History of the Museum
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A little bit of history about our Muskoka Museum and its feature exhibits:
- Late 1940s - local Women’s Institutes set up pioneer displays in the arena. This showed there was interest in local history displays
- 1954 - The Rotary Club began collecting items
- 1958 - Muskoka Museum opens on Caroline Street
- 1960 - Huntsville Rotary Club appointed by Town of Huntsville to operate the Muskoka Museum
- 1961 - Part of Watson farm purchased for half of market value to be a pioneer village
- 1965 - Construction begins on new Muskoka Museum at the new village
- 1967 - New Muskoka Museum opens
- 1981 - Feature exhibit – Time Tunnel
- 1984 - Feature exhibit – William Proudfoot, architect
- 1990 - Feature exhibit – Muskoka Mascots
- 1994 - Muskoka Museum display “Muskoka at Work and Play” opens
- 1994 - Village admissions moved to Muskoka Museum addition
- Feature exhibit – The Great Fire of 1894
- 2004 - Muskoka Museum temporary exhibit - Muskoka at War
- 2007 - Muskoka Museum temporary exhibit - Muskoka Creative
- 2007 - Lieutenant-Governor James Bartleman part of National Aboriginal Day celebrations and opening of Metis component in Muskoka Museum
- 2008 - Muskoka Museum/Muskoka Pioneer Village / Muskoka Heritage Place 50th anniversary
- 2009 - Feature exhibit – The Story of Steam
- 2010 - Feature exhibit – Great Nations
- 2012 - Feature exhibit – Parks 101
- 2014 - Feature exhibit – War: what is it good for?
- 2019 - Feature exhibit – Healthy Huntsville, History of Healthcare in Huntsville
- 2022 - Feature exhibit - A Tough Go - Early Settlement in Muskoka
- 2024 - Feature exhibit - Making Herstory: Women of Huntsville