Bring your Group to Region of Waterloo Museums
Region of Waterloo Museums offer multiple tours to satisfy your groups needs. Explore our properties or enjoy one of our themed tours.
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum Group Tours
Save 10 per cent with groups of 20 or more!
The Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is the largest community museum in Ontario. Our main gallery tells the story of Waterloo Region from 12,000 years ago to today, and our feature gallery showcases local exhibits and travelling exhibits from around the world.
Motor coaches stop at the museum's front door, and there is lots of free parking for buses.
Group catering is available for an additional fee.
The gift shop offers unique gift and souvenir items, reflecting local history and crafts.
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is centrally located in Waterloo Region, with close proximity to Highways 401 and 7/8. We're close to hotels and a five minute drive to the Homer Watson House and Gallery and many other cultural facilities in St. Jacobs, Stratford, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo.
*New Programs:
These programs and are designed to provide a custom museum experience for participants. Each program features multi-sensory activities, group discussion, and an opportunity to discover the history around us. Before or after your program take extra time and explore more of the historic village, museum galleries or shop for that special souvenir in our gift shop.
$15.00 per person plus HST (includes one program and explore time)
| Traditional Trades & Crafts |
| Waterloo County in 1914 was a pleasant and innocent time …or was it? Rethink everything you know about the past with an interactive presentation on crime, imprisonment, and punishment in Waterloo County, 1914. Make sure you try a sample of pease coffee, a typical breakfast beverage given to inmates made from boiling roasted peas. |
| Herbs for Bees and Teas |
| Join our village gardener for a tour of 24 historic herbs, learn their culinary and medicinal traditions, and how to grow them to make your garden beautiful, fragrant, and pollinator-friendly. Then relax and enjoy a buffet of herbal teas, freshly made from our own organic harvest. Includes outdoor garden tour May through September. |
| The Intimate Side of History |
| Discover the "unmentionable" side of history at Doon Heritage Village! This fascinating tour explores the personal, and sometimes peculiar, parts of daily life in the past. Visit an indoor privy in a historic Mennonite home, learn the surprising history of toilet paper in the General Store, explore Victorian undergarments at the Tailor Shop, and dive into early bathing practices. A quirky, fun, and educational experience your group won’t forget! |
| Memories of a Mennonite Kitchen |
| Visit the Martin House for an Old Order Mennonite kitchen experience. Find out about typical meals and sample some Mennonite favourites from the early 20th century. Explore the house from attic to cellar to see how food was stored and prepared. |
McDougall Cottage Historic Site Group Events
Bring your group of up to 24 people for one of McDougall Cottage’s ever-popular “Teas by the Grand”.
Experience a delightful afternoon tea, in a c.1858 Limestone cottage in heart of downtown Cambridge. McDougall’s classic tea includes cucumber and cream cheese tea sandwiches (2 per person), smoked salmon pinwheels (2 per person), fern tarts (1 per person), scones with preserves and whipped cream (1 per person), button shortbread (2 per person) and bottomless tea.
Book today! Call for more information and pricing.
Schneider Haus National Historic Site Museum Experiences
Programs are 1.5 hours in length and feature multi-sensory hands-on activities. Take time before or after to spend some time in our gift shop or relax outside in our new amphitheatre (weather depending).
Old Haus, New Stories
During this immersive tour you will explore Schneider Haus and its many inhabitants throughout the decades! If only these wall could talk – oh the stories they would tell! Enjoy a tour through the museum, sample some timely treats, and test your knowledge with a rousing ‘Decide the Decade’ trivia challenge. $15 per person plus HST.
Pretzel Making Workshop
Learn how to twist the perfect pretzel! Join us in our historic kitchen for pretzel making and enjoy an immersive tour of the house while your creations are baking. You’ll get a sneak peak of our historic bake oven while you’re here. End your visit by enjoying your pretzels fresh out of the oven! $20 per person plus HST
Get Started
Complete our online form or call 519-748-1914 to connect with a member of our events team. We look forward to helping you plan a memorable event.
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