Visit the Museum

2016

Balloon BLAST Scavenger Hunt for Loud Day

June 4, 2016 - Drop-in activities for Kingston Association of Museum's Loud Day.

Electrifying Medicine!

May 20, 2016 - P.A. Day Program for ages 8-12.

Our Funny Bodies

May 6, 2016 - Family Program for May is Museum Month & United Way's Success By Six Week for ages 0-6

Confessions of a Third Generation Nurse: 45 Years of Caring, Learning and Critiquing from Both Sides of the Sheets

April 5, 2016 - Kingston Nursing Education Past & Present annual event

The Truth Behind the Tooth

March 16-18, 2016 - A March Break Program for ages 6-12

Heritage Week 

February 17, 2016 - Medical Science and Innovation at Queen's University and the Museum of Health Care

Teddy Bear Hospital

February 15, 2016 - Family Day Program for Ages 3-8

In the Time of Cholera  - History of a Victorian Epidemic

February 12, 2016 - Later Life Learning Lecture presented by Curator, Maxime Chouinard

Heads, Femurs, Spleens, and Toes 

February 4, 2016 - P.A. Day Program for Ages 6-12

2015

Potions Class 

November 13, 2015 - P.A. Day Program for ages 8-12

"Prisoners or Patients?" Exploring Curative Labour in Kingston's 19th-Century Penitentiary and Asylum

Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Lecture by Madeleine

Snot & Whatnot 

September 25, 2015 - P.A. Day Program for ages 6-12

Medicine, Mystery and the Macdonalds: Health Care in Victorian Kingston

July 18, August 15 & 22, 2015 - Summer Family Program for ages 6-12

A stubborn illness: the health of the Macdonald family

July 1, 2015 - launch of a new bilingual exhibit with a day of free family-friendly activities

Health Care in Early Settlers in Upper Canada

June 26, 2015 - P.A. Day Program ages 6-12

Doors Open Kingston

June 20, 2015  -  Gallery and behind-the-scenes Collections Tours will tell the history of health care in Canada.

Funny Bones

May 8, 2015 - May is Museum Month Program for ages 0-6.

Pump It Up!

March 17 - 20, 2015 - March Break Programs for ages 6-12

Trench Menders: Health Care during the First World War

February 26, 2015 - opening of the Museum's new Gallery 

Teddy Bear Hospital

February 16, 2015 - Family Day Programs for ages 3-8

2014

Health Care in Medieval Times

November 28th, 2014 - P.A. Day Program ages 8-12

Health Care in Early Civilizations

October 27th, 2014 - P.A. Day Program ages 6 -12

Hidden Remedies, Borrowed Histories 

Thursday, October 16th 2014- Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Lecture by Rebecca Benson 

Behind the Scenes - Health Care in WWI at KingstonFest

Saturday October 4th 11:00 am - 12:00pm - The Museum of Health Care presented Health Care in WWI for participants ages 6-12 at KingstonFest, hosted by Sustainable Kingston at St.Lawrence College

Caring for Your Treasures: Celebratory Objects

Sunday September 28th, 2014 - A collaborative event featuring a lecture and Q&A period with Amanda Gray, Paintings Conservator, demonstrations of making archival storage containers, and scheduled discussion time on preserving your own objects; presented by Kathy Karkut (Museum of Health Care at Kingston), Jennifer Nicoll (Agnes Etherington Art Gallery), and Sarah Forsyth (City of Kingston).

Behind the Scenes: Health Care in WWI!

Saturday July 19th, 26th, August 16th & 23rd, 2014 - Summer Family Program for ages 6-12 

Fun at the Dentist

May 9, 2014 - May is Museum Month Program for ages 0-6.

Nursing Practice and Public Policy: A Mandate to Care

May 8, 2014 - Kingston Nursing Education Past & Present annual event

Science Rendezvous Kingston

May 3, 2014  -  Interactive booth "Healthy Lungs"

Heritage Fair

May 1, 2014 - Interactive booth

Caring for Your Treasures: Celebratory Objects

April 12, 2014 - A collaborative event held at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre about preventative conservation presented by the Museum of Health Care, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and City of Kingston.

Brainium Explainium 

March 12, 13, or 14, 2014 - March Break Programs for ages 6-12.

War and Public Health

February 20, 2014 - Opening for temporary exhibit

Teddy Bear Hospital 

February 17, 2014 - Family Day Programs for ages 3-8

Yum, Yum, MUNCH!

January 30, 2014 - PA Day Program for ages 6-12

2013

Vaccines and Immunization: Epidemics, Prevention and Canadian Innovation

November 27, 2013 - Opening of the onsite exhibition. 

Board Games Night

November 22, 2013 - An evening of board games, including Pandemic^TM, to herald the exhibit launch for Vaccines and Immunization: Epidemics, Prevention and Canadian Innovation. For ages 8+.

