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Visit a variety of sites throughout the City of Kingston as they open their doors to the public to showcase amazing architecure and design, historical collections, and a glimpse inside Kingston's landmark buildings. All sites are open to the public free of charge throughout the day from 10am to 4pm (unless otherwise noted in their site description). Location Name Address Agnes Etherington Art Centre University Ave. & Bader Ln Almost Home 118 William St. Bellevue House National Histroric Site of Canada - NEW 35 Centre St. Canada's Penitentiiary Museum 555 King St. W CFRC 101.9 FM - NEW - offering demos and trials of radio equipment, giving youa chance to test your radio voice on the airwaves, along with tours highlighting architecture and archival equipment dating back to 1922 62 Fifth Field Company Ln Chalmers United Church 212 Barrie St. Elizabeth Cottage - featuring the artwork of Margaret Mountney as well as some pieces from the Kingston School of Art 251 Brock St. Former Congregational Church/Masonic Hall - NEW 126 Wellington St. Fort Henry Trade Square - NEW 1 Fort Henry Dr. Frontenac County Schools Museum 414 Regent St., Barriefield Gilda's Club Southeastern Ontario - NEW 6A Clarence St. Goodes Hall, Queen's School of Business - NEW 143 Union St. HMCS Cataraqui 24 Navy Way Kingston City Hall 216 Ontario St. Kingston Frontenac Public Library - NEW - offering a self guided art tour brochure entitled Arto fo the Library, which will include the Ella Fraser Collection (c. 1910) in the Speical Collections Room, featuring watercolours that have never been on public display. There will also be Vintage Storytime at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 130 Johnson St. Kingston School of Art & Window Art Gallery - NEW - featuring art demos in a variety of media throughout the day, as well as an exhibition in the Window Art Gallery 647A Princess St. MacLachlan Woodworking Museum 2993 Highway 2 East Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston 55 Ontario St. Military Communications & Electronics Museum 95 Craftsman Blvd. Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre - offering mural painting in the gallery 21 Queen St. Museum of Health Care at Kingston 32 George St. Portsmouth Town THall 623 King St. Printing Room Museum - Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul - NEW 115 Ordnance St. Pump House Steam Museum 23 Ontario St. Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Association - NEW - providing entertainment, including Ron Gray (11 a.m. to noon), Salon Theatre (12:30-1 p.m. & 3 - 3:30 p.m.), Sonny Slide Maddams (1 - 2 p.m.), Jon McLurg (2 - 3 p.m.), Christina Tracy (3:30 - 4 p.m.) 193 Ontario St. Royal Military College Museum - Fort Frederick 4 Passchendale Dr. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 130 Clergy St. E. St. George's Cathedral 270 King St. E. St. Mark's Anglican Church 268 Main St., Barriefield St. Paul's Anglican Church 137 Queen St. Sydenham Street United Church 82 Sydenham St.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for Confederation Park 9:00 AM – Limestone Mile on Ontario St. 11:30 AM – Red and White People Parade (from A&P parking lot) 12 Noon – Civic Ceremony on the steps of City Hall and the Presentation of the Mayors Youth Volunteer and First Capital Distinguished Citizens Awards 1:00 PM Dedication of the Restored Train, ‘Spirit of Sir John A.’ Ceremony beside the Tourist Information Office Live Entertainment On Stage In Confederation Park 2pm to 10pm (watch for details coming soon) 10:00 PM – FIREWORKS FINALE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for Grass Creek Park 11am to 6pm On Stage at Grass Creek Park – with Master of Ceremonies, Roger James 11:00 AM – Welcome 11:15 AM – Mystic Drumz 12:00 PM – Rob Driscoll’s Wild and Wacky Magic Show 1:00 PM – Rob Carnegie 2:00 PM – Mystic Drumz 2:45 PM – Kelli Trottier 3:30 PM – Rob Driscoll’s Wild and Wacky Magic Show 4:45 PM – Hey Kids! 5:30 pm - Civic Ceremony, Singing of O Canada and the official cake cutting Ongoing Activities Pony Rides and Petting Zoo, Sack Races, Crafts, Mini Golf, Air Castles, Rock Climbing Wall…and so much more!