Seniors in Peterborough City and County will now be able to visit The Canadian Canoe Museum without leaving the comfort and safety of their residences, thanks to new funding. Intended to reduce social isolation, and provide opportunities for community interaction, The...
A few months before the pandemic circled the globe, a dear friend, collector and appraiser for the museum Roger Young, offered us this charming wooden model from his own collection. What might be described as a recreational kayak, or in many parts of Europe as a kanu,...
“The Stories They Hold” explores the stories of three iconic canoes The Canadian Canoe Museum, which recently reopened, has launched a new three-part video series, allowing the public to get up close and personal with three iconic canoes in the museum’s...
Crack open a new box of crayons or markers, and sharpen those pencil crayons! We are bringing you more #CCMfromhome fun, this time with two new colouring sheets based on canoe-themed postcards in our collection. If you’ve visited us recently, you may have seen...
By Jeremy Ward, Curator and Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, Director of Indigenous Peoples Collaborative RelationsOur Curator, Jeremy Ward, and our Director of Indigenous Peoples’ Collaborative Relations, Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, have embarked on a cross-country tour to...
Robin Cavanagh, Jeremy Ward, and Fred Metallic in Listuguj First Nation viewing where we were in relation to the Seven Traditional Districts of the Mi’gmaq By Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, Director of Indigenous Peoples Collaborative Relations A large part of my role at The...
The Museum is temporarily CLOSED to the public. We will reopen at our new location on Ashburnham Drive in winter 2024. Grand opening celebrations will be held the weekend of May 11th, 2024!
