London, Canada
1600 Attawandaron Rd
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+1 5194731360
Good for kidsToiletsNo restaurant
Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet
We are a homeschooling family traveling around from museums to galleries and the museum of Ontario archeology is on the top of our list. Amazing experience today with a guided tour tailored nicely to young children and we would highly recommend for those looking to further educate kids and help visualize what this area was like many years ago...
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Lovely museum specializing in Ontario early history that not many have heard of (or so it would seem). In addition to standard exhibits, they have a VR station and they are located next to an archaeological site: a town that is over 500 years old. I helped host a catering event there, which the owners tell me they want to start doing more of. So if you are planning an event and you are looking for a place to hold it, consider the Museum of Ontario Archaeology.
We had a great day and learned alot. The staff made this trip very fun and informative. We will come back again and we have already recommended this place to other families. I do wish we could have gone inside of a longhouse though. The gift shop is great. Bring money
Exhibit inside building old fashioned and tired. A diaorama of the Lawson site would be more appropriate than St Marie among the Hurons. Indoor exhibits more of a collection than archeological finds. Little to no indication of sites where exhibits found. If shells from Florida and copper trade goods are among exhibits, why not show how the indigenous people used the rivers as highways for trade ie a decent map of how the rivers and creeks of southern Ontario are joined together ie the Medway joins the Thames and the Thames flows into Lake St Clair ie Detroit and to the Ohio and Mississippi.Rivers also go west to Stony Point and Arkona and North to Gorgian Bay. There are exhibits from all of these places. The Lawson site is a jewel. It shows perfectly why the indigenous people lived there. The confluence of the Snake Creek and the Medway River. This is like Toyota siting at Woodstock where the 401 and 403 join. The rivers where the highways for trade of the indigenous.The site was defendable and there was land to farm. Who did they need to defend themselves against.? Why no mention of the Mound Indians. There is a Mound Indian site at Port Huron Michigan just across from Sarnia and a site in Scarborough (Taber mountain) and nothing in-between. I find that hard to believe. Maize and squash(I think) that were grown at the Lawson site aren't native so they must have come from the south(the Mound Indians?) Are there relevant pollen analysis to show how the climate has changed? The exhibition goes up to contact but there is no indication when this culture ended or even who they were(Wyndat?) As to the newer exhibit inside how about a few labels on the pictures. There is one that could just as easily be a garum(fish sauce) production facility in the middle East from Roman times. With no label who knows. Thanks
I saw different plant residuals there, which are from 1500 ad. They also kept some real bones from animals which they got during new constructions. They provide knowledge about that things , which they kept like sweet grass, which was used as a perfume in earlier days as well as accessories. I learn a lot there about past culture. They also made some paintings on the walls reflecting earlier days.
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