GUIDED SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Coal Miner’s Child

Grade 1-2

Experience what life was like for children in coal mining families 100 years ago. Take a seat in wooden desks complete with ink wells and participate in a lesson with a strict teacher. Play with toys that were popular in the early 1900s. Due to construction, students will see how a typical mining family lived in Nanaimo with a virtual Miner’s Cottage tour, supported by interactive artifacts. 

This is an in-person, in-museum program. 

  • 90 minutes. 
  • Museum program: $75 per class 
  • Available:  
    • September 21 – November 24 and January 6 – June 28  
    • Tuesday to Friday  
    • morning or afternoon sessions

 

Make a Booking Inquiry!

Contact forms will be responded to within 2 business days. Please call 250-753-1821 to speak with the front desk.

  • Unless otherwise noted, programs are in-person, at the museum. In-person field trip availability is subject to Public Health Order changes.

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