Murder at the Park: Death Checks In ©  A Brand New Murder Mystery Experience. New Dates – Reserve Your Table Now!  Entertainment by Pegasus Performances Get ready, detectives! By popular demand, we’ve got a fresh mystery for you to solve! It’s 1910 and the Alberta Central Railway is building a railroad across the middle of the […]

Registration for the Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum, Children’s Summer Camps are now open! Camps will be running from July 15th – 19th and August 12th – 16th, from 10am – 2pm at the museum. Each camp day will include a unique theme. Registration costs are $40 for the day or $175 for the week, […]

Kick off the holiday season with everyone’s favourite Jolly old Soul at the Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum. Guests will be offered tours of the Museum’s period rooms, decorated for the season, with costumed guides in the rooms, sharing the history of holiday traditions in Eastern Ontario and their origins. Enjoy the sounds of holiday […]

The air is just a little cooler and the leaves are beginning to change, which means fall is finally here. What better way to celebrate the season than with Fall Fest at the Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum! Stop by the museum on Sunday, October 6th between 11am and 2pm for a day full of […]

Ring in the holiday season at the Wellington County Museum Christmas Market! Featuring a local handmade market, delicious holiday treats, live musical entertainment, a visit with Santa Claus, and more family fun. Admission is by donation. Web Link: Christmas Market – Museum – Wellington County November 30th  4:00pm to 9:00pm December 1st  12:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us at the Wellington County Museum and Archives to place a remembrance candle at each of the over 500 memorial markers as a tribute to the fallen soldiers from Wellington County. This informal and poignant tribute takes place at dusk on November 10th, and the candles will remain lit until November 12th. Candles […]

Join us on November 5th as Royal Canadian Legion Members read each of the names of the over 500 fallen soldiers from Wellington County. The ceremony will take place outdoors on the front lawn of the Wellington County Museum and Archives. A reception with light refreshments will follow. Web Link: www.wellington.ca/museum

Show off your creative carvings one last time at the Pumpkin Walk, on the grounds of the Wellington County Museum and Archives! Drop off your Jack o’ Lantern at the WCMA between 9:30 am and 4:00 pm. At dusk, we will light all the jack o’ lanterns up for a one-of-a-kind display! This is a […]

You’re invited to a party hosted by the Keeper and Matron of the House of Industry and Refuge! You’re enjoying the live musical entertainment, some tasty hors d’oeuvres, and visiting with friends, until suddenly – a murder takes place right before your very eyes! Armed with forensic evidence and plenty of suspects, you will have […]

Take a walk on the spooky side of Wellington County history! Join us for a walk from the Wellington County Museum to the Poor House Cemetery, where over 200 people were laid to rest after being admitted as inmates to the House of Industry and Refuge. Along the way, we will be telling unsettling and […]