Current and Past Museum Windsor Events
Museum Windsor plays a key role in many events, projects, initiatives and celebrations in Windsor's culture and heritage community. We actively engage in finding unique ways to help the community tell its stories.
Current Museum Windsor Events:
Free Day - Sponsored By Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Location: Chimczuk Museum
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2018
Time: Regular museum operating hours
Free Admission
Museum Windsor is excited to announce that Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) has sponsored a free admission day at the Chimczuk Museum on Saturday, October 13, 2018. This family friendly day will feature a special Rotary themed scavenger hunt, fun crafts in our Hands on History Room, and a guided tour of the new Rotary exhibit at 3:00PM.
Make sure to visit the Chimczuk Museum on Saturday, October 13 between 10:00AM and 5:00PM to enjoy a free admission day sponsored by Rotary Club of Windsor (1918). While you’re here, explore the new exhibit: A Century of Service Above Self: The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) on display through December 2018.
Haunted Halloween Tour at the Chimczuk Museum
Location: Chimczuk Museum
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$5.25/Person, Ages 12+ event
Join Museum Windsor staff after hours for a night of ghost stories and spooky artifacts at the Chimczuk Museum on Friday, October 26, 2018. Running from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, this haunted tour is family friendly but will touch on some darker themes from Windsor’s past. Hear ghost stories and legends from the Detroit River Region, learn about early French folklore, and see artifacts with a dark and twisted past.
Cost is $5.25 per person, and space on the haunted tour is limited, so advance booking is encouraged. We suggest ages 12 and up. Call 519-253-1812 to reserve a spot.
New Exhibit! Canada's Waterscapes: Yours to Enjoy, Explore and Protect
From the Canadian Museum of Nature
Location: Chimczuk Museum
Date: Late September through to December 2018
Time: Regular museum operating hours
Admission: Regular admission rates apply
Canada's Waterscapes—Yours to Enjoy, Explore and Protect is the newest travelling exhibition from the Canadian Museum of Nature and its partners. Dive in and find out what it takes to understand and take care of Canada's aquatic ecosystems. Discover amazing creatures that dwell in the depths of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. Imagine yourself diving beneath the Arctic ice into a world full of life and colour! Follow a group of endangered Whooping Cranes to their remote wetland nesting ground in Wood Buffalo National Park. Canada is a nation of water. Get inspired to take action to protect our ecosystems. Explore your aquatic side in this engaging, family-friendly, interactive exhibition.
New Exhibit! A Century of Service Above Self: Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Location: Chimczuk Museum
Date: July through December 2018
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Admission: Regular Admission rates apply
Marking the organization's 100th anniversary, this exhibit utilizes artifacts and ephemera to explore the history of Rotary Club of Windsor (1918).
Celebrate Museum Windsor 60th Anniversary!
Location: François Baby House
Date: Ongoing
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Free Admission
Did you know that Museum Windsor started off as the Hiram Walker Historical Museum? Come to the François Baby House as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Museum with a new display, 60 Years of Your Community Museum! featuring an overview of the museum’s history and revealing the contents of a time capsule created for the 30th anniversary in 1988.
New Display! Diecast From the Past: A History of Autos
Location: Chimczuk Museum
Date: Ongoing through June 2018
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Admission: Regular Admission Rates Apply
Museum Windsor’s new 2018 display, Diecast From the Past: A History of Autos explores the history of diecast model cars, Windsor Ontario’s automotive history, and the relationship popular culture has with the automobile. Many women and men experience a lifelong passion for automobiles that often starts at a very young age. Prior to being able to drive or own a real car or truck, children often play with miniature versions of their favourite vehicles on living room floors, in sandboxes, schoolyards, etc. Explore this unique display at the Chimczuk Museum this year.
Past Museum Windsor Events:
- Doors Open Windsor - 2018
- Exhibit: Material Culture: The Things We Make To Live - 2018
- Jackson Park Walking Tour - 2018
- Our Grandmother's Dress Presentation - 2018
- Heritage Day Celebrations - 2018
- Free Comic Book Day - 2018
- Museum Windsor 60th Anniversary 'Time Capsule' Opening + Exhibition Launch - 2018
- Exhibit: MayWorks "Beyond Traditional: Women's Work" - 2017
- Exhibit: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Polish Parish - 2017
- Andy Robertshaw Lecture: Trench Cookbook - 2017
- Local Author Book Signing - 2017
- Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale - 2017
Museum Windsor
254 Pitt Street West
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9A 5L5
Phone: For general information, call 311.
For detailed inquiries, please call (519) 253-1812.
Email: wmuseum@citywindsor.ca