Welcome to Campbell House Museum

Events, Featured

Campbell House Museum, located in the oldest surviving building from the Town of York, is a vibrant public space that inspires and educates visitors through its history, collections, and unique context in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Due to several private events and theatrical presentations, the museum will be Pay-What-You-Can on August 30 and all of September-October 2024. Please note that limited rooms and artifacts are available for viewing. The museum will be fully closed the following dates:

September 4-9, 2024

September 12-16, 2024

September 18, 2024

September 21, 2024

September 28, 2024

New date added for Celtic Circle – Mysteries of Scotland

Events, History, Music, News

If you haven’t heard yet, the demand was so high for last week’s Celtic Circle event, that we’ve added a new date – Join us tonight, January 18 at 7:30 pm for a bewitching evening of storytelling and music from the Celtic world of Scottish folklore.

Come gather around the fire to hear the eerie tales of ancient Scotland, enjoy hot cider and traditional Scottish fiddle tunes.

$25 for adults, $20 for youth, students and seniors;  pre-registration is strongly recommended.

Please note: we advise that some of the stories may not be suitable for children under 12 years of age.

Details and registration at http://danceweavers.ca/CelticCircle or call 416-578-1031. Advance registration advised. Doors open at 7 pm, tickets might be available at the door.

Apron Strings and Ginger Snaps is back!

Culinary, Events, Fashion, History, Lectures, News

 

Calling all Apron Lovers !!!

If you are a domestic God or Goddess, then this presentation is for you.

Aprons became the symbol of family and signified a cozy kitchen. Join this lecture + baking workshop event to help you through this Winter.

Come and be entertained and informed with the presentation on the uses and significance of aprons, covering over 100 years of history.

Refreshments will include baking of ginger snaps in the historic kitchen of Campbell House Museum and hot cider and treats.

Presented by the Costume Society of Ontario and co-produced by the Fashion History Productions.

 

Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019

Time: 1 pm – 3pm

 

Get your tickets HERE.

 

Image Credit: In the Dining Room, Berthe Morisot, 1886. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA

Holiday Hours

News

Campbell House will be closed for a holiday break from December 24 until January 1 (inclusive).

The office resumes regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5 pm) on January 2, 2019.

The museum stays closed to the public the month of January (no historic tours of the museum). However, programs, shows and group visits will be available throughout January.

The museum will reopen to the public and resume regular Winter hours on February 1, 2019.

 

For the latest updates on our hours, programs, and events, check our Event Calendar.

Common Readings 2019 Dates and Readers Announced!

Events, Literature, News

Celebrate the written word with us in 2019 in monthly Common Readings! In the first four months of the new year, we will welcome these great authors:

January 28: Cody Caetano, Margeaux Feldman, Trevor Corkhum

February 25: JM Francheteau, Fawn Parker, Jim Johnstone

March 25: Khashayar Mohammadi, Terese Pierre, Paul Vermeersch

April 29: Mary Germaine, Kathryn Mockler, Julie Bruck

 

Common Readings is an exciting literary reading series hosted and curated by Toronto poet Daniel Kincade Renton with support from the Common Readings Collective.

Common Readings aims to create an environment that supports all aspects of diversity within the Toronto literary community and beyond. This literary reading series creates a forum where both emerging and established writers can be exposed to new work from those at differing stages of their career. Every Common Readings is an opportunity for a variety of voices to interact in order to establish artistic and community dialogue.

 

For more information, check out Common Readings website and Facebook Page.

Common Readings Literary Reading Series runs at Campbell House Museum on every fourth Monday.