
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