Kingston has 20 museums (many would say that the downtown IS a museum). You will find information on all of them at the Tourism Information Office – 209 Ontario St. Why are you in Kingston ? Probably because you are interested in something - bridge, aging, health, religion-to name a few of the groups who have visited Kingston lately. In that case Kingston has a museum to meet your tastes. Shipping – the Marine museum of the Great Lakes http://www.marmuseum.ca/
Do you have an engineering background? Try the Pump House Museum http://www.steammuseum.ca/landing.php, religion or architecture try St George’s Cathedral for a free tour http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_8854_1.html
Military? We have lots of military museums – after all we are a military city. Always have been.
Fort Frontenac,
http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/fortfrontenac.php Unfortunately this fort is not open to the public on a daily basis. It is an active military site.
Fort Henry – everyone knows this one. http://www.forthenry.com/
As well visit Fort Frederick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Frederick_(Kingston) as well as
http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/ The Museum of Military Communications and Electronics .and many more.
There is no reason to be bored in Kingston. After you walk through Queen’s University you can stop for a cool drink on one of Kingston’s patios.
Tour Times
Introduction to Kingston
We offer interesting tours for interested people. Our tours have a history bias as Kingston is an historic city. We also offer step-on tours for visiting buses.
Tours take place daily at 1:30 pm, and at times arranged by groups.
All guides are costumed and welcome pictures.
Individuals ------------------------------- $7.00
Families -------------------------------- $14.00
Groups --------------------- $100.00 plus tax
Step-on Guide ---------- $100.00 plus tax
* Groups more than 20 require voice
augmentation -------------------- $150.00
Introduction to Kingston
A longer and more intense examination of Kingston, its history, and architecture, by reservation - 1.5 hours.
Individuals ------------------------- $14.00
Groups/Families ------------------ $28.00
Towers & Turbines
July 2nd - Sept 5th
$10 per person
$15 per Family
10 a.m. Monday - Friday at the Tourist Office
209 Ontario St. Kingston
Children must be accompanied by a
responsible adult.
Our trip on the Wolfe Island ferry to discuss
Kingston fortifications and the wind farm
on peaceful Wolfe Island.
