Shand House Museum
http://shand.museum.gov.ns.ca
Shand House Museum
389 Avon Street, Windsor
Open June1 - October 15
Tel: 902 798 6951
Fax: 902 798 5619
Curriculum links available
Great for Grade 1-3, but adaptable to all grade levels
Cost: $2 per student; chaperones free
Students explore an authentic Victorian gingerbread house and discover how family life has changed in the past one hundred years. In this program, students enjoy an interactive house tour and experience some of the features of life in the 1890s and into the early part of the 1900s. When this house was built it was the most modern residential home in Windsor. It was one of the first with electric lights, indoor plumbing and central heat. The Shands were one of the earliest families to have bikes!
Shand House and Haliburton House museums
Double your visiting pleasure with a trip to both Shand House and Haliburton House museums in Windsor! These museums are a very short drive or within walking distance of each other. Special rate for groups visiting both museums: Pay full price for one visit and half price at your second museum!
Tours at both houses can be tailored to the needs of any group.
Enjoy your picnic lunch on the spacious grounds of Haliburton House.
In-Class Programs
Grade 1-3, but adaptable to all grade levels
(approx. 45-minute program)
Curriculum links available.
An interpreter from either Haliburton House or Shand House Museums will visit school classes in the local area to talk about how life has changed in the town of Windsor over the past 150 years, since Haliburton’s time to the time of the Shand family until today. Students will explore artifacts from the past.
