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Bunnies on Boats

Help! Some furry friends have decided to make the Great Lakes Museum their home! Can you help us find them?

This event is suitable for ages 0-10. Advance registration is required. Register by Saturday, April 4, 2026, to secure your spot.

📅  Monday, April 6, 2026

🕔  10 AM – 3 PM

The Curse of the Comet

Dive into the mystery of this doomed ship with Guillaume Courcy, owner of Neptune & Salacia Diving, and discover its short, troubled time on Lake Ontario.

📅  Monday, April 13, 2026

🕔  10:30 – 11:30 AM

Unearthing Lake Ontario's Untouched Shipwreck

Heison Chak shares the incredible story of finding a 200-year-old shipwreck just off Toronto’s shore, a discovery that made headlines across Canada and around the world.

📅  Friday, May 1, 2026

🕔  7 PM – 9 PM

Sunday Fun Day at the Museum

Drop by for activities, crafts, and games that the whole family will love! Included with the price of admission.

📅  Every Sunday until June 21, 2026

🕔  10 AM – 1 PM

Experience the S.S. Keewatin

Experience Canada’s only steamship museum, older than the Titanic and the last of its kind in the world.

📅  Re-opens on May 16, 2026

🎟️  Tickets go on sale April 1, 2026

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S.S. Keewatin

Awarded 2025 Museum Ship of the Year

Visit Our Award-Winning Museum Galleries

 

dry dock operations

See how a steam-powered dry dock operates

Discover the Victorian-era engineering behind the powerful engines that operated the Kingston Dry Dock until 1968. 

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Life in the Naval Reserve

Are you fit to serve?

Life in the Naval Reserve invites you to witness the life and work of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve through the eyes of Kingston artist Grant Macdonald. 

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Land and Water Acknowledgement

The Great Lakes Museum acknowledges the site it sits on and the water it interacts with to be the traditional water and land of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and the Huron-Wendat Peoples, and thanks these nations for their care and stewardship over these shared waterways and land.

The Great Lakes Museum thanks the following organisations for their generous support of capital and operations projects:

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Ontario Ministry of Tourism Culture and Sport
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Kingston and Area Association of Museums, Art Galleries and Historic Sites
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