Celebrate with us as the museum opens for the regular season! We’re excited to share highlights from our summer program calendar with you. From cooking demonstrations and house tours to lawn games and heritage gardening, we have something for everyone and fun in store for visitors of all ages! This is also the perfect opportunity […]
Join us for the opening day of our 2018 season! From smaller family sizes and prolonged adolescence to the rise of the automobile and the suffrage movement, the major social shifts of the 1920s and 30s meant family dynamics were changing, and changing fast! Create your own family tree and experience life as a student […]
Celebrate Mother’s Day with your loved ones! Our beautiful and historic museum grounds offer a unique backdrop for this delicious Victorian three-tier tea service. Join us as we highlight some of the traditions that have helped shape our modern imaginings of ‘high tea’ from era-appropriate etiquette to floriology, the symbolic language of flowers. Seatings are […]
Ages 16 and up Bath bombs may be a new addition to our relaxation routines, but women have long used natural oils, teas, and herbs to make the most of their leisure time. A local artisan from Zoe’s Corner will lead you in a workshop (3 hours) where you will use essential oils and teas […]
The atomic bomb cast a long shadow over children during the Cold War. At this event, Dr. Andrew Burtch of the Canadian War Museum will discuss what plans were developed to provide for the survival of children at home or at school, the involvement of children in civil defence, and the response of children and […]