About the Canadian Museum of Making.

In 2001, the Canadian Museum of Making began acquiring machinery and tools that were built and used from 1750 to 1920 in Canada, Britain, and the United States. Our goal is to create and maintain an accurate source of information about machines and their history that is accessible to everybody, from academic researchers to people with a casual interest. We are a not-for-profit organization. The machines have been carefully preserved and restored to working order, and they are on display in the museum and also in our .

You can read about the history of some of the pieces in the Museum, and the stories behind the creation of the Museum. The Story of Mary tells the story of how the Museum acquired "Mary," a 19th century tandem compound mill engine. A question about this project that people often think and sometimes ask is, why do this? See the response from the Museum's founder. Also see the .

In 1999, a collection of metalworking objects from Africa was acquired by the Museum, in order to continue to preserve the pieces. Since then, we have added many pieces and now have nearly 300 objects in the museum. We have carefully documented and preserved the tools, and in doing so, we hope to tell a story about the person or people who created and used them. See the entire web site at http://www.africanmetalworking.org for more information about this collection.

In 2006, the museum began development on an indicators collection.

The Museum also holds a substantial book collection, which can be searched online.

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