Museum Events

Explore this collection of art works by Doris Farmer from “the vaults” of Fieldcote seldom seen before in public.

Do your kids love science, and history or just want to have fun? Spend your P.A. Day at the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology!

Experience the drama, pageantry, and excitement of the Battle of Stoney Creek of June 6, 1813, one of the most important events in Canada's history

Dundurn’s historic Kitchen Garden is hosting a free one-day, plant-sharing event.

Dundurn’s historic Kitchen Garden is hosting a historic plant sale.

Celebrate Ancaster Heritage Days with a special presentation of Historic Pastimes at the Ancaster Old Town Hall. 

Explore Ancaster’s Black Heritage at the Griffin House and more.

Explore Ancaster’s Black Heritage at the Griffin House and more.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Bring the whole family to Fieldcote as we celebrate Heritage Days in beautiful downtown Ancaster.

For all ages.

Want to know how the 1859 steam engines at the museum were made? Come and see it for yourself.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

What makes a toaster pop? What’s inside a monitor? How does a switch work?

Explore this Indigenous art project that brought together teenagers from Pauline Johnson Collegiate with former students who attended The Mohawk In

Do your kids love science, and history or just want to have fun? Spend your P.A. Day at the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology!

Led by costumed staff, you will explore over 40 rooms and discover the history of the MacNab family.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Enjoy a spectacular military musical celebration and experience a tradition that celebrates 25 years in Dundurn Park!

Enjoy a spectacular military musical celebration and experience a tradition that celebrates 25 years in Dundurn Park!

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Experience this free exhibit of imagery that will explore the architectural majesty of Hamilton’s beautiful hydro-electric buildings.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Visit an exhibit at Fieldcote showcasing stories and aritifacts of Ancaster's history.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Join our costumed interpreters for a hands-on workshop packed with family friendly fun.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Led by costumed gardeners, join us to experience the sights and scents of flowering plants best enjoyed as the sun sets.

Led by costumed staff, you will explore over 40 rooms and discover the history of the MacNab family.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Join us to celebrate Emancipation Day and learn about Enerals Griffin and his family.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Led by costumed gardeners, join us to experience the sights and scents of flowering plants best enjoyed as the sun sets.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

If you go down to the woods today...children will enjoy old-fashioned games, a teddy bear parade and a teddy bear hospital.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Join us for week-long camp that fosters sewing and fibre arts. Participants will finish a twin-sized quilt.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Celebrate the birthday of the woman who ensured the preservation of the Gage family home and the site of the Battle of Stoney Creek.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Looking to get your fingers in the dirt, learn something new? Join us for this free, drop-in program in Dundurn’s Kitchen Garden.

Bring your lunch and enjoy the stunning historic garden setting and all-you-can-drink tea or lemonade while listening to live music.

Led by costumed staff, you will explore over 40 rooms and discover the history of the MacNab family.

Catch a ride on a miniature train & learn about different kinds of steam engines, including the 70-ton water-pumping engines.

Enjoy informative stories and historic gardening knowledge conveyed by costumed garden staff.

Learn what our ancient White Cedars can tell us about the unique Niagara Escarpment ecosystem.

Join us to learn more about the ‘Regency Era and the Style Detective’.

For all ages.

Join the OAS Hamilton Chapter at its monthly meetings and lectures at Fieldcote. A lecture or film is presented, with coffee and snacks.

Celebrate the 160th anniversary of the opening of the Hamilton Waterworks and the incredible technological achievements of Nikola Tesla.

Join us for fall-time harvest fun in Battlefield Park.

Led by costumed staff, you will explore over 40 rooms and discover the history of the MacNab family.

An interactive theatre experience to discover secrets, find clues & interact with costumed actors as you explore history in a new way.

Discover secrets, find clues and interact with costumed actors. Explore history in a new way with “A Knock at the Door”.

Participants of all skill levels are welcome to engage in this make-a-quilt project. Drop in for a couple of hours a week or stay for four.

Join us as we feature ‘History, Ghosts and Haunted Places’ as we approach Halloween.

For all ages.

Join the OAS Hamilton Chapter at its monthly meetings and lectures at Fieldcote. A lecture or film is presented, with coffee and snacks.

Fieldcote is pleased to partner with Frank Panabaker Home & School Association and Ancaster Community Services for this “boo-tiful” event.

Each workshop in this innovative series focuses on a different subject in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.

Join us for an evening with artist Lorraine Roy.

On Remembrance Day we acknowledge the struggle of men and women in their work toward the goal of peace.

On Remembrance Day we acknowledge the struggle of men and women in their work toward the goal of peace.

Join us for this presentation on ‘Re-enacting a Napoleonic-Era British Military Surgeon’.

For all ages.

Each workshop in this innovative series focuses on a different subject in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

Join the OAS Hamilton Chapter at its monthly meetings and lectures at Fieldcote. A lecture or film is presented, with coffee and snacks.

Gather your family together, take a break from holiday shopping and step back in time to experience the warmth, welcome & simplicity of an earl

Enjoy the beauty of a mid-19th century family Christmas celebration at Dundurn Castle.

Join us as we celebrate the writings of author Jane Austen and help bring the charm of the early 19th century to life with fashion, music, dancing

Visit Dundurn for the first day of its Victorian Christmas for free.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

Christmas is back at Fieldcote! Enjoy our cozy display of community-decorated wreaths as you listen to holiday classics and sip hot cider.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

Join us for an illustrated talk by Jim Charlton, History Captured: Photography in the City.

For all ages.

Enjoy a unique opportunity to see Dundurn Castle decorated for Christmas in the evening. Pre-registration is required.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

Embrace the holiday spirit at the historic Ancaster Old Town Hall and enjoy live music with hot cider and treats.

Enjoy a unique opportunity to see Dundurn Castle decorated for Christmas in the evening. Pre-registration is required.

Each workshop in this innovative series focuses on a different subject in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.

Join the Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers for their Christmas train display inside the 1913 Electric Pump House building.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

Enjoy a unique opportunity to see Dundurn Castle decorated for Christmas in the evening. Pre-registration is required.

This holiday break, the Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology is hosting a free, drop-in activity centre all about Victorian toy making.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

School is out! Come into the Hamilton Children’s Museum for some winter fun.

School is out! Come into the Hamilton Children’s Museum for some winter fun.

School is out! Come into the Hamilton Children’s Museum for some winter fun.

This holiday break, the Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology is hosting a free, drop-in activity centre all about Victorian toy making.

Enjoy a unique opportunity to see Dundurn Castle decorated for Christmas in the evening. Pre-registration required.

Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. 

School is out! Come into the Hamilton Children’s Museum for some winter fun.

Celebrate a family New Year at the Hamilton Children's Museum. Visit all three galleries and join in on six 'count-downs' throughout the day.