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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM JACK AND LINDA
Halfway through the first month of 2023 we are once again wondering what the New Year will bring. Will new variants of Covid 19 require new restrictions? Will we be wearing masks?
We have been worrying about that for months because no one knows what will be happening four or five months from now.
What we can promise is that we will offer you the best tour we can this summer. You will leave with memories that will linger for years and photo-op pictures that will delight your family and friends. A senior CBC radio producer who looked at Anne of Green Gables museums across Canada in 2019 said we were one of the very best in Canada (you can click on a link to her tribute to us to the right of our photo)
Once again we will be asking folks to book tours in advance by calling 705-762-5876 or 1-888-579-7739 or emailing balamus@muskoka.com
Starting Monday, May 15th, we will be offering two tours on each day except Sunday. The first tour will be at 10 a.m. The second will be at 1:30.
We look forward to welcoming you and your family.
Jack Hutton & Linda Jackson-Hutton co-founded Bala's Museum
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$7.99 a person / $24.99 per family (limit of 4)
Book your Tour for 10:00 am or 1:30 pm
See
and Do!
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Lucy Maud Montgomery's silver tea set, on loan from Blair
Macdonald, great-grandson of the famous author and his
mother, Marie Macdonald.
We are so grateful to Blair's
late father, David Macdonald, who first loaned us the
tea set with his wife Marie 28 years ago.
• Maud’s personal correspondence basket
• Fabulous collection of LMM’s books, including
rare and first editions. Foreign editions include Chinese,
Dutch, Polish, Japanese and many others. Find your own
nationality!
• Avonlea schoolhouse in miniature.
• Photo ops. •
Matthew’s buggy.
• Dress-up costumes for kids.
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Anne’s
tea party with Diana • Anne’s
school room - Children can play act, including pretending to whack Gilbert over the head with a slate.
SEASON for 2023
May 15 to October 20
Pre-booked tours daily except Sunday
at 10:00 a.m. OR 1:30 p.m
Book Tours in advance:
705-762-5876 balamus@muskoka.com
Tours at 10:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m
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"A lifelong love affair with Anne of
Green Gables led to a thrilling venture." Source
CBC
Bala's Museum is world-class with its collection of
Anne of Green Gables displays, artifacts and information,
according to a special report on CBC.ca's
website, written by CBC producer / writer Vanja
Mutbdzija Jaksik after she and her family spent two
hours at the museum Sunday, Sept. 22nd in a private
tour.
CLICK
HERE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR MUSEUM
ON THE CBC'S NATIONAL WEBSITE
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CRAN ANNE CONTEST 2023
Sat. Oct. 14th during Bala Cranberry Festival
Contestants should arrive at the museum
no later than 1:30 pm.
Winner announced at 2 pm.
Prize is a vinyl Anne of Green Gables doll.
Parents should be aware that the Bala Cranberry Festival will charge adults and children over age of 13 for entry to the Festival.
Tickets can be purchased online through the Festival's Facebook book in early October. Call us at 705-762-5876 and we can provide further information.
You can register your daughter for the judging through the same phone number or balamus@muskoka.com .
30th ANNIVERSARY
OF BALA'S MUSEUM
Last summer we celebrated the 30th anniversary of our museum and the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery bringing her family to Bala for a two-week holiday. It seemed incredible then that more than 125,000 visitors have through our doors since we opened on July 24th, 1992. The story of how this all started with our honeymoon in Prince Edward Island in 1990 has been shared by CBC national television, CTV and Global News and the Toronto dailies.
If you are interested in sharing our story firsthand,
click here.
1–888-579-7739 (Canada only)
or 705-762-5876
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Chinese
visitors welcome!
Click here |
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Korean
visitors welcome!
Click here |
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Japanese
visitors welcome!
Many exhibits translated for you. |
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