The age old question “What came first the chicken or the egg?” won’t be answered in this blog post however we will discover some of the egg themed items within the collection.

You can eat them, paint and collect them, as well as display and study them.  From bird eggs to a felt fried egg we have it. 

Starting in the field you will find a collection of bird eggs displayed in a wooden case as well bird sketches showing the size of the egg for each bird.  When it comes to factory related items, the museum has an egg scale and stamp as well as a photo negative of Maple Lynn Foods Ltd., honouring its egg producers with an annual banquet. Thirty-five producers were awarded with plaques following 12 consecutive months of producing at least 95 percent Grade A eggs back in 1983.

Moving into the kitchen you will find an egg beater and a decorative egg cup. In the arts and crafts area we have a felt egg made by the Middlesex Women for the Support of Agriculture for educational purposes in the Fairfield Family program. There is also a photo negative of Sharon Lamont, 10, carefully decorating an egg with magic marker at Caradoc North Public School in 1983.

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