Box 14, 1024 Maple Avenue
Bala, Muskoka
705-762-5876 or

1–888-579-7739
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Tours are by pre-booked appointments only for 10 am or 1:30 pm Monday - Saturday 705-762-5876

Jack & Linda @ Bala's Museum
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!

• 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.


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

LMM Doll

"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

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
Chinese Visitors Chinese visitors welcome!
Click here
Korean Visitors Korean visitors welcome!
Click here
Japanese visitors welcome!
Many exhibits translated for you.

 

 
Jack and Linda

MEET YOUR HOSTS

Jack and Linda Hutton are proud that Bala’s Museum has become known as
one of the best L.M. Montgomery museums in Canada. They have been
operating it since 1992.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Arrival

EVERYTHING ANNE OF GREEN GABLES DAY


TO BE DECIDED

 



CRAN-ANNE LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST

Olivia "Liv" Keeler learned how to read at 4 and read Harry Potter st 6.  She fell in love with Anne of Green Gables shortly after that. She amazed Cran-Anne judge Mari Carson by quoting excerpts from L.M. Montgomery's writing.


 

Dollhouse Miniatures

Dollhouse

Our Gift Shop now stocks dollhouse miniatures of all sizes, inspired by Canada’s largest replica of the world-famous Green Gables farm house. Guess where Anne’s room is.

Gift Shop

Our Gift Shop

One of the best Anne of Green Gables gift shops in Canada just keeps getting better and better. Offered are hard-to-find editions of LMM books, Anne movies, Anne jewelry, exclusive dolls and doll clothes, vintage Green Gables china and children’s costumes for sale. It’s worth the drive to Bala for the special people on your Christmas list.

We also do mail order and have a Facebook store that has served kindred spirirs around the globe.

Kids Dress Up

Kids Can Dress Up

Boys and girls have a choice of our costumes to wear during their family tour. For girls, dresses and flowered hats right out of “Avonlea”; sailor shirts and hats for boys.

 

Tips on how to plan an Anne of Green Gables birthday party

Bala’s Museum can supply everything you need for an Anne of Green Gables birthday party, from goodie bags to prizes. Click here for step by step tips.
Anne of Green Gables birthday party

Anne: Madly Off In All Directions

This popular display shows how a book about a red-haired orphan caught the world by surprise in 1908, and the amazing spin-offs that have resulted from that first “Anne of Green Gables” book..

Location & Directions

We are about 200 kilometres or a two-hour drive north of Toronto
or 59 kilometres south east of Parry Sound

GPS directions: 1024 Maple Avenue, Bala.
Click here for directions and maps.

Anne of Green Gables
Muskoka Attractions
LIcensed by Heirs of L.M. Montgomery
 

Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Destination
We are now a Literary Landmark!
Last year was a banner year for Bala as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s arriving in Bala in July, 1922.  Our museum was the tourist home in Bala where Montgomery and family had their meals.  The two weeks spent in Bala inspired LMM to write The Blue Castle, a coming-of-age novel set entirely in MuskokaBala’s Museum now has Heritage Designation. The 2 week vacation resulted in an adult novel & Muskoka love story, The Blue Castle.


Free freckles


Anne whacks Gilbert!


Anne and Diana tea party


A mouse in the custard!


Saving Minnie May


Waiting for Matthew

Bala's Museum
1024 Maple Avenue
Box 14, Bala, Muskoka
ON Canada P0C 1A0
705-762-5876 or 1-888-579-7739