Museum

The Pickering Museum Village is developing a permanent exhibition in our Miller Cole House. This exhibit will explore the concepts of Ontario’s land stewardship from multiple cultural perspectives. It investigates how food acts as a healing agent for both mental and physical health, through processes like gathering, preparing, cooking, and enjoying. This exhibit will illustrate, through interactive devices and hands-on learning, how food transformation and land appreciation is an essential part of daily life. It will also demonstrate how today some of these practices, although modernized, are still relevant. The exhibit is tentatively titled 'Gather and Grow.'

Please share your thoughts on our exhibit concept! You are also welcome to email us with further ideas, feedback, or possible partnership / outreach opportunities.

The Miller Cole House at the Pickering Museum Village will undergo restoration work in 2024.  As part of the project, museum staff will develop and install a new permanent (10 year) exhibit and program space in the building.

The aim of this exhibit is to investigate how food connects us as a community.  It will look at the ways we grow, gather, prepare, cook and share food.  The exhibit will include many different cultures and traditions.

The results of this survey will help us determine the types of programs and experiences to  offer in the space.

Thank you so much for joining us for our magical experience at Pickering Museum Village: A Storybook Christmas! We hope you and your little ones had a fantastic time here at the museum. We're always excited to make our programs even better for our community, and we'd love to hear your thoughts! If you could take a moment to fill out our survey about this event, we would really appreciate it! Thanks again, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season!