Due to the shortage of volunteers, the Archives will only be available BY APPOINTMENT for researchers between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, Tuesday through Friday, subject to volunteer availability. To book an appointment, please email us at [email protected] or call 1-855-697-6687, ext. 317 and leave a message. Please let us know your preferred dates.
Due to scheduling changes our Archives WILL NOT BE OPEN on August 11th and 12th. It will be OPEN August 14-19 and August 21-26 when our summer student will be present. After August 26th it will be open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Thank you for your understanding.
We’ve created a Google custom map of all of the cemeteries in the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville. Be sure to check it out!
Following the departure of our summer student the Archives will only be available BY APPOINTMENT for researchers. Beginning after Labour Day we will be back on a Monday-Friday schedule, with volunteers on duty by appointment. However, the Museum building will be closed to visitors September 6-18 inclusive in order to make some necessary repairs. We hope this will not inconvenience visitors. To book an appointment beginning September 19th, please email us at [email protected] or call 1-855-697-6687 and leave a message. Please let us know your preferred dates, and keep in mind that our volunteers normally work in the afternoons from 1-4 pm.
Archives is Open to Visitors By Appointment
From now until August 21st 2022 our Archives is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. If you would like to visit, please book an appointment by calling 1-855-697-6687 ext. 317, or sending an email to [email protected].
The Brockville Museum is now open Wednesday to Friday. If you would like to book an appointment to visit the Archives on one of those days please contact us.
The Brockville Museum is closed to the public until January 31, 2022. This means that we won’t have access to the Leeds & Grenville Branch Archives until January 31st, and we won’t be able to accommodate visitors until further notice.
The Brockville Museum will be closed from December 24th, 2021 through January 3rd, 2022 inclusive. Beginning in January, 2022 the Museum will open Monday through Friday from 10 am until 4 pm, rather than the Tuesday – Saturday which has been the practice in 2021.
Update Effective November, 2021
With the Proof of Vaccination policy:
• All Museum visitors will be asked if they pass screening (don’t have symptoms)
• Museum Front Desk volunteers will ask for and check Vaccine Certificate and government-issued ID for visitors (not for staff and volunteers). They will do this for Archives visitors as well.
The Brockville Museum is now open for visitors to its exhibits by appointment only and with capacity limits. The Museum building, which houses the Archives of the Leeds & Grenville Branch, is open Tuesday through Saturday between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
The Leeds & Grenville Branch of OGS is working to re-open our Archives to visitors beginning Tuesday, September 14th, but only by appointment. Our space limitations are such that we can only accommodate two visitors at a time in order to maintain physical distancing. Masks must be worn to enter the Museum building, and while in our Archives space.
In order to book an appointment, please leave a message on our Voice Mail system (613-342-7773) or by email at [email protected], telling us your name and contact information (email and telephone preferred), the date and time you would prefer to visit, and alternates if possible. We would also like to know the names or locations that you wish to research so that we can determine which resources we have available to assist. Our Archives appointments will begin at either 15 minutes before the hour, or 15 minutes after, to avoid arrivals of Museum visitors and Archives visitors at the front desk at the same time.
Once we receive your request we will reach out to our researchers to determine whether we can accommodate your request, and match up the request with a researcher. Any further instructions about on-site requirements will be given when we confirm your appointment. We will advise the Museum once we confirm your appointment. This process will take at least 48 hours to complete, so please be patient with us. We are all volunteers.
Please note that drop-ins CANNOT be accommodated at this time. If you have any questions, please either leave us a voice mail or send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
