Objects, photos, videos, music, audio recordings, documents, or stories of historical significance to Sault Ste Marie, or the Algoma region
Artifacts that we don't already have in our collection
Do you have something that you could see in the Museum?
Send and email to our Assistant Curator, Ric Datson, [email protected]. What to include in the email:
Your name & phone number
A picture of the item you wish to donate
A written physical description
Any historical information that you know about the item (Where the item came from, who it was owned by, age of the item etc.)
WE ARE ACTIVELY COLLECTING HISTORY
Preserving the present times, for the future. These are some of the collections we are currently working to collect and preserve:
COVID-19 History
The Sault Ste. Museum is looking for your help in documenting the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected the people and communities in the Algoma District. The Sault Ste. Marie Museum aims to collect the stories and artifacts of the city of Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma District, with emphasis on items that were made by or used by our community. We are looking for your help to document and illustrate how COVID-19 has affected us close to home. While everyday has become a significant time in our personal history, we are asking for your help to document this time.
The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is undertaking a project to create and develop informative exhibition pieces regarding the various neighbourhoods and their development, alongside the development of Sault Ste. Marie as a community.We will be creating these pieces for all the neighbourhoods identifiable in Sault Ste. Marie. We aim to allow for our community to better engage with our local history, including significant developments and important people who made Sault Ste. Marie the city we live in today.
We at the Sault Ste. Marie Museum know that there is a vibrant and storied LGBTQ2S+ community in the Sault and there has been for many years, however, our collection currently does not represent that.
If you have documents, photos, digital items, oral history and/or physical objects you want to share or donate pertaining to the LGBTQ2S+ community in Sault Ste. Marie, please email [email protected]
Francophone History Gathering Project Projects de collecte de l'histoir francophone
Help us learn and preserve the history of Francophones in the Sault. Aidez-nous à apprendre et à préserver l'histoire des francophones du Sault.
The Stories of Northern Life Podcast & Oral History Project
The Stories of Northern Life, is podcast brought to you by the Sault Ste Marie Museum sharing the heritage of Northern Ontario and the culturally rich stories in everyday life. Bringing the events and people of the Sault’s past to new light and capturing the stories of change-makers in our Northern Community today.
If you would like to make a monetary donation to the Sault Ste. Marie Museum, please click one of the buttons below.
Donate will direct you to our website to donate directly to the Museum. CanadaHelps will direct you to the Sault Museum profile on CanadaHelps.org to process one-time donations, set up monthly donations through CanadaHelps or to donate securities.
Your donation will help provide:
Collections management & storage
Program development
Building maintenance
Job security & living wages for all of our employees