The Cambridge Fire Hall Museum kicks off its annual Drop-in Saturdays on June 4, welcoming downtown visitors for free tours of one of the city's oldest buildings.
Located at 56 Dickson St., next to city hall and one of the oldest farmers markets in Canada, the Cambridge Fire Hall museum is in Galt's former fire hall, built in 1898, and includes antique fire trucks, historical firefighting equipment and a gift shop open from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Admission is free but donations of non-perishable food items are welcome.
For more information visit: Firehall Museum.
Also starting this Saturday, the city is offering free Old Post Office Tours.
Guests can join Idea Exchange staff for a tour of the Old Post Office, built in 1884, to learn about the building's award-winning architecture, where heritage meets innovation and ideas meet execution.
The Old Post Office: Idea Exchange at 12 Water St. S., opened in 2018 and is Canada’s first all-digital library, which includes Creative Studios, Discovery Centre, Makerspace, and Riverview Reading Room.
For more information and to register visit: Idea Exchange
Tours will be offered each Saturday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
On Sunday, the Fashion History Museum is celebrating Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee with 70 Years a Queen: Coronation Cream Tea.
The event at 74 Queen Street East in Hespeler runs from noon to 3 p.m. and costs $12 plus museum admission.
Guests will enjoy a scone with strawberry jam and Devon cream, as well as a bottomless cup of tea (French press coffee or gingerale are also available).
Seatings are every half hour from noon to 3 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets visit: Eventbrite
Also on Sunday, visitors to the McDougall Cottage Garden on Grand Avenue South can hear traditional music from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The old Cottage just hasn’t been the same without the sound of music, so organizers are thrilled to welcome it back!
The Cottage’s back garden will be filled with the sounds of traditional tunes and dance from musical group Tea for Three (T43) and the Forest City Morris dance troupe, performing a traditional Morris dance.
Thought to have originated in the cotton mill towns and pit villages of the North West of England it is often performed at seasonal festivals and holidays to banish the dark of winter, celebrate the warmth and fertility of summer, and bring in autumn's golden harvest.
For more information visit: McDougall Cottage. Donations for the musicians are welcome as admission to the event.
