Kennedy Gallery, Scarborough Museum

The Kennedy’s were a prominent family that farmed the rich fields of Agincourt, the once-rural community located in north / central Scarborough.

The 100th anniversary of Scarborough Township’s famed plowing matches was held on the farm of Lyman Kennedy in November of 1930. The event was featured on the front pages of several local newspapers.

100th Anniversary Plowing Match at Lyman Kennedy Farm, 1930

Originally located on the Lyman Kennedy farm in Agincourt, the Kennedy Gallery building at the Scarborough Museum was originally a two bay garage for tractors. Moved to the Scarborough Historical Museum site in 1972 the frame structure has undergone a great deal of renovation.

An early proponent of recycling and reusing historic building materials, volunteers from the Scarborough Historical Society painstakingly salvaged hand grained wainscotting and pine floors from the historic Malvern Primitive Methodist Church in 1976 when it was demolished and installed them in the Kennedy building to provided much needed exhibit space. Recent renovations improved lighting and exhibit hanging systems.

Now known as the Kennedy Gallery, the small building provides space for hanging exhibits as well as serving as an activity space for museum programs.