A Healthy Dose of Horror with Dr. Greg Baran and Dr. Pamela Peacock

October 19, 2013 - Autumn program for ages 12+

Health Care in Upper Canada

October 11, 2013 - PA Day Program for ages 6-12.

Half the Battle: War and the Public Health Revolution

October 10, 2013  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Fellowship Research Presentation by Robert Engen

Caring for your Treasures

September 28, 2013 - A collaborative Culture Days event about preventative conservation presented by the Museum of Health Care, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and City of Kingston.

Mobile App Launch & Lecture

September 19, 2013 - An evening of celebration as the Museum of Health Care launches its first mobile app titled “Transformation of the Kingston General Hospital, 1835-1914.”

OUTBREAK! Diseases Throughout History

July 20 & 27, 2013 - Summer Family Programs for ages 6-12.

Doors Open Kingston

June 22, 2013  -  Art & Architecture theme. Tours of galleries and collection area and walking tour of Kingston General Hospital.

First Capital Day

June 14, 2013  -  Interative booth "Cholera in the Capital" at Confederation Park

Balloon BLAST Scavenger Hunt LOUD Day Event

June 8, 2013 - Drop in activities and scavenger hunt for Kingston 2013 LOUD Day

Science Rendezvous Kingston

May 11, 2013  -  Interactive booth "Germ Detectives"

Sense Explorers

May 10, 2013  -  May is Museum Month Program for ages 0-6. 

Nursing Education... A New Beginning. The Move from Hospital to College

May 7, 2013  -  Kingston Nursing Education Past & Present annual event

Charity Wards to Private Rooms: Evolving Healthcare Practices at Kingston General Hospital

May 4, 2013  -  Outdoor walking tour and discussion for Jane's Walk Kingston led by Dr. Pamela Peacock and Dr. Ashley Waddington

Pump It UP!

March 13, 14, & 15, 2012 - March Break Programs for ages 6-12

Teddy Bear Hospital

February 18, 2012  -  Family Day Programs for ages 3-8

Health Care in Medieval Times

February 1, 2013  -  PA Day Program for ages 8-12

2012

Fighting for Breath: Stopping the TB Epidemic

December 6, 2012  -  Online exhibit launch event

Treatments, Tablets, and Temples

November 23, 2012  -  PA Day Program for Ages 8-12

Half gods, good Surgeons may be called

November 14, 2012  -  Public lecture by Samantha Sandassie

A Healthy Dose of Horror

October 27, 2012  -  Autumn Family Program for ages 6-12 & Special Event

Cultures of Birth. Midwifery in 19th- and 20th-century Ontario.

October 18, 2012  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Fellowship Research Presentation by Diana Gore

The Skin You're In

September 29, 2012  - Learn through hands-on activities with your family to celebrate Culture Days

Marching Toward Medicine

July 29 & August 12, 2012  -  Summer Family Programs for ages 8 & up.

Doors Open Kingston

June 2012  -  Tours of the Museum of Health Care's galleries and collection areas

First Capital Day

June 15, 2012  -  Interactive booth at Confederation Park in Kingston, Ontario

Howie Tsui: Friendly Fire Cabinet Exhibit Opening

May 12, 2012  -  Exhibit opening for Howie Tsui: Friendly Fire Cabinet.

The Skin You're In Exhibition Opening

May 10, 2012  -  The Skin You're In Children's Gallery exhibition opening. Part of "May is Museum Month" programming.  

The Women Religious Orders and the Catholic Hospitals in Canada: A French Heritage Based on Christian Origins

May 4, 2012 - Kingston Nursing Education Past & Present annual event

Yum, Yum, MUNCH!

March 14, 15, & 16, 2012 - March Break Programs for ages 6-12.

Teddy Bear Hospital 

February 20, 2012 - Family Day Programs for ages 3-6.

2011

Spare Parts: How Crippled Masculinity Got Hamstringed & Got a Leg Up

November 9, 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Fellowship Research Presentation by Jeff Sobil

Music & Memory: Learning from People with Dementia

November 2, 2011, 7:00-10:00 pm  -  Public lecture by Dr. Lola Cuddy and Dr. Jacalyn Duffin

A Healthy Dose of Horror with Dr. Greg Baran

October 30, 2011 -  Autumn Family Programs for ages 10 to adult.

Our Sensational Senses

August 7 & 14, 2011  -  Summer Family Programs

Doors Open Kingston

June 2011  -  Tours of the Museum of Health Care's galleries and collection areas

First Capital Day

June 2011  -  Interactive booth at Confederation Park in Kingston, Ontario.

The Purpose-Built Nurses' Residence: Creating Space for Women in Early 20th-Century Health Care in Canada

May 11, 2011, 4:00-6:00 pm   -   Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present annual event. Public lecture presented by Dianne Dodd and James De Jonge.

