Fort Henry National Historic Site will be open with free admission during March of the Museums. Guests are welcome to explore the Fort including many of the museum rooms. Guests will be greeted by a Fort Henry Guard member and provided a self-guided map of the Fort.
A variety of 1867-inspired activities will be available for children indoors and hot chocolate will be available for purchase.
Step into the Visitor Centre and discover the fascinating world of 1840s Victorian crafts! Try your hand at traditional sewing skills and uncover the creative techniques that brought the past to life!
Enjoy some hand-on learning with elenco kits and comms equipment, get creative with signal themed crafts and colouring stations, and explore the on-site dress up station!
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Daily Activities Run from 10:30am to 11:15 and 1:30pm to 2:25pm
Compare and contrast the one-room school experiences with modern school experiences. Through dialogic interpretation and the Critical Inquiry Process, discuss what it would have been like to attend a one-room school in 1899.
Learn who did and didn't attend a one-room school and why.
Touch Table Activity Stations Operate Daily from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Dive deeper into exhibit content with our hands-on, interactive, activity stations. Learn how historians read old photographs, discover the simple machines hidden in plain sight, or play a game of “guess the artifact”.(*Station activities vary daily).
