
Education Programs

Dancing Lumberjacks
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Watercolour Creations
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Don’t miss March Break at The Canadian Canoe Museum March 10-14, 2008
Register for one or more 3 hour CanoeKids programs at the Museum, all set within a unique canoe heritage theme. Have fun and take home the coolest craft projects in the area! Invite an adult for a free museum visit and a picnic lunch at the indoor CanoeKids campground. Morning sessions run from 9:00 am to 12:00, afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00. Cost per program is $20.
Included: Museum admission, all materials, taxes and one adult free admission on the day of the child’s program.**
| Morning Sessions | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Ages 5-8 |
| Afternoon Sessions | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Ages 9-13 |
| CanoeKids Program |
Date |
Description |
Fee |
Junior Curator |
Mon Mar 10, 2008 |
Build your own mini exhibit! Discover how museums bring to life our stories from the past, then bring to life a story of your own. |
$20.00 |
Drums the Word |
Tues Mar 11, 2008 |
Everyone loves to bang on a drum! Build your own custom drum to play while you join in the lively paddling songs of the voyageur. |
$20.00 |
Watercolour Creations |
Wed Mar 12, 2008 |
Paint by number this isn’t! Create art in a whole new way using unusual techniques. |
$20.00 |
Dancing Limberjacks & Jills |
Thurs Mar 13, 2008 |
Back by popular demand! Step back in time to when lumber men spent the long winter nights entertaining each other with hand carved wooden figures that could be taught to dance. You’ll build your very own Jack or Jill and teach it to dance to live fiddle tunes—old and new! |
$20.00 |
Arctic Fun |
Fri Mar 14, 2008 |
Always in demand, carve your own soapstone animal, and experience other fun arctic pastimes |
$20.00 |
Download the registration package:
**Option for Museum visit with supervision of parent or guardian – museum hours are 10:00 am to 5:00pm. Enjoy a self guided visit to the Museum before or after the child’s program; please give your child’s name at Front Desk. Parents or supervising adults of children registered in one of our programs, you are welcome to enjoy an indoor “picnic lunch” at the CanoeKids indoor campground with your children from 12:00 to 12:45 pm. Please bring your own nut free food and drink. Please note: All children must be accompanied by a supervising adult outside program hours. The museum is a nut-safe facility; no food or drink in the galleries. Each program will include a nutrition break. Please send a nut free snack and drink for your child.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
The Museum houses the largest collection of canoes and kayaks in the world, featuring over 600 watercraft.
Testimonial

"...you fully supported my effort to take advantage of the wonderful resource that is embodied in the Museum. Classes such as mine in Historical Geography benefit almost infinitely from the proximity to a national resource such as yours." - Alan Brunger, Professor of Geography, Trent University
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