The Art of Writing Galleries located on the second floor of Leacock House were opened in 2001 following a sympathetic architectural restoration of the building.

Formerly substantial guest quarters, complete with lakeside balconies, the galleries have proven ideal in presenting the national Leacock exhibition Written by Water and the extensive Photographic Imagination of Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Designed to focus on the cultural landscapes of Lake Simcoe Country, including the lives and works of writers such as Montgomery, Timothy Findley, Peter Gzowski, Richard B. Wright, Mazo de la Roche, Ernest Thompson Seton, the galleries have also been chosen to launch the Canadian premier of the international exhibition The Private World of John Steinbeck and the Leacock Museum organized Canadian exhibit, Peter Gzowski’s Beautiful Words.