AHC: Collections

Our Heritage Collections

The Centre’s Collections
and the Stories They Tell

The Artifact Collections
The Archives

There is an increasing interest in what 21^st century communities are all about. Questions are being asked about how they work, how they think about themselves and their unique outlook on the world, and the way they choose to define their own special sense of identity, coherence and integrity. Communities are being recognised as the building blocks of civil society, its economic engines, and social nuclei, as well as the cultural wellsprings shaping our values and beliefs as a people.

The Aurora Heritage Centre believes in the value of historic knowledge of community, in helping us to understand not only ourselves as individuals, but also our community at large. Our lives are enriched by this knowledge. The Society ’s museums and archives are genuine treasuries. Holding much of Aurora’s cultural heritage, they provide an understanding for who we are and of the rich legacy on which we build and with which we move confidently into the future.

The Centre showcases, on this interim web site, a few representative artifacts held in its collections at the Aurora Museum, which is soon to be re-opened in the newly renovated Aurora Heritage Centre. Shown, too, are images of the holdings of the Society ’s Aurora Archives, also to be located in this facility. You will also find on this website, a sampling of the treasures held by Hillary House, The Koffler Museum of Medicine, a National Historic Site, located on Aurora’s main street. Hillary House is also an important part of the work of the Society.

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