Tag: discover

• Murney Tower – A UNESCO World Heritage Site In Our Own Backyard

  

  Published by Iris Russak It was a great privilege to spend a couple of hours on a warm and sunny spring morning with the Curator of the Murney Tower, Danielle. It was a good thing she had given me a heads up to bring a sweater – it stays quite cool on the inside of…

  museumskingstonblog

  June 15, 2018

  Historic Sites

  canada, discover, fortifications, History, kingstonontario, martello tower, murneytower, ontario, oregon crisis, ygk

• Share Your Family Story – South Frontenac Museum

  

  Published by Iris Russak The most recent stop on our Tour of Kingston Museums was the South Frontenac Museum in Hartington. For those of you not familiar with the location, you will find the museum next to the Hartington branch of the public library on Road 38, just up from Harrowsmith. It is a short…

  museumskingstonblog

  May 27, 2018

  Historic Sites

  canada, discover, hartington, heritage, History, kam, kingston, ontario, oral history, portland, south frontenac, verona

• Frontenac County Schools Museum and Barriefield

  

  Published by Iris Russak It feels like I am starting off every blog post I write with something along the lines of “we discovered another Kingston gem”, this may be getting old but it is so very true of the couple of hours we spent in Barriefield on a wonderful, sunny and warm spring morning. I…

  museumskingstonblog

  May 14, 2018

  Exhibits and Events

  barriefield, canada, discover, education, frontenac schools museum, heritage, historic, History, kam, kingston association of museum, kingstonontario, ontario, school, volunteer, ygk