School Groups
Dalnavert Museum offers an immersive experience with programs based on the Manitoba Social Studies, English Language Arts, and Canadian History curricula.
Rates range from $6-$10 per student. Programs are generally available Wednesday-Friday during business hours. Programs booked Mondays, Tuesdays, or otherwise outside business hours (ie. evenings, holidays) are subject to an additional staffing fee.
To book a program or for more information, please call us at 204-943-2835 or email us at info@dalnavertmuseum.ca. We will reply with confirmed availability and a quote based on your requests. Please note, our standard business week is Wednesday-Sunday and it may take up to five business days to process your request.
Programs
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Grades K-12: Beyond These Four Walls
Social Studies/Canadian History
Length: 1 hour
In this in-class, interactive program, students will learn about the daily lives of Winnipeggers in the Victorian Era from the comfort of their own classroom. This program strives to be student-centered and adaptable to suit a classroom’s specific needs through its combination of historical inquiry and hands-on exploration of artifacts brought from Dalnavert Museum’s artifact collection. Led by knowledgeable facilitators, students will be encouraged to ask questions, examine real artifacts, and think critically about how history connects to the present.
Whether you’re looking to enrich a unit or provide a memorable standalone experience, our travelling program offers an accessible and dynamic way to engage students without leaving your classroom.
*This program is only available Wednesday-Friday from 10 AM - 2 PM
Special offer: This program is currently in the testing phase. The first 20 bookings will be offered for free! This offer is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
In-Person:
Grades K – 12: Victorian Winnipeg
Social Studies/Canadian History
Length: 1-1.5 hours
Students will learn what life was like in Victorian Winnipeg through the lens of the Macdonald family and their servants. This program looks at Dalnavert in the context of Winnipeg’s history and explores themes of class and gender at age-appropriate levels. This program is adaptable to a wide range of language skills and age groups.
Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 2: The Five Senses Past & Present
Social Studies/Science
Length: 1-1.5 hours
Students will tour Dalnavert Museum, using different senses in different areas of the house to explore its history. Through interactive hands-on experience, they will learn about how often people took baths in the Victorian period, how lime juice helped sailors stay healthy, and how Victorian school children used their sense of touch in classrooms to learn about objects and ideas. For example, students will listen to a phonograph, test their ability to identify objects by touch alone, and smell some curious scents from Victorian kitchens and laundries. Activating and extension activates, created by the Museum, will be provided in order for students to prepare and reflect on their experience.
Visiting an unfamiliar and inspiring space is a very effective way to engage students with both their senses and their community. The goal of the tour “Five Senses: Past and Present” is to help students acquire new knowledge of:
The five senses and how we can use them to explore a new space.
A nineteenth-century home in Winnipeg.
The ways in which sensory experience both connects us to earlier time periods and helps us understand differences between our daily lives and those of previous generations.
Grades 5 & 6: A House that Divides - 1919 General Strike
Social Studies
Length: 1-1.5 hours
Dalnavert is a house that was divided by class: the Macdonalds occupied one space, and their servants another. This program will help students understand the many factors that led Winnipeggers to go on the 1919 General Strike. Students will tour the home and learn about the social division and inequality that existed during the 1919 Strike. They will also participate collaboratively by taking photos and collecting evidence that will enable them to discuss and answer the two focus questions:
What were the two sides of the conflict in the 1919 General Strike and who were the people involved?
Why did Winnipeggers go on strike and what was the impact?
Students will participate in 4 different activities, including analyzing photographs, newspapers, and replicated artefacts, to learn about the history of the strike.
in the classroom:
Grades 6 – 12: Online Learning Package
English Language Arts
Students will be able to navigate through Dalnavert Museum’s Virtual Reality Tour from their own device in class or at home, accompanied by a worksheet that provides information and asks questions to prompt reflection. On each storey, they will pause and listen to recordings of works by celebrated nineteenth-century authors. They will also learn about aspects of daily life in the nineteenth century and major social issues related to gender and class.
Accessibility
Free visitor parking is available in our parking lot located to the left of the Visitors' Centre.
Due to its historic nature, the second and third floors of the Museum are not wheelchair accessible. Guests with mobility concerns can enjoy the Visitors' Centre and first floor of the house.
See our Accessibility page for more information. Please let us know if there are any accommodations we can make to make your school booking more accessible.