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Waterloo Region Museum, Doon Heritage Village
www.waterlooregionmuseum.com
Set amid sixty acres of environmentally sensitive woodland, Doon Heritage Crossroads is a living history museum re-creating a 1914 rural village and two farms. More than twenty-five historic buildings, costumed interpreters, period furnishings, rare breed farm animals, heritage gardens, and demonstrations of daily chores help visitors discover an exciting era of change in Canadian history. Complimentary guidebooks are available in English, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Braille, and large-print. The museum is open daily through Labour Day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From Labour Day through December 23, the museum is open weekdays and some weekends for special events.
Telephone:
519-748-1914
Address:
10 Huron Road
,
Kitchener
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N2P 2R7
Intersection/Landmark:
Homer Watson Blvd. & Manitou Dr.
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Benares Historic House
www.museumsofmississauga.com
Telephone:
905-615-4860
Address:
1507 Clarkson Road North
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Mississauga
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L5J 2W8
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr. drive from KW
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Black Creek Pioneer Village
www.blackcreek.ca
Telephone:
416-736-1733
Email:
bcpvinfo@trca.on.ca
Address:
1000 Murray Ross Parkway
,
Toronto
,
M3J 2P3
Intersection/Landmark:
Steeles Ave. & Jane S.
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Bradley Museum
www.museumsofmississauga.com
Telephone:
905-615-4860
Email:
museums.mississauga@mississauga.ca
Address:
1620 Orr Rd.
,
Mississauga
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L5J 4T2
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr. drive from Kitchener
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Castle Kilbride
www.castlekilbride.ca
Telephone:
519.634.8444 ext. 256, 259, or 266
Email:
castle.kilbride@wilmot.ca
Address:
60 Snyder's Road West
,
Baden
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N3A 1A1
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 20 min. drive from KW
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Fanshawe Pioneer Village
www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca
Fanshawe Pioneer Village tells the story of rural communities in the former townships of Westminster, London, North Dorchester, Delaware, West Nissouri and Lobo in Middlesex County from 1820 to 1920 and the founding and development of the City of London up to 1840. This chronological framework starts at the time of initial settlement within the Upper Thames River watershed, follows the development of farms and then crossroads, villages and towns, and ends during a period of migration to cities that brought dramatic change to rural communities.
Telephone:
519-457-1296
Email:
info@fanshawepioneervillage.ca
Address:
2609 Fanshawe Park Rd. E.
,
London
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N5X 4A1
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr 30 min. drive from KW
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Guelph Civic Museum
guelpharts.ca/guelphmuseums/
Telephone:
519-836-1221
Email:
museum@guelph.ca
Address:
6 Dublin Street South
,
Guelph
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Halton County Radial Railway
www.hcry.org
Come ride the streetcars! The Halton County Radial Railway (HCRR) is a full-size operating electric railway and museum, featuring historic electric railcars operating on two kilometers of scenic track. The HCRR is owned and operated by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA), a non-profit, educational organization. The HCRR is proud to be Ontario's first and largest electric railway museum.
Telephone:
519-856-9802
Email:
streetcar@hcry.org
Address:
13629 Guelph Line
,
Milton
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Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology
www.myhamilton.ca
Take a peek into life at the beginning of Canada's industrial revolution. This magnificent example of 19th century public works architecture preserves two 45-foot high, 70-ton steam engines which pumped the first clean water to the city over 140 years ago. One engine operates as a demonstration every day!
The only surviving facility of its time in North America, the museum is a National Historic Site and a Civil and Power Engineering Landmark. These Canadian made engines are the oldest surviving examples in the nation.
Telephone:
905-546-4797
Email:
steammuseum@hamilton.ca
Address:
900 Woodward Ave.
,
Hamilton
Intersection/Landmark:
at the QEW
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Homer Watson House & Gallery
www.homerwatson.on.ca
Visual art classes, contemporary exhibitions, curriculum based school programs, special events, museum and archive, unique rental space.
Homer Watson House & Gallery is the homestead of Homer Watson (1855-1936), Canada's first noted landscape artist. Today, the Gallery acts as a visual arts centre offering exciting visual art classes, contemporary exhibitions, curriculum based school programs, special events, museum and archive and much more!
