I often look around the things we use and question “why?”.  I guess that is why I am made for museum work!  The perennial question from me is “why?”

Here’s a little “Information Minute” for you-

The invention of the piggy bank originates to over 600 years ago when people would used pots to store what money they had. In that time, metal was an expensive commodity and not frequently used for household equipment. Household items such as plates and pots were made from an affordable clay called ‘pygg’.  People would drop their spare coin into their clay “pygg” pots.

A funny little tidbit to this is that pigs actually rolled around in pygg clay…so it just seems fitting that the little clay pots that held spare coin started to take the shape of our little farm yard friends. Over the next few hundred years people slowly forgot that ‘pygg’ referred to the clay and not the animal.

Museum hours

Monday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm

*closed on holiday weekend Saturdays and Mondays

2023/2024 Museum Holiday Hours:

December 18: 10am – 12pm & 2 – 5pm

December 19-21: 10am – 5pm

December 22: 10am – 12:30pm

December 23-26: Closed

December 27 & 28: 10am – 5pm

December 29: 10am – 12:30pm

December 30- January 1: Closed

Archives hours

Monday – Friday: 10am – 12pm* & 1 – 4pm

*closed from 12 –  1pm 

2023/2024 Archives Holiday Hours:

December 18: 10am – 12pm & 2 – 4pm

December 19-21: 10am – 12pm & 1 – 4pm

December 22: 10am – 12pm

December 23- January 1: Closed

Macpherson House & Park hours

Tuesday – Thursday, 1 – 4pm in July & August

Museum and Archives daily rate

Adults (ages 13+): $3
Children (ages 12 and under): free

Museum & Archives location

97 Thomas St E, Napanee, ON K7R 4B9

Macpherson House & Park location

180 Elizabeth Street, Napanee, ON K7R 1B5

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Labour Day Weekend Hours

Please note that the Museum & Archives will be closed from Saturday, September 2nd - Monday, September 4th for the Labour Day long weekend.

Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 5th.
Have a great long weekend!