Port Dover Museum

Is your #NewYearsResolution to get a little more organized? We like to think that our limited edition calendars featuring the work of Norfolk artist William Edgar Cantelon can help with that. There are only FOUR calendars left. Get yours before they sell out! $20 each.

Happy New Year! We’re celebrating with the launch of our new website. Through public consultation, we became aware that folks wanted a single landing source for all our info and news. This new website meets that demand. Check back often for 2024 info. norfolkheritage.ca

TODAY at 1pm! Kick off 2024 by joining us for an afternoon of tunes & company. Bring an instrument to play or sit back & enjoy the many talented musicians in @NorfolkCountyCA. Admission by monetary donation or non-perishable food items for #PortDover's Lifeline Food Bank.

TOMORROW at the museum we'll be hosting our 22nd Annual Captain's Polar Bear Levee from 1-4pm. Bring an instrument to join in the fun or simply come and listen to a few of your favourite classic songs. Admission by donation. Non-perishable food items appreciated. #PortDover

Plans for New Year's Day yet? Help kick off 2024 by joining us for an afternoon of live entertainment provided by you, our community musicians! Bring an instrument & join in the fun, or sit back & enjoy the tunes & company. Admission by donation or non-perishable food items.

NEW FOR 2024! Calling all fiber artists & needleworkers: Grab your knitting, embroidery, cross stitch, crochet, felting, etc. & join us the first Thursday of each month from 10:00-11:30am for a relaxing morning of crafting & connection. Beginners welcome. Must have own supplies.

Help us kick off 2024 by joining us at the museum on New Year’s Day! Bring an instrument and join in the fun, or sit back and enjoy the tunes and company.   Admission by donation. The public is encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for #PortDover's Lifeline Food Bank.

Remembering Norfolk, a new initiative intended to provide opportunities to reflect & learn about those who came before. Remembrance Day is a time for us to honour the service, courage and sacrifice of the men & women who served & died in the line of duty. youtu.be/iActadve24c?si…

NOV. 12th - DEC. 16th: The Port Dover Harbour Museum is proud to be one of the drop off locations for this year's Holiday Food Drive! We've got a tote in our boat (that's fun to say!) & we'd love to fill it up w/ donations to help stock our local food banks. Open Wed-Sat 10-4pm.

Want an excuse to don your Halloween costume a little early? PDHM is throwing a PUMPKIN PARTY on Oct. 21st for kids ages 3-10. Paint a pumpkin, then take part in a Costume Parade & museum dance party. Don’t forget to grab your treat bag! Details here: tinyurl.com/42xjpfhx

October 21 $5.85/kid Pre-registration required. Calling all witches & wizards, ghosts & goblins! Paint your own pumpkin, take part in a Costume Parade (weather dependent) & then get your groove on in a museum dance party. Don’t forget to grab your treat bag! For kids ages 3-10.

Join us for guided tours through the village to hear the deathly tales of local lore that have emerged from the quaint homes and gentle fields of the area. Tickets go on sale September 27 at 10:00 am. (shorturl.at/cLQ37)

Have you picked up one of our *limited edition* 2024 calendars yet? Each month features a new W. E. Cantelon painting depicting historic Norfolk County (including this one of an imagined version of Port Dover's harbour). Cost is $25. Available in our gift shop Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm.

Hello Norfolk friends! Just wanted to spread the word that our Annual Car Rally has had a CHANGE OF DATE. This event will now take place on Sunday, October 1st. Please see our website for full event details: portdovermuseum.ca/events/2022-an…

We hope you'll join us TOMORROW NIGHT in Riverfront Park (beside the museum) for our Crooked Stovepipe Folk Orchestra concert. Admission is by donation. Please bring your own chair and your most comfy shoes for toe-tapping. 😆 Concert starts at 6:30pm!

We are so excited to announce that @NorfolkCulture has produced a 2024 calendar to compliment our county-wide W.E. Cantelon exhibits. Each month features a Cantelon painting depicting historic Norfolk County scenes. On sale for $25 at any @NorfolkCountyCA museum or Archives.

Just a reminder that today is the last day to see the Phase 1 installment of our "Cantelon: The Life and Work of William Edgar Cantelon" exhibit at PDHM. We will be taking down the exhibit next week in order to mount Phase 2.

To say that we're "a little excited" for our upcoming concert in Riverfront Park would be an understatement. We can't think of a better way to spend a Wednesday evening in Port Dover! Please note our ***NEW TIME***: We will be starting the concert at 6:30pm.

Toot Toot! Theodore Too is on his way back to Port Dover & we are SO excited! 📷📷 To celebrate our favourite tug's return, we've hidden photos of Theodore Too & his friends around our museum. Complete the scavenger hunt & receive a special prize! Admission by donation.

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