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Remembrance Day Medals and Medal mounting With fall approaching we turn to thoughts of events, and memorials occurring during these months, one of the most important being Remembrance Day. In order to have medals back in time for Remembrance Day, our mounting team will be accepting larger sets of medals, consisting of 5 or more medals, until 20 October. For smaller sets, 4 or less, you have until 27 October to get them in. If your medals need to be shipped, please submit them as early as possible so that we have plenty of time to ship them to get...

The Mercury Shop has extended new hours!Starting in 01 June we are open 0900 to 1600 Monday to FridayStarting July 01 we are open from 0900 to 1630 going forward. Our summer season begins Wednesday 01 July and runs to Monday 12 October. During this time we will be open weekends and holidays. 

The C&E Museum and Mercury Shop are testing out new hours; from 14 November until 05 December; we will be open from 0900 to 1430 every Friday. Hours for Monday to Thursday will remain the same. Holiday Closures: The Shop and C&E Museum will be closed from 12 December until 04 January. We will re-open on Monday 05 January 2026.From 15 to 19 December the online store will also be closed as we do inventory but will be available again on the 19th. Anything ordered after December 19 will be fulfilled the week of January 5th when we are back on site.

Canada Post Strike The Canada Post Strike is set to begin on 23 May 2025. Most of the Mercury Shop services will not be impacted as we generally ship through Purolator. Overseas missions through the Belleville PO Box - to continue as normal What will be affected: Addresses that are a PO Box - if you have a physical address, please use that instead of the PO Box US & International Shipping - we will be unable to ship until the strike is over. For any questions or concerns, please email: mercuryshop@candemuseum.org

Happy Holidays everyone! The C&E Museum and Mercury Shop will be closed from 13 December until 05 January, reopening on 06 January. Online orders can still be placed during this time and will be fulfilled when we reopen in January.  During the week of 16 to 20 December, the online store will be closed for inventory, but items ordered before that, which can be fulfilled (ie not mounting) will be shipped the week of the 16th. The shop online store will re-open on the 20th and, as above, any orders placed between 20 and 05 January will be fulfilled when...