[BCMA] Nanaimo Museum Summer Programs & Tours

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Hello Everyone,

 

It's officially summer-time!  Here are the Nanaimo Museum Summer Program
Listings, with five days a week of fun. Lots of events for kids and
adults alike. 

 

Hope to see you soon!

 

Becka M.

 

 

 

Becka Macdonald, Administrative Assistant

NANAIMO MUSEUM

100 Museum Way

Nanaimo, BC V9R 5J8

Phone: 250.753.1821

Website: nanaimomuseum.ca <http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/> 

Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/NanaimoMuseum

 

 

Nanaimo Museum Summer Activities

 

Tuesdays from 10am-12pm (July 3-August 28)
Old Fashioned School
Children will step back in time and experience life in a classroom 100
years ago.  Sit in old fashioned wooden desks to practice writing with
quill pens and ink wells.  Children will participate in a cursive
writing lesson and make a magnet using historical photos.  The program
is designed for children ages 5-12 years and is included in museum
admission fee.  The program is offered on a drop-in basis and caregivers
must be present at all times.

Wednesdays from 1pm-3pm (July 4- August 29)

Miner's Cottage Tours

The Nanaimo Museum is hosting tours of its coal miner's cottage, a
historic house located in Piper Park, on the grounds of the Vancouver
Island Military Museum (the former site of the Nanaimo Museum). The
cottage turns 115 years old this year and provides a unique glimpse into
Nanaimo's coal mining past. On Wednesday afternoons in the summer, a
costumed guide will be offering tours or visitors may choose to look
through the cottage's exhibits on their own. The steam locomotive in the
park beside the miner's cottage will also be open.  Admission is by
donation.

 

Thursdays from 1pm-3pm (June 28-August 30)
Rocket Lab
Make and race rockets while visiting our Snoopy Soars with NASA exhibit.
Build a straw rocket, enter a balloon rocket race and leave with a
lollipop rocket treat.  The program is designed for children ages 5-12
years and is included in museum admission fee.  The program is offered
on a drop-in basis and caregivers must be present at all times.

Fridays from 1:30pm-3pm (June 29-August 31)
Time Machine Mania (at the Miner's Cottage)
Discover how families lived 100 years ago by visiting the miner's
cottage and steam locomotive in Piper Park (at the former museum site).
Children will perform chores the old-fashioned way, such as doing the
laundry with a wringer washer and make butter.  Become a train engineer
and pretend to run the coal locomotive and play children's games from
the early 1900s.  The program is designed for children ages 5-12 years
and the cost is $3 per child or four children for $10.  The program is
offered on a drop-in basis and caregivers must be present at all times.

Sundays from 12pm-2pm (July 8-August 26)
Sundaes on Sunday (at the Bastion)
Make your own serving of ice cream the old-fashioned way and use real
cream.  The program is offered right after the noon cannon firing and is
available on a drop-in basis.  Enjoy family fun for all ages at a cost
of $2 per person.  Caregivers must be present at all times.

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