Museum · Central Elgin · Ontario

Elgin County Museum

Visitors to Central Elgin can see Elgin County Museum. There are 4 other places to visit inside 5 km. A drive of 4.9 km reaches Elgin Military Museum.

Where

In Central Elgin

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 29%

#1,476 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–27°C

In brief

Museum in Central Elgin

Inside Central Elgin

Inside Central Elgin’s municipal boundary: Elgin County Museum. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather by the month

Aim for May to September, when Central Elgin reaches 19–27°C.

Jan-2° / -9°79 mm

Feb-1° / -9°63 mm

Mar5° / -5°67 mm

Apr12° / 1°89 mm

May19° / 8°89 mm

Jun24° / 13°86 mm

Jul27° / 15°81 mm

Aug26° / 14°67 mm

Sep22° / 11°93 mm

Oct15° / 5°83 mm

Nov8° / 0°88 mm

Dec1° / -5°79 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Central Elgin, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at London, 29 km from Central Elgin (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Central Elgin’s full climate →

About

Elgin County Museum

It sits in Central Elgin, within the municipal boundary of the town.

Type: Museum
Town: in Central Elgin
Official site: elgincounty.ca/museum

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

Plan your visit

Address450 sunset dr st-thomas

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Elgin County Museum at a glance

Orange: Elgin County Museum.

Towns near it

Towns close to Elgin County Museum

By population, St. Thomas leads the 8 with 49,388. Its own town comes first, then the towns within 5 km of it and those within 20 km; each has a page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Central Elgin

15,230 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 800 m north of it

St. Thomas

49,388 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km west of it

Southwold

5,473 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 18 km east of it

Aylmer

8,371 people · 1 place to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Elgin County Museum is	People	Places to visit
Central Elgin	It’s in town	15,230	7
St. Thomas	800 m north of it	49,388	5
Southwold	1.5 km west of it	5,473	6
Aylmer	18 km east of it	8,371	1
Malahide	19 km east of it	9,995	4
Oneida 41	20 km west of it	1,565	0
Lambeth	21 km northwest of it	2,609	1
Bostwick	23 km northwest of it	7,694	13

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Elgin County Museum

Of the 6 within 15 km, look for 4 museums, a heritage railway and an art gallery.

1MuseumMuseumElgin Military Museum4.9 km away 2

MuseumElgin County Railway Museum4.5 km away 3

MuseumNorth America Railway Hall of Fame4.6 km away 4Heritage railwayHeritage railwayPort Stanley Terminal Rail8.6 km away 5Art galleryArt gallerySt. Thomas - Elgin Public Art Centre4.8 km away 6MuseumMuseumSparta Church Museum and Cultural Centre11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Elgin County Museum

Where is Elgin County Museum?

Inside the town’s municipal boundary: Elgin County Museum is in Central Elgin, Ontario.

What is Elgin County Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Elgin County Museum?

Afternoons in Central Elgin peak at 19–27°C from May to September (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

Elgin County Railway Museum: Balcer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
North America Railway Hall of Fame: Narhfwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).