The Museum offers learning events throughout the season for museum-goers of all ages; drop-in LumberKits for families, educational programs and tours for school and camp groups, workshops for children and adults, and a number of special events.

Check out these short videos from behind the scenes at the Museum including:

  • the making of the impressive entryway floor
  • demos from local woodturners
  • a walk-through of the galleries
  • a short feature about the birth of the Museum

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For Educators

For Educators

Educational Programming Learn about habitats and explore biodiversity (Trees, Seeds and Feathers) or engage in hands-on building programs (Can You Build It?) at the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum. Booking a Program To request a program, there are two options:
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Ask a Curator

Ask a Curator

Curators are the keepers of collections of artifacts, stories and history. Our City of Kingston curators take care of the thousands of items in our civic collection.
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Collection

Collection

Objects, documents and works of art are the material expression of a community’s culture and history, and act as tangible witnesses to past achievements, events, ideas and ways of living.
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Our Story

Our Story

In 1967, Sandy MacLachlan created the Woodworking Museum as a Centennial Project. To house the collection, he dismantled an 1855 log house, originally built by the White family in Lanark County, and moved it to Princess Street in Kingston, Ontario.
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