Telephone:
519-748-4377
Email:
development@homerwatson.on.ca
Address:
1754 Old Mill Road
,
Kitchener
,
N2P 1H7
Intersection/Landmark:
Homer Watson Blvd. & New Dundee Road
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Ireland House at Oakridge Farm
www.museumsofburlington.com
Built between 1835-1837 Ireland House was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington's earliest settlers. He emigrated from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in 1819 at the age of 27 and petitioned for land at Oakridge Farm.
Ireland House was occupied by Joseph and his descendants up until 1985. In 1987, the City of Burlington purchased the property from the estate of Lucie Marie Ireland Bush.
The homestead has been restored to illustrate 3 distinct time periods: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s, representing the generations of Irelands who lived in the house. Ninety percent of the furnishings are original to the Ireland family thanks to a generous donation by Helen Ireland Caldwell, Marie's first cousin. Restorations of the house have reclaimed missing elements of former times. The property consists of 3.68 acres of woodland, gardens, potting shed, cottage/drive shed, and picnic areas. Tours of the property, living historical demonstrations, special events and educational programs are offered at Ireland House Museum.
Telephone:
905-332-9888/1-800-374-2099
Address:
2168 Guelph Line
,
Burlington
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L7P 5A8
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr. drive from KW
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Joseph Brant Museum
www.museumsofburlington.com/JBMuseum/JBMuseum.html
Telephone:
905-634-3556 or 888-748-5386
Address:
1240 North Shore Blvd. E.
,
Burlington
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L7S 1C5
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Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/jsh
Telephone:
519-742-7752
Address:
466 Queen Street South
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Kitchener
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N2G 1W7
Intersection/Landmark:
Queen St. S. & Mill St.
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Maple Syrup Museum
Learn about the history of maple syrup production, artifacts and photographs.
Telephone:
519-664-1232
Address:
1441 King St. N.
,
St. Jacobs
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McCrae House
www.guelph.ca/museum
Telephone:
519-836-1221
Email:
museum@guelph.ca
Address:
108 Water St.
,
Guelph
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N1G 1A6
Intersection/Landmark:
Hwy 7 & McCrae Blvd.
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McDougall Cottage
www.region.waterloo.on.ca/mcd
Telephone:
519-624-8250
Address:
89 Grand Ave. South
,
Cambridge (Galt)
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N1S 2L7
Intersection/Landmark:
Ainslie St. S. & Concession St.
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St. Marys Museum
www.stmarysmuseum.ca
Telephone:
519-284-3556
Email:
museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Address:
177 Church St. South
,
St. Marys
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N4X 1B6
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The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life
www.sheffieldmuseum.ca
The museum is open year-round by appointment.
Mission: To preserve, study, and display the heritage of a rural community - Sheffield, Ontario, Canada, from the recent past to the pioneers, and beyond to the medieval and ancient roots of rural culture.
To record as much as possible of our rural traditions in the face of today's increasingly all-encompassing urbanization.
Telephone:
519-620-3162
Email:
shefmuseum@gto.net
Address:
1139 Settlers Rd.
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Sheffield
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L0R 1Z0
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 35 min. drive from KW (on Highway #8 between Cambridge and Dundas)
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Wellington County Museum & Archives
www.wcm.on.ca
Telephone:
519-846-0916 ext. 221
Email:
info@wcm.on.ca
Address:
0536 County Road 18
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Fergus
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N1M 2W3
Intersection/Landmark:
Located on Wellington Road 18, b/w Fergus & Elora
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Westfield Heritage Village
www.westfieldheritage.ca
A fascinating living history museum with featuring over 35 historic buildings surrounded by 324 acres of unspoiled natural woodlands and meadows with several well marked nature trails and a rare T.H. & B. Steam Locomotive.
Telephone:
519-621-8851, 1-800-883-0104
Email:
westfield@speedway.ca
Address:
1049 Kirkwall Road
,
Rockton
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L0R 1X0
Intersection/Landmark:
~ 1 hr. drive from KW
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Woodside National Historic Site
www.pc.gc.ca/woodside
Woodside is the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister. The house has been restored to the Victorian style of the 1890s. The importance of this residence is best reflected in King’s own words: "The years that left the most abiding of all impressions and most in the way of family associations were those lived at Woodside."
Telephone:
519-571-5684
Email:
ont-woodside@pc.gc.ca
Address:
528 Wellington Street North
,
Kitchener
,
N2H 5L5
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