Woodworking Museum: Planning Your Visit
TIMING YOUR VISIT
The museum offers over 5000 square feet of exhibit space and gift shop. Please note that the timing for our hands-on modules does not include the visiting the exhibits. Allow yourself at least 45 additional minutes to tour through the Museum.
EXTEND YOUR DAY
The Museum is located at the entrance of scenic Grass Creek Park. This beautiful site along the St.Lawrence River offers many ways to extend your stay after you visit the Museum:
- Enjoy the sand beach and go for a swim
- Over 100 acres of park for you to explore.
- Watch the herons, geese and other wildlife
- Bring a picnic and use the barbecue facilities.
- Use the playground & covered gazebo.
If you would like to book the park facilities, please call our Facilities Booking Line at 613-544-4442, ext. 1817 or e-mail facilitybooking@cityofkingston.ca to obtain up to date fees and book any extra requirements for your special events.
For more information about Kingston Parks, visit the Web Site
TRAVEL TIMES
The average travel times to the Museum are:
- Kingston - 15 minutes
- Gananoque - 10 minutes
- Ottawa - 2 hours
- Montreal - 2.5 hours
- Toronto - 3 hours
LOCATION
The museum is located at 2993 Highway 2,
From Kingston
Take Ontario Street across the LaSalle Causeway. Follow this road, now Highway 2, for 16
km. The Museum is located on your right, 1 km past the intersection with Joyceville Road.
From Gananoque
Follow Highway 2 West for 13 km. The Museum is located on the left hand side of the road.
If you reach Joyceville Road, you've just passed it.
From Highway 401
Take exit 632 (Joyceville Road) just east of Kingston. Follow Joyceville Road south for 4
km and turn left onto Highway 2 for 1 km more. The Museum is located on your right.
Accessible Features
The MacLachlan Woodworking Museum has some accessible features, but with some limitations due to the historic design of the log house that forms part of the site. Currently, the City of Kingston is working to improve access with the introduction of a number of modifications in the near future. The following list provides information about accessibility at the Museum for anyone planning a visit.
- The main floor of the log house can be accessed using the pathway leading to the rear door.
- The exhibit building can be accessed using the pathway leading to the front doors. An accessible washroom is located inside the front doors on the left.
- The interactive children's exhibit located on the upper floor of the log house is not accessible, but many of the family activities can be made available in another location within the Museum by request.
- Currently there is limited accessibility to the grounds surrounding the Museum.
- When booking a tour or planning a visit, please contact the Museum and staff will make every effort to accommodate accessibility requirements.
For information about accessibility at the Museum, please call 613-542-0543 or email mwmuseum@cityofkingston.ca.
