As part of the Muskoka Museum's Adopt an artifact program, the following cabins and trains are available for sponsor adoption. You may also be interested in adopting an item or donating an artifact.
Adopted! January 20, 2023 – 2026
School house, 1895
Thank you Diamond sponsors: Descendants of the Halls & Robinsons
- Built: 1895 by volunteer labour for $75.00
- Stisted School Section #4 opened on January 1, 1896. Miss Carrie Hall taught 20 students
- Moved to MHP: 1967
- Original location: Lot 24, Concession 6, Stisted Township, Etwell
Available for adoption
Spence Inn, 1878
- Built: 1878 by, or for, Levitt Simpson in the village of Spence at the junction of Ryerson Road and the Nipissing Road.
- Run as a temperance boarding house and served as a stop for the cadge team drivers bringing mail from Rosseau to Commanda, where they could change their horses and rest. Visitors were transient workers, immigrants, and travellers.
- Moved to MHP: 1977
- Original location: Lot 88, Concession A, Spence
Available for adoption
Watson Workshop, c. 1880
- Built: c.1880 between 1876 and 1886 by Julius Shay
- Sold to Ned Fowler in 1887, then to Charles Watson in 1931. A portion of the Watson property was sold at half its value to be used at a Pioneer Village in 1961 and the building was moved in 1966
- Moved to MHP: 1966
- Original location: Lot 16, Concession 13-14, Brunel Township
Available for adoption
Steam locomotive #2, 1926
- Built: 1926 for the Canadian Gypsum Company, Windsor Nova Scotia.
- Montreal Locomotive Works No. 67167, 21 ton, 0-4-0 tank engine with 10” x 16” cylinders. Purchased by the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway in 1948. This locomotive was too heavy for the tracks and stored as a spare.
- Opened at MHP: 2000
Help celebrate Steam Locomotive #2's birthday in 2026!
Available for adoption
Blacksmith shop, 1880s
- Built:1880s
- Purchased from Edward Hainsworth by Frank Gabriel Sr. in 1926. The Gabriel family lived in this building and Frank had a separate blacksmith shop on the property. Donated by the family to be the blacksmith shop in honour of Frank’s passion for blacksmithing
- Moved to MHP:1970
- Original location: Lot 18, Concession 1, Perry Township, Novar
Adopted! November 15, 2024
Maw House, 1890s
Thank you Diamond sponsor: Gene Maw
- Built: 1890s by the Mills family in 1890s, eventually sold to Nawton and Minnie Maw in 1932.
- First donated to the Muskoka Board of Education in 1970, dismantled and rebuilt by Huntsville High School Students and uses in the Out-of-Classroom Education program. Donated and moved to MHP in 1984
- Moved to MHP:1984
- Original location: Lot 28, Concession 14, Chaffey Township, Novar
Available for adoption
Hay's General Store, 1878
- Built: 1878 at Falkenburg Junction at the cross roads of Muskoka and Parry Sound Roads by Edward (Ned) Hay.
- Operated by his wife Emma and daughter Helen after his death in 1928. Purchased by Frank Moore in 1931 and operated until 1953
- Moved to MHP:1969
- Original location: Lot 1, Concession 9, Monck Township, Falkenburg Junction
Adopted! March 16, 2024 – 2025
Darling house, 1869
In memory of Roger Dray (1934-2025), the family genealogist, and great grandson of James and Hannah Darling, Platinum sponsors, the American Darlings (March 1, 2025 - 2026)
The Darling house welcomes other sponsors.
- Built: 1869
- One of the first settlers in the area. Often used as a community meeting place. James and Hannah Darling raised 9 children here.
- Moved to MHP: 1963
- Original location: Lot 17, Concession 2, Stisted Township
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