School Programs

Why Book a School Program With Us?

Student Learning Through Engagement

For over 30 years, the Museum has delivered education programs that are accessible, exciting, and curriculum-connected. With a modern museum building, an 1859 schoolhouse, and an 1815 Mennonite family home, the Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre offers truly unique educational experiences. Here, students can discover, learn, and explore.

 

Fill the Bus!

Make the most of your visit by having classes experience different programs at the same time. While one class steps into the Strict but Nice 1908 classroom, another can explore history through the Reading the Landscape or Hands-On History experience.

For more information, email museum@lincoln.ca.

To book, visit our online booking portal. All inquiries will be answered within 2 standard business days.

Children enjoying the Strict But Nice Program

Experience a 1908 School Day

01‘Strict but Nice’

Step into a 1908 school day at S.S. #4. In this immersive, one-of-a-kind Niagara experience, students leave the modern classroom behind and become the pupils of a historic one-room schoolhouse.

Led by a costumed instructor, students explore early settler life and Indigenous history through improvisation, role-play, and hands-on activities.

The day may include:

  • Interactive introduction to Early settler life and Indigenous history
  • Improv and role-play through slate arithmetic, spelling, and penmanship
  • Traditional games, including stilts and tug-of-war
  • Crafts and pen-and-ink lessons

Seasonal programs: Christmas and Valentine’s Day experiences include special crafts and decorations.

Booking Information

  • Maximum number of students: 36
  • Duration: Approx. 5 hours (9 a.m. - 2 p.m. / 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., etc.). We can accommodate flexible arrival/departure times and shorten the program to as little as 3 hours.
  • Cost: $13/ Student
  • Grades: Designed for Grade 3. Available for Primary, Junior, Intermediate, and Adult Learners, or adapted for multi-grade, homeschool, and accessibility needs.

Explore the Land, Uncover its Stories

02Reading the Landscape

Step outside and discover the stories held within the land, water, plants, and wildlife of the Twenty Mile Creek through a guided hike down into the valley.

Beginning at the Museum, the journey continues along the Twenty Mile Creek to Sho’arishon Park, a Neutral Nation Legacy Site, where students explore Indigenous connections to the land and the relationship between ecology, history, and community.

Along the way students will:

  • Examine how Indigenous and settler relationships with the land have shaped the region
  • Connect traditional knowledge with modern approaches to environmental stewardship
  • Consider environmental challenges, and reflect on sustainability, reconciliation, and our shared responsibility to care for the land

This program encourages students to observe closely, ask meaningful questions, think critically, and consider how the choices we make today can shape the future of our communities and environment.

Booking Information

Maximum number of students: 25

Duration: Approx. 3 hours (can be adjusted). (9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. / 10 a.m.-1 p.m., etc.). We can accommodate flexible arrival and departure times.

Cost: $18/Student

Grades: Available for Intermediate, High School and Adult Learners

Miss Welstead outside the one room schoolhouse

From Artifacts to Art

03Hands-On History

Get hands-on with local history through artifacts, archaeology, and art. In the morning, students explore the history of Indigenous pottery in Canada and use air-dry clay to create a pinch pot and textured animal sculpture, exploring form, line, and texture.

In the afternoon, students explore early settler life through the Museum’s collections and the 1815 Fry Family Log House. They examine everyday household objects and consider how the things we use have changed—and stayed the same—over the centuries.

Throughout the day, students tour the exhibitions, handle artifacts, and make connections between objects, art, archaeology, and the people who lived here.

Booking Information

  • Maximum number of students: 30
  • Duration: Approx. 5 hours (9 a.m. - 2 p.m. / 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., etc.). We can accommodate flexible arrival/departure times and shorten the program to as little as 3 hours.
  • Cost: $13/ Student
  • Grades: Available for Primary, Junior, Intermediate, and Adult Learners

In Your Classroom

04Mobile Museum

Bring Museum learning to you with pop-up programs to support learning at your school. This is a one-of-a-kind, interactive learning opportunity that combines local history with creativity to bring the curriculum to life in your classroom.

Choose from our curriculum-connected art workshops. We can visit as many as 3 classes in one day for each workshop. 

Booking Information

  • Maximum students per workshop: 30
  • Cost: $10/Student
  • Duration: 100 minutes. Each workshop can be booked for up to three classes per day. Book both workshop options to accommodate up to six classes in one day.

Booking Options

Using air-dry clay, students will explore fundamental modelling techniques, form, line, and texture, starting with a simple pinch pot while exploring the history of Canadian Indigenous pottery. Then, using these techniques, students will design and model a textured clay animal sculpture. Students will keep two clay projects. Recommended for learners in grade 1+

Inspired by the works of Anishinaabe artist Arthur Shilling and other Canadian portrait artists, students will explore how portraiture can express complex ideas about self, identity, and community. Using artist-grade materials, we will explore symbolic uses of colour and abstraction while creating step-by-step self-portraits using oil pastel on paper. Students will demonstrate an awareness of symbols encountered in their daily lives and in works of art, and learn about art from diverse communities. Recommended for learners in grade 3+

Programs at a Glance

Strict but Nice
At the Museum
3 to 5 hours | Up to 36 students | $13 per student
Designed for Grade 3 and adaptable for other learners

Reading the Landscape
At the Museum
3 to 5 hours | Up to 25 students | $18 per student
Designed for Grade 7 and adaptable for older learners

Hands-On History
At the Museum
3 to 5 hours | Up to 30 students | $13 per student
Available for Primary, Junior, Intermediate, and adult learners

Mobile Museum School Outreach
At your school
100 minutes | Up to 30 students per workshop | $10 per student

 

How to Book:

Visit our online portal, all inquiries will be responded to within 2 standard business days.

  • Visit our online portal to view our availability
  • Select your day and make an account
  • Within 2 business days you will receive a confirmation and invoice

Or book via email at museum@lincoln.ca.

In your email, please include the following information: 

  • School name
  • Grade
  • Number of students in the group
  • Program(s) you would like to book
  • Location of program (in-house, outreach)
  • Preferred date(s) and time(s)
  • Email address for the booking educator

Supervision: Teachers are required to supervise students in the classroom at all times. Teachers and accompanying adults are ‘no-charge ', but are strictly limited to 4 in number for in-museum visits.

Payments: Payments can be made in advance online, or on the day of the program with a credit card or debit. Payment can also be mailed via cheque to 3800 Main Street, Jordan, L0R 1S0. Cheques should be made out to the "Town of Lincoln". We will invoice your school after the program is completed based on attendance, payment is due within 30 days of your program date.

Cancellations: Cancellations made less than 10 days prior to a confirmed program are subject to a cancellation charge of half (50%) of the total program cost. Cancellations made 3 or fewer days prior are subject to a full charge (100%) of the total program cost.