Curriculum Based Programming at the Museum

Available for students from preschool to grade eight. (photo image: an early group of students in North Bay ca: 1895. North Bay Area Museum archives)

Why Visit?
Our unique museum collection and archives offer an outstanding opportunity to students and educators. We offer in-house activities, teacher lead programs, outreach programs, self guided booklets and personalized tours. 

Our Programs

2009 Feature Program
Available April - August 2009
Green Legacy
This year, students will have the opportunity to experienced a guided tour of a national museum exhibit as "Green Legacy" visits Discovery North Bay. Green Legacy was created jointly by the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The exhibit comes with a comprehensive education kit that supplements the 1500 square foot exhibition.
Student will enjoy learning about Canada's natural legacy. We will discuss the importance of urban greenspaces and why parks are so important to our communities and our planet. Have you ever had an upclose and personal encounter with Canada's most poisonous plant?

Child's Play (JK to grade two)
Children will explore the various games, activities and toys enjoyed by pioneer children. We will compare old fashioned toys with the toys of today. We include lots of playtime and hands-on fun as we enjoy the simpler toys of yesterday, learn the origins of popular children's games and dress up like children in North Bay 100 years ago.

Junior Curator's Club (Gr. 1-8)
The general store, a livery stable, and the school house, were all important places in early settlements and each used that are now obsolete. Students will step into history and look at artifacts  and images of North Bay's early years, examining materials, trademarks, and more. This program uses unique object learning principles to study the actual belongings of North Bay's earliest residents.

TALES FROM A CEMETERY (Gr. 3-8)
Explore North Bay's local history and geography as well as the visual arts through an in-depth study of cemeteries. By visiting Union Cemetery in North Bay, we will look for historic clues about the early settlers to the area, learn to read a gravestone and interpret symbols and inscriptions, discuss location and environment of a cemetery, and end the program with sketches and rubbings of gravestones.

Nipissings: The Way of the Manitous (Gr. 3-8)
Students will explore the world of our country's First Nations through a discussion of our local native group, the Nipissings. Artifacts from the collection, the telling of local native legends and hands-on activities will help the students understand how the environment played an important role in the lives of the Nipissings and how interactions with Europeans changed their world.

History Hike (Gr. 3-8)

This popular program is guided through the sidewalks of downtown North Bay. We will examine the area's first school house, first library and some early homes. North Bay's downtown is full of exciting historical landmarks that tell the story of our beautiful Northern Comunity.

Pricing/Time lines

Pricing Information
Self-Guided Group Admission $3.00 eaGuided Programs $5.00 eaSpecial/Seasonal Programs $7.50 eaOutreach Programs (at school) $50.00/class(+ $0.35/km for rural visits)

Program Times and Length
All programs are 90 minutes in length unless otherwise  specified. Programs can be booked as early as 9:30 am and as late as 3:00pm.

Cancellations
There is no charge for cancellations due to inclement weather or other unforeseeable reasons. All other cancellations, or modifications must be received a minimum of 48 hours prior to scheduled arrival. The full cost of the program will be charged to the schools that do not provide adequate notice of cancellation

Make a Reservation!

We are located in the historic CP Station in North Bay's Downtown core.

For more information regarding program costs, length, or bookings please contact  our education staff on week days between 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

DiscoveryNorthBay
100 Ferguson St.
North Bay, ON
P1B 1W8

Phone: 476-2323
Fax: 476-9300
e-mail: education@heritagenorhbay.com

Hours of Operation
Tuesday to Friday 9:30 to 4:30
Saturday 10 to 4:30
Sunday 12 to 4:30

The Museum is open to the public all year round!