A little bit of history about our Muskoka museum and its feature exhibits:

• Late 1940s – local Women’s Institutes set up pioneer displays in the arena. This showed there was interest in local history displays
• 1954 – The Rotary Club began collecting items
• 1958 – Muskoka Museum opens on Caroline Street
• 1960 – Huntsville Rotary Club appointed by Town of Huntsville to operate the Muskoka Museum
• 1961 – Part of Watson farm purchased for half of market value to be a pioneer village
• 1965 – Construction begins on new Muskoka Museum at the new village
• 1967 – New Muskoka Museum opens
• 1981 – Feature exhibit: Time Tunnel
• 1984 – Feature exhibit: William Proudfoot, architect
• 1990 – Feature exhibit: Muskoka Mascots
• 1994 – Muskoka Museum display “Muskoka at Work and Play” opens
• 1994 – Village admissions moved to Muskoka Museum addition
  
  • Feature exhibit: The Great Fire of 1894
• 2004 – Muskoka Museum temporary exhibit: Muskoka at War
• 2007 – Muskoka Museum temporary exhibit: Muskoka Creative
• 2007 – Lieutenant-Governor James Bartleman part of National Aboriginal Day celebrations and opening of Metis component in Muskoka Museum
• 2008 – Muskoka Museum/Muskoka Pioneer Village/Muskoka Heritage Place 50th anniversary
• 2009 – Feature exhibit: The Story of Steam
• 2010 – Feature exhibit: Great Nations
• 2012 – Feature exhibit: Parks 101
• 2014 – Feature exhibit: War: what is it good for?
• 2019 – Feature exhibit: Healthy Huntsville, History of Healthcare in Huntsville
• 2022 – Feature exhibit: A Tough Go - Early Settlement in Muskoka
• 2024 – Feature exhibit: Making Herstory: Women of Huntsville