Science Rendezvous

May 7, 2011  -  Drop-In Science Activities at the Museum of Health Care. Part of May is Museum Month

Funny Bone Friday

May 13, 2011  -  United Way "Success By 6 Week" Family Program at the Museum of Health Care. Part of May is Museum Month

LOUD DAY! Balloon BLAST Scavenger Hunt

May 18, 2011  -  Drop-In Activities at the Museum of Health Care in Celebration of International Museum Day. Part of May is Museum Month

Snot & Whatnot

March 16, 17, & 18, 2011  -  March Break Programs

Teddy Bear Hospital

February 21, 2011  -  Family Day Programs

Contagious Diseases During the 19th Century: Kingston, A Canadian Case Study

February 24, 2011  -  Public lecture by Dr. James A. Low

The Nostrums & Nibbles Gala

February 19, 2011  -  Fund-raising event

2010

Torture or Treatment: Electroconvulsive Therapy

October 2010  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Fellowship Research Presentation by Sarah Xiao

The Phalange Family

July 18 and August 15, 2010  -  Summer Family Programs

First Capital Day

June 2010  -  Interactive booth at Confederation Park in Kingston, Ontario

Canada’s First Neurologist: A Story of Paralysis, Dogs and Royalty

April 8, 2010  -  Public lecture by Dr. Greg Baran

Our Funny Bodies

March 17-19, 2010  -  March Break Programs

When Medicine Met Science

March 4, 2010  -  Film Night

Ann at Home: 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Ann Baillie Building, NHS, as Home to the Museum of Health Care

February 18, 2010  -  15th anniversary celebration of the Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site

2009

Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World

November 3, 2009  -  Public Lectures by Dr. Jacalyn Duffin

From Laboratory Instrument to Powerful Diagnostic Tool: The Impact of the Electrocardiogram on the Clinical Diagnosis of Heart Disease, 1900-1970

Autumn 2009  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Leanne Shapton

First Capital Day

June 2009  -  Interactive booth in Market Square

Doors Open Kingston

June 20, 2009  -  Tours of the Museum of Health Care's galleries and collections areas

The NET result: Malaria Prevention in Uganda

April 25, 2009  -  World Malaria Day Exhibit

Medical Maggots and More

March 2009  -  March Break Programs

Heritage Week Tour Program

February 2009

Celluloid & Starch: Nurses in the Movies

February 18, 2009  -  Film Night collaboration with club Cameo Cinema

2008

Celebration of Nursing

November 2008  -  Gallery opening and Research Fellowship talk

Badges of Honour or Devices of Control?: Uniforms at Kingston General Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1930-1970

October 2008  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Andrea Melvin

Pumpkinfest

October 2008

Hands on Heritage Day Camp

Doors Open Kingston

June 28, 2008  -  Free tours of the Museum of Health Care

Histor!ca Fair

June 2008

First Capital Day

June 2008

Screening of “Kardia”

April 2008  -  Film Night in partnership with Cinema Kingston

Evening on Tuberculosis, at the Health Unit

March 28, 2008

Year of the Rat

March 2008  -  March Break Programs

Heritage Week

February 20-23, 2008  -  Free tours of the Museum of Health Care

2007

Queen’s Free Lecture Series: Health Care in Kingston in the 19th century

Talk by M. Bousfield and P. Robertson

Pumpkinfest

October 2007

The Malleability of Wax and Meaning: Marjorie Winslow and Twentieth-Century Moulage Production in Canada

October 2007  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Andrea Terry

Hands on Heritage Day Camp

First Capital Weeks

June 15 - July 1, 2007

Histor!ca Fair

May 2007

CLiC

March Break Programs

Pacemakers: Technology Development 

February 14, 2007  -  At Hotel Dieu for Cardio Tech Day

2006

Pumpkinfest

October 2006

Dr. John G. Fitzgerald: Canada's Public Health Care Visionary

October 2006  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Jennifer Lem

A Zappy Evening of Electrotherapy

September 2006  -  Lecture by Paul Robertson at the Kingston Antiques Group

Hands on Heritage Day Camp

First Capital Day

June 2006

Histor!ca Heritage Fair

June 2006

CLiC

Protecting our Privates; Military Health Education and the VD Epidemic

Deferred from fall 2005  -  Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Christopher Webb

2004

A Blessing to the Neighbourhood at Large': Dr. Kenneth Fenwick and late 19th-Century Surgery

Guided tour "The Astonishing Past of KGH." Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Jennifer Walker.

2003

Snake Oil and Mothers' Milk: The representation of woman in Victorian patent medicine advertising trade cards

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Phaedra Livingstone

2002

Confining for Cure: A History of the Early Sanatorium Era in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ontario: 1896 - 1918

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Lauren Furness

2001

Plants in the Development of Modern Medicine

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Viviane Paquin

2000

The History of the No.7 Canadian General Hospital

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by David Kasserra

1999

The History of Prosthetic Joint Replacement

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by David Kasserra

1998

Development of the Cardiopulmonary By-Pass Machine

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Daniel Sipes

1997

Beyond Ether - 150 Years of Anaesthesia

Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Presentation by Elaine Berman