Kawartha Lakes holds its artifact and archival collection in trust for the people of Kawartha Lakes.
The care, management and organization of the artifact collection is guided through Kawartha Lakes Artifact Policy, as well as its Archival Policy, and its subsequent Management Directives. Staff collaboratively work and partner with Kawartha Lakes residents, community associations and businesses to ensure significant Kawartha Lakes based objects and records are identified, acquired, preserved and made accessible.
The artifact and archival collections are also guided by best practice in collections management, staff, volunteers, and external experts that take great care to gather, research, document and preserve the collection. Explore the artifacts and archives that tell the stories of the people and places who helped shape Kawartha Lakes.
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Laura Love
Featured Collections
The Civic Collection includes a diverse range of objects documenting many stories, themes, makers and material types which together help us to tell a broader story of Kawartha communities.
Here in Featured Collections, we highlight some of these unique items and their stories.
We continue to work behind the scenes to catalog all items, to have them and their stories, available for everyone
CKL Artifact Collection, C2023.006.001
CKL Artifact Collection, C2001.018.017
CKL Artifact Collection, C2001.009.007
CKL Artifact Collection, C2023.001.001- 004
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Using recipes from Kawartha Lakes archives, as well as recipes submitted by the community, this program celebrates the exceptional heritage behind food and provides others with a new tasty treat to try!
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