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PAMA collects, preserves, and makes our collections available through exhibitions, off-site installations, online collections, loans to the public gallery and museum community, and through our Regional archives.
- Discover our collection highlights;
- Research in our Regional archives
- See online samples from collections of Victorian portrait photography, rural glass plate photography, Perkins Bull Collection, and Second World War posters;
- Visit our art gallery resource library, or view samples of the art gallery collections including works by Caroline and Frank Armington
- arrange to research in the museum
- Caring for Your Collection offers tips for storing and preserving your own personal treasures.
Visit our photo gallery to see images from our exhibitions and collections.
If you have an object, artifact, collection of photographs or art work that you think might add depth to our collections, we encourage you to read Donate to Our Collection.
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You can research the collection in our museum online and at the museum.
Online Research
Some of Peel Museum's collections have been uploaded to Artefacts Canada, a national database of artifacts from Canadian museums, administered by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
See PAMA's artifacts on Artefacts Canada
At the Museum
If you want to take a closer look at objects that you are researching, you can do this by contacting the Collections Registrar to make an appointment. By telling us about your research topic, we can prepare for your visit ahead of time.
You are welcome to use the reference library in the Archives. This library has local histories and special collection reference books that are not available online.