Museum-to-Go (Education Kit)

Borrow a Museum-to-Go Education Kit and bring the Museum to you. The kit is a great way to host a heritage-based experience in a setting of your choice. Museum-to-Go Education Kits are sturdy cases packed with objects and lesson material that can be rented by schools (or any other educational group) for a hands-on component to classroom learning that is memorable, engaging and fun. To reserve a kit, please email museumeducation@burlington.ca.

Kits contains objects (specimens, models, reproductions and/or accessioned objects), notes for educators, and hands on activities that complement the Ontario Elementary School Curriculum. We currently have an Early Settler themed kit available.

Craft and activity materials are individually packaged for students to eliminate sharing of supplies. Items inside the kits are sanitized after each rental.

How do the kits connect to the Ontario Elementary Curriculum?

Grade 2: Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions

Grade 3: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780–1850

Grade 4: Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE

Grade 6: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, Past and Present

Grade 7: New France and British North America, 1713–1800

The Early Settler kit includes:

Informational package about related topics (early settlement of Burlington, farming and industry, Ireland family, etc.)
Load the Ship Activity
Letter Back Home Activity
Thaumatrope Craft
Early Settler Recipes

All kit components are packaged in a case, an informational guide is included.
Sample Load the Ship activity.
Sample thaumatrope craft.

Museum-to-Go Education Kit Fees

$50

Week

The kit must be returned on the agreed loan period end date to avoid a late fee of an additional $5.00/day.

Pick-up on Saturday, drop-off on Friday before 6 pm.

Questions?

Contact MuseumEducation@burlington.ca or call (905) 634-3556 with any questions. The kits are available for pick-up and drop-off at Joseph Brant Museum (1240 North Shore Blvd E) during our regular public hours.

Terms and Conditions

All kit components shall remain in the same condition in which they were received by the Borrower, repairs or alterations of any kind are not permitted without permission from the Museums of Burlington.
The Borrower is responsible for picking up and returning the kit.
The kit must be returned on the agreed loan period end date to avoid late fees (an additional $5/day).
Payment must be received in full before the loan period start date.
The kit contents may not be lent to a third party without the prior approval of the Museums of Burlington.

Disclaimers

Museums of Burlington provides educational resources to the public with the intent that they be used at the borrower’s discretion within the specified terms and conditions of the loan agreement. Our materials are based on the Ontario Ministry of Education’s curriculum and are gathered from numerous sources. Although we use best efforts to ensure the accuracy of the content in our Education Kits and services, we make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, correctness, or reliability of the content.

The content in our materials is not necessarily a representation of the beliefs or views of the Museums of Burlington. We present and provide resources on an ‘as is’ basis to be used as the Borrower deems fit for their own purpose with the terms and conditions of our loan agreement. To the extent not prohibited by law, in no circumstances shall the Museums of Burlington be liable to the Borrower or any other third parties for any consequence arising directly or indirectly from the loaning of our materials. Adult supervision is strongly recommended while using the kits. Some contents may be considered health hazardous if not used responsibly.

All borrowed materials, resources, text, and images are USE AT OWN RISK and fall under copyright laws and restrictions by the Museums of Burlington and other sources.