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S.S. Keewatin Tours are over for the season!

S.s. Keewatin: Last of the Edwardian Liners exhibition now open!

 

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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