Dorset Heritage Museum

07/04/2024

Heritage Day 2024 was lots of fun with lots of visitors! Thank you All for attending!

More photos to follow...

06/27/2024

TWO MORE SLEEPS TILL HERITAGE DAY! OH YA!

06/27/2024

Maverick is ready for Heritage Day this Saturday June 29th 10-3pm!! Are YOU READY!!

Maverick is counting down the days until he gets to say hi at our tent for Heritage Days at the Dorset museum. He even got a new Canada Day bandanna to celebrate.

06/20/2024

June 29th is coming up fast! See you there! Please share this post!

Dorset Recreation Centre

06/12/2024

A couple of weeks ago a group of people came and toured the museum and then went down to Robinson's Store before going home. A lady from this group has lost a watch and is hoping that someone has found it either here or at the store. If you find it please give us a call or drop it off here at the museum as we have her name and phone number. Fingers crossed!

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06/06/2024

05/23/2024

We had a good opening weekend last week, hope to see more visitors this weekend! Don't forget to put Heritage Day on your calendars Saturday, June 29th 10 - 3pm!

05/21/2024

Orange Parade in Dorset back in the day.

05/18/2024

WE ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON! WEEKENDS ONLY FOR THE SPRING! 10 - 4PM COME IN OUT OF THE BUGS!

05/09/2024

The museum will be open for the season Sat. May 18th 10-4pm See you there!
photo from the Stumpf Family, Big Trading Bay

05/02/2024

Does anyone have a photo of Else & Earl Burk who lived in Dorset. Their home was where the Health Hub is now.
Thank you!

04/25/2024

Early days on area lakes 1929. The museum will be open weekends only 10 - 4pm till July. Start date Saturday, May 18th!

Save the date Saturday June 29th 10 - 3pm cause its Heritage Day an the Dorset Heritage Museum! You wont want to miss our great line up of venders and special guests!

35th Battalion Muskoka's Finest!
Harvey Walker Plein Air Artist
Wyatt Black Outdoor Enthusiast Participant in Alone Season 10
Emes Family Maple Syrup
Raw Vinyl Records - Antique Record Collection
Brelesdale - Wreath & Jewelry Crafter
Fluffy Feet Face Painting
7th Monkey Designs
The Wood Lady
Fun Canadiana Photo Selfie Booth
BBQ
Friends of the Dorset Heritage Museum
The MacKay Tractors
Stay tuned for more great vendors!

04/10/2024

Wood Lady, Bowls, Boards, & So Much More! Will be back on Heritage Day this year! Beautiful craftmanship! Saturday June 29th 10 - 3pm! Photo from last year featuring just a part of their great display

04/10/2024

Looking for some yummy maple syrup? Well you will be able to find it here at the Dorset Heritage Museum on Heritage Day! Saturday June 29th 10 - 3pm Save the date so you wont miss this great fun family event! Lots to see inside and out here at the museum 1040 Main Street Dorset. See you then!

https://www.facebook.com/emesfamilymaplesyrup

Emes Family Maple Syrup is a family run business located in Dorset Ontario. Items are also available

04/10/2024

The Muskoka's 35th Battalion boys will be back in town for Heritage Day here at the Dorset Heritage Museum! Saturday, June 29th 10 - 3pm Mark your calendars to see them and other great exhibits and vendors! Lots to see inside the museum too! Fun family event for all ages!

03/24/2024

Our museum has lost a great volunteer of many many years, in fact our community has. Barb helped out wherever she thought she was needed in our community. She volunteered for a couple years at museum events and soon became a member on our Committee of Council for the Dorset Heritage Museum.
She was a good friend and will be dearly missed.

Our community was also saddened to hear of Rick Nash's passing. Rick as you know has been another great friend to our museum and has volunteered for many years to be a part of Dorset Heritage Day. Chatting and sharing his knowledge of his craft of canoe making with all who visited. Rick will be missed by all who knew him.

Our deepest sympathy to both of our community families the Kostenuk's & the Nash's for their loss.

https://www.mitchellfuneralhome.ca/obituaries-1/2024/3/23/barbara-ann-kostenuk

https://www.communityfuneralhomes.com/obituary/RichardRick-Nash

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03/22/2024

Working hard at the museum adding to our exhibits can't wait to welcome you all!

03/14/2024

Day dreaming of camping and campfires! Mucking about with carving and print making

03/14/2024

Its that time of year when we gather the liquid gold.
Photo of Roy MacKay at a past Dorset Heritage Day with his display about tapping trees and gathering the sap. Photo of a past Sugar Bush exhibit, and 'Uncle Norm' MacKay in his sugar bush. Norm was Roy's father.

02/29/2024

This gentleman has been a great supporter of our Museum and Dorset Heritage Day for many many years. His knowledge of the canoe, canoe building, paddle making, scale models of select canoe is immense! Fingers crossed he will be able to come to Heritage Day this June 29th and you can sit and have a chat with him. See you there!

02/17/2024

A beautiful sunny day for the Dorset Snowball! Come and enjoy the fun!

Don't forget to pop up and visit us here at the Dorset Heritage Museum we are open 10 - 3pm!

Photo of Norm MacKay our Past Chair dressed up warm at one of our Snowball events a few years ago.

02/15/2024

A Valentine Memory that was posted in 2015

Hope you all have as good Valentine Celebration as they did back in 1948 at the Dorset Ice Palace. Photo of past old Valentine cards.
Dorset News 1948
On Friday February 11 the Dorset Community Club held an Ice Carnival at the rink. Despite the cold a large crowd attended. Many and varied were the costumes. Men’s fancy dress was won by Earl McKay. Ladies fancy dress by Mrs. Wm. Walshuk.
Couple in fancy dress by Mrs. Jack Matthews and Miss Joyce Clayton. Billie Sears—Child’s comic (Mickey Mouse). Little Selby Clayton—child’s fancy.
A group of girls put on a very pretty Valentine drill. The girls were dressed in navy slacks, white blouses and each carried a wand with a large red heart attached. At the close of the drill the girls formed two lines and sang “Walking in the Winter Wonderland”.
A relay potato race was won by Kenneth Flaherty and Oscar Sawyer Jr. The concluding number on the ice was a game of Broom Ball between the married women and single girls, with a score of single girls 2, married women 0, with Miss Daley putting in both scores.
After the carnival the young people danced for a short time in The Town Hall. The ladies in the refreshment booth were kept busy handing out hot dogs and coffee.
Congratulations to all that worked so hard to make the Carnival a success.

02/10/2024

More recipes from the old Knox United Church Cookbook
the pinky coloured page lets you know what that section of the cookbook recipes are going to be.

02/08/2024

Shore lunch Elsie E. Fitz-Gibbon
Near Wa Wah

02/08/2024

We are all set for the Snowball Hockey Shootout! We are now accepting pre-registrations.
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02/08/2024

Just a reminder that the Dorset Heritage Museum will be open Sat. Feb.17th 10 - 3pm during the Snowball so come on up and visti us !

Look at this line -up for the Dorset Snowball!
To register for the parade, cardboard toboggan races and the hockey shoot out follow this link:
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02/03/2024

On Wednesday Jan. 31 the DH Museum was very pleased to be a part of the Dorset Lions Speaker Series held at the Dorset Lions Club. We showed a selection of our Memories of Dorset short videos. It was a great evening and well attended.

The Dorset Lions generously gave us a donation that will go toward the Memories of Dorset Project aiding us in the creation of more videos. Thank you so very much for having us and for your donation! We appreciated it very much!