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COVID-19 Update: During the stay-at-home order issued by the Government of Ontario, Muskoka Museum will be closed to the public until further notice. Visit the Town of Huntsville's COVID-19 page for latest facility closures and updates.
Museum visits
- Reservations not required
- During regular hours (Mon-Fri from 10am-4pm), arrive at our main entrance at 88 Brunel Road
- See notice on door with instructions for entry
- Please wear a mask or face covering, it is required
- Contact us if you have questions or need accessible accommodation: 705-789-7576 ext. 3214
Muskoka Museum
- Located in our main admissions building beside our gift shop, at 88 Brunel Road, Huntsville, Ontario.
- Our museum is “self-guided”
- Takes you on a journey beginning with our First People
- Through settlement and development
- Industry and tourism
- Browse through hundreds of artifacts that once were in the hands of those who shaped Huntsville
- Self-guided scavenger hunt activity with five levels of difficulty
- The museum is on one level and has accessible washrooms
Museum parking and access
The Muskoka Museum entrance is at 88 Brunel Road, Huntsville, Ontario. Find out where to park and accessible features.
Purchase tickets
You may purchase your train tickets for the Muskoka Museum at the station or at our main admissions desk.
Feature exhibit at Muskoka Museum 2019-2020
“Healthy Huntsville – A Brief History of Health Care in Huntsville”
Created in partnership with Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Huntsville Hospital Auxiliary and the Huntsville Hospital Foundation.
- Enjoy a look into Huntsville’s rich healthcare past
- Some very clever thinking enabled our community to attract doctors away from the big city lure
- Doctors fresh out of medical school were afraid to come to Huntsville for fear of low income and or non-payment
- So the crafty town’s folk hatched an early version of medical insurance
- The community guaranteed the doctor that came to Huntsville $600 for the first year, paid in two installments
- Huntsville doctors soon came up with their own medical insurance. It cost $2.50 per person or $5.00 per family for one year
- Doctors knew they could earn a living and town’s people knew that they had a doctor in their community
- Come and look deeper into this exhibit to see how doctors, hospitals and the health care system have evolved and continue to evolve
Muskoka at work and play
A brief journey through the history of Muskoka and Huntsville.
Displays:
- The First People in Muskoka
- Pre-Contact
- Post-Contact
- Beauty and Utility
- By Land and By Water
- Métis
- Hunting and Trapping
- Surveying
- Logging
- Leather Working
- Tourism
- Music Makers
- Going to the Fair
- Team Sports
- Winter Sports
- Summer Sports
- Child’s Play
- For the Sake of Beauty
- Donations of 2018
Steam Museum
Discover what the steam museum offers and how to get to it.