The Frontenac County Schools Museum began as a project to celebrate Kingston's Tercentenary in 1973. A small group of retired educators spent many hours researching schools, photographing sites, collecting books and artifacts, and microfilming hundreds of school records. In 1977, the Museum Association was formally established. The museum opened to the public in 1979. In 2006, it moved to its present location in historic Barriefield Village.
Upcoming Events

FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012

QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE TEA

2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Museum
(Ladies are encouraged to wear hats for this occasion)

JUNE 23, 2012

The Frontenac County Schools Museum will be one of the several historic sites open to the public for this annual event.
Come for a visit!

Free Admission!

Gallery

Experience social and educational life in the pioneer years through the displays of school text books, artifacts, memorabilia and photographs. You may even identify a great-grandparent!

Archives

The museum has extensive archives for research purposes. Please call to book appointments.

Schoolroom

Bring your family to our schoolroom set in the style of a one-room rural school house in the 1900-1930 era. The desks and artifacts were collected from the schools which at one time dotted the countryside.

Sit at a wooden desk, write on a slate with a slate pencil. Browse through old Ontario readers. Try your skill at some arithmetic facts and solve problems encountered in the past!

Year-round Museum activities include participation in:

  • Classroom lessons with a "Schoolmistress"
  • Special Events
  • Heritage Interpretation through viewing and discussing exhibits in the Gallery
  • Identifying Artifacts used in Pioneer Schools
  • Enjoying the books used in early times
  • Research facilities
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