Bancroft - North Hastings Heritage Museum

06/01/2026

The Anniversary 18 month Calendars are in. You can pick one up at Museum and at the following locations: The Old Hastings Mercantile & Gallery in Ormsby, and in town at The Clear Water Shop, McDougall Insurance, Posies Flowers and Fashion, Rona Bancroft, Bancroft BMR PRO, and Country North Quilt Shoppe. A special THANK YOU to all the businesses that supported the Bancroft NH Heritage Museum with the printing of this anniversary calendar.

05/25/2026

The 2026/2027 60th Anniversary Calendar has arrived. Available at the museum. Drop in and pick up a copy or two.
Museum now open Tues to Friday 10 to 4.

05/24/2026

Did you know that the Bancroft Gem & Mineral Museum is located in an old train station?

The building, now housing the Town of Bancroft Municipal office and Gem & Mineral Museum, used to be Bancroft’s train station. It was built in 1899 and was a stop on the Central Ontario Railway (or COR) when the first train arrived in Bancroft in 1900 (1). There is a model of this train at the entrance to the museum. It was made by Jim Smith and added to the museum in 2000.

Source:
(1) Town of Bancroft. (n.d.). Historical. https://bancroft.hosted.civiclive.com/visiting/about_bancroft/historical.

05/16/2026

02/08/2026