Visiting this exhibit, you’ll journey back thousands of years to a time when giants roamed the land. See a full-sized Mastodon and other amazing fossils and specimens as we travel to the Age of the Mastodon! This exhibit was created by the Museum of Natural History and Nova Scotia Museum and will be on display […]

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A self-guided tour of Regent Avenue, Transcona’s old business district.  This tour takes approx. 30 minutes and includes 20 buildings and sites of interest located along Regent Avenue from Winona Street to Kanata Street. All photographs featured in this tour are courtesy of the Transcona Museum & Archives. Visit our website to access the tour.

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Lors de cette visite, vous découvrirez les pièces comprises dans le mobilier des maisons et installations acadiennes du 18e, 19e et du début du 20e siècle, en portant une attention toute particulière aux artéfacts provenant des familles représentées sur le site historique.

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 The Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum is excited to announce its participation in Doors Open Kingston, through the Kingston & Area Association of Museums, Art Galleries & Historic Sites; on Saturday, July 22 from 10am – 4pm. The museum will be hosting bake oven demonstrations, guided & self-guided indoor tours of the museum, special Old […]

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Saturday: Family Day: Town Crier, Bag piper, Lost Arts display, Voyageur re-enactor, tours, children’s face painting, Riverfront Theatre Company Sunday: Tours and Talks: “The Building of a Mansion in 1798,” “Tracing your Scottish Family Roots,” “Life in Sandwich in 1798.”

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Sunday, July 9th the museum is open extended opening hours11:00am – 5:00pm. Historic Places Days begins and we will mark the 80th anniversary of Op Husky (10 July 1943).  Voices of the Past Drama Tour (requires registration on Eventbrite – see below)  re-enactors outdoor tour at 1pm (audio described option available upon request) the O’Leary […]

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Discover the hidden behind the scenes of the historic site! Every place has a story – head out to the historic site to take part in a special Historic Places Day treasure hunt that will have you exploring the grounds and discovering a new fact about the restoration as you go! Check out a special […]

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Canada Day celebrations!!  Tours! Coloring contest !  Cash prizes!! Nakusp Rail Society merchandise for sale as well as books and documents from various Canadian railways – ie Intercolonial.

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In collaboration with the National Trust for Canada, the Museum is taking part in the Historic Places Days, which will be held from July 8 to 23, 2023. To mark the occasion, the Museum will offer on July 12 a guided tour and a workshop of the permanent exhibition Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience. The primary purpose of […]

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Come join us on this FREE historical walking tour of Miami led by staff and volunteers of the Miami Railway Station Museum. Stops will include the Miami Railway Station Museum, Miami Museum, Cenotaph and more. Preregistration is encouraged: email us at mrrmuseum@gmail.com and let us know you want to attend.   Please note change of […]

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