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!
Other Public Events
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!
Added Value Performance
- Experience the thrill of having two beloved princesses give you the royal treatment. The Ice Queen, Elsa and Belle will sing, dance, take photos, play games and tell stories from 10:00am - 1:00pm
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).
Stop by to create your own top secret X-ray message
Have you been to the dentist or broken a bone before? If so, chances are you've had an x-ray. They are an important part of diagnosis in health care systems today. Let's explore how this technology was discovered and how x-rays work at the Museum of Health Care! Discover how x-rays have evolved over time, starting with its first use in Kingston. You'll be sure to find this week humerus!
While You’re There:
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.