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Imagination Station

Let your child's imagination grow in our fun-filled, interactive, totally hands-on, innovative, and creative space located on the second floor of the Chatham-Kent Museum. Have fun with the whole family while exploring the history of Chatham-Kent.

Design a masterpiece on our giant LiteBrite, get loud as you play with our percussion wall, or try your hand at window art. With so many options, the Imagination Station has something fun for everyone, including adults! Features include a giant lite brite, percussion wall, Lego/Duplo wall, toddler play panels, craft tables, puzzles, and building materials.

Let your imagination grow and join the Chatham-Kent Museum for fun-filled monthly programs in Imagination Station.

Programs

The Chatham-Kent Municipal Museums offer a wide variety pf engaging, educational and entertaining programs and events for all audiences. 

Museum Programs
Creative Camps

Information & Services 

Tour Groups

• The Chatham-Kent Museum welcomes bus tours, church, school, and special interest groups year-round by appointment. Please call or email at least 3 weeks in advance to book your tour. Cost: $5.00/person (minimum $50/tour).
  

Parking

• Parking is provided free of charge. There are two parking lots; the largest one is located on William Street North and the other is on Murray Street.

Accessibility

• All exhibits are wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair-accessible washrooms are located in the museum itself as well as in the main lobby of the Chatham Cultural Centre. Access to the use of a wheelchair during your visit is available.

Amenities

The Chatham-Kent Museum is equipped with many amenities to make your visit with us enjoyable:

• The museum is climate-controlled for your comfort and for the protection of our artifacts.
  
• Enjoy the many picnic areas, located across the street in beautiful Tecumseh Park.
  
• There is a bus stop located near the Chatham Cultural Centre parking lot on Murray Street. The main downtown bus terminal is located within walking distance of the Chatham Cultural Centre.
• Washrooms are located in the museum.
  

Advisory Committee

This committee's primary responsibilities are to ensure that the collection entrusted to the museum's care is adequately housed, conserved and documented. Visit Committees of Council for meeting schedule, agendas and minutes.

Collections & Research

A collection of artifacts or archival materials is the foundation for every museum. The Chatham-Kent Museum collection includes approximately 12,000 three-dimensional objects, over 1,000 natural science specimens, and over 100,000 photographic images, documents, and correspondence as well as a substantial art collection. These artifacts and archival materials are the basis of museum exhibitions, research, and programming.

Over 10,000 images from the Chatham-Kent Museum photograph and postcard archive and over 1,500 artifacts from the collection can be viewed online in the image database www.vitacollections.ca/ckmuseums.

The Chatham-Kent Museum collection of artifacts and archival materials, as well as research and reference items, may include valuable information for your research. Please contact the museum with your research inquiry. Reproductions of archival materials may be acquired by following How to Obtain Reproductions.

Researchers can access the Kent Regiment IODE Books of Remembrance from the Chatham-Kent Museum collection on the online CK veteran database www.gatheringourheroes.ca.

Volunteers

The museum is committed to providing meaningful volunteer opportunities including advisory committee members, curatorial assistants, museum attendants and program assistants. To learn more about these positions or the recruitment process, please email us at ckcccmuseum@chatham-kent.ca.