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Markham Museum
Categories: Public Services & Government Landmarks & Historical Buildings Arts & Entertainment Museums Landmarks & Historical Buildings, Museums [Edit]
9350 Hwy 48Markham, ON L6E 0E9
(905) 294-4576
One review for Markham Museum
1 review in English
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
8/21/2010
Most towns with local history museums have collections of artifacts. Markham has a collection of buildings, specifically nineteenth century buildings from around Markham that were preserved and moved to this location, then restored (generally quite well). There are houses, barns, a church, a general store, a honey shop, a historic train car (under renovation) and a huge sundial (probably not old). In addition to being a museum they have rental facilities for parties and a little miniature golf course which actually manages not to look too tacky.
What is unfortunate about this place is lack of organization. It is staffed by volunteers and they seem to not have a lot of knowledge, mostly reading from sheets of paper. I got a personal tour, as no one else was visiting the place except for some kid's parties. I notice they are spending a lot of money on additional restorations but they could collect more on fees (only $6) if they promoted themselves a bit better and had more knowledgeable guides and more info on the displays.
I actually wandered in here by mistake, as I had really intended to photograph the heritage homes subdivision next door. The nervous old biddy who showed me where to park knew nothing about that, but the two guides (one looked like a high school senior) showed me where it was. It is worth seeing as the homes are lovely and it is unusual to see a subdivision made out of re-located historic houses.
