Port Hope and District Historical Society
To maintain and operate Dorothy's House Museum as a display case of a workman's family and life-style in the mid 19th century.
Activities As well as the monthly meetings (at right), we also have:
- Heritage Fair Hosted in February each year
- Newsletters published periodically
- Events/Dinners
- Museum - holds a variety of collections donated and displayed for public viewing - available in summer. List of Museum events here.
- Bus Tours to historical points of interest
- Publications
- Historical Education Projects
- Research and Publish books, Articles
- For Sale:
- Cemetery Records
- Early Family Genealogies
- Historical Books
For Grandparents & their Grandkids
It's important for us to share
our stories with the upcoming
generation, to preserve
our personal and family heritage.
Please download our questionnaire
as a starting point
for telling your grandkids
what it was like to be a kid
….back when!
Questionaire - When I was a kid - pdf version
Questionaire - When I was a kid - Word version
Then mail it in to us:
PO Box 116, Port Hope, ON L1A 3V9.
Or use the Word version, save it and email it back to us.
| Single | $15.00 per year |
| Family | $25.00 per year |
| Business | $40.00 per year |
| Lifetime member | $75.00 per person |
Come Join Us
Make History Come Alive
Coming Events
Heritage Fair and 50th Anniversary Celebration of PHDHS at Port Hope Lions Centre, Port Hope, Sunday April 7, 2013.
Annual General Meeting, May 15, 2013
The Dorothy's House Museum has lots of activities
Download the
Dorothy House Museum
Brochure here.