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Booking Information


For information and bookings please contact
Susan Crane
Phone: 905-845.6601 ext. 5019
scrane@oakville.ca

Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate
8 Navy Street
Oakville, ON L6J 2Y5
Phone: 905.338.4400
Fax: 905-815-5973


 

Oakville and the Underground Railroad


Our program helps students to uncover a little known part of Oakville's past.  It explores Canada's relationship with the United States in the context of the Underground Railroad.  Students will explore the history of Oakville harbour and its importance in the journey to Canada for freedom seekers.  This participatory program includes: an interactive session working with "Oakville's Black History" exhibition, an underground railroad walking tour featuring historically significant sites, and a billingual multi-media exhibition entitled "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom!"  Students will work with maps, photographs and primary source documents during their learning experience. Also included is an in-class documentary.

Program length: 2 -3 hours depending on group size
Fee: $5.00 per participant
Up to 60 participants per session


 

In-Class - Early Settler Program


Early Settler In-Class Program - click to download brochureThe Oakville Museum will come to your school with a Hands on Program for your Grade 3 class

During their in-class session students will experience early settler activities such as:

  • Preparing fleece for spinning
  • Churning butter
  • Using a school slate and writing with a quill pen
  • Making a toy and examining examples of early toys

Program Details

  • 2 hours (program length)
  • $5.00 per student
  • Max 30 students per session
  • 2 sessions per day (am & pm)
  • Please add $25.00 to total booking fee for schools outside Oakville

download the Program Brochure (pdf, 380 kB)


 

Elementary School Programs


An Introduction to the Oakville Museum
Start your class visit to the museum with a one hour introductory program to the early days of Oakville.  Students will gain an understanding of the founding of the town while participating in the program: The Chisholm Family And Their Community.

The Chisholm family home, Erchless Estate, has been restored to the early 1900s.  During this one hour introductory program students participate in an interactive tour of the Chisholm Estate and explore the growth of Oakville and how it shaped the lives of its people.

Build Your Class Visit
Now that you have the basics, add one of the following 1 hour programs (indicated with a *) to complement your visit to the Oakville Museum.  Your 2 hour visit includes an introductory program and a speciality program of your choice.

Cost: $4.50 per student

*Architecture Hunt in Old Oakville
This special tour give students the opportunity to understand the development of their community and identify key personalities and their contributions to this early harbour town  Using photographic clues, students will tour the historic Downtown Oakville area searching for architectural features on various significant heritage buildings.  

 * Oakville's First Post Office
Students participate in postal-related activities in Oakville’s first Post Office. The interior of this building provides the atmosphere of a  post office between 1835 and 1856.   Students will write a letter with a quill pen and seal it with sealing wax.

* First Nations People
This program introduces students to the First Nations People in Upper Canada and the Native history of the local community. Using maps, students explore the areas of settlement of the First Nations People and learn about the historic Mississauga community of Oakville by visiting a First Nations historic point on the Sixteen Mile Creek.  Students explore the lifestyle of the First Nations through interactive story telling and by working with artifacts.


 
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