LEACOCK MUSEUM NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – For over fifty years the Leacock Museum has been welcoming visitors to the Old Brewery Bay on the shores of Lake Couchiching. This stately, 19-room summer home represents Stephen Leacock’s lifetime love affair with Orillia, a town he immortalized as the mythical Mariposa in his quintessential best-seller Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.
Included in the nearly 10- acre site are Leacock House, the Boathouse, and the museum archives and administration building. The museum grounds feature gardens and trails such as the Orillia Millenium Trail or the Lightfoot Trail that travels throughout Orillia along the waterfront, through the property! These trails are ideal for a stroll, especially in their summer fullness or during fall colours. Enjoy the amazing waterfront, located on Lake Couchiching makes for some amazing views and a convenient spot to take a break from paddling and enjoy this local historic site! Open year round and available for rentals, meetings and special events.
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The Leacock Museum’s House & Grounds History Tours
Enjoy a tour of the Leacock house and grounds led by one of our experienced tour-guides. Guests will learn about Leacock, his family and Old Brewery Bay. With the purchase of your History Tour ticket, get special access to Leacock's Boathouse to see the exhibit "Boating Old Brewery Bay." Offered May to August, 2024. 11:00a.m. or 2:00p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase here closer to opening.
Find out more »The Leacock Museum’s House & Grounds History Tours
Enjoy a tour of the Leacock house and grounds led by one of our experienced tour-guides. Guests will learn about Leacock, his family and Old Brewery Bay. With the purchase of your History Tour ticket, get special access to Leacock's Boathouse to see the exhibit "Boating Old Brewery Bay." Offered May to August, 2024. 11:00a.m. or 2:00p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase here closer to opening.
Find out more »The Leacock Museum’s House & Grounds History Tours
Enjoy a tour of the Leacock house and grounds led by one of our experienced tour-guides. Guests will learn about Leacock, his family and Old Brewery Bay. With the purchase of your History Tour ticket, get special access to Leacock's Boathouse to see the exhibit "Boating Old Brewery Bay." Offered May to August, 2024. 11:00a.m. or 2:00p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase here closer to opening.
Find out more »The Leacock Museum’s House & Grounds History Tours
Enjoy a tour of the Leacock house and grounds led by one of our experienced tour-guides. Guests will learn about Leacock, his family and Old Brewery Bay. With the purchase of your History Tour ticket, get special access to Leacock's Boathouse to see the exhibit "Boating Old Brewery Bay." Offered May to August, 2024. 11:00a.m. or 2:00p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase here closer to opening.
Find out more »Shop By the Lake Pop Up Farmers’ Market
The Orillia Farmers' Market is back at the Leacock Museum this fall! Stop by to see the grounds come to life with more than 40 vendors, featuring food, crafters, and artisans! Offered September 22, 2024, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Don't miss author, Jeremy John, who will read his humorous short stories and provide entertainment on the front porch of the museum. Jeremy will do a special reading at 3 p.m. in the Leacock Museum living room!
Find out more »Monster, She Wrote Ghost Walk
This year, in celebration of the Leacock Museum's new temporary exhibit Monster, She Wrote, a special one-night-only ghost walk will take place. The Leacock Museum has a spooky new exhibit on its way! The museum welcomes you to join our exclusive opening event on October 5th to welcome, "Monster, She Wrote." This exhibit will explore horror novels through the centuries, written by women and is planned in collaboration with authors, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson! But, we couldn't let the…
Find out more »Nutcracker Tea
Enjoy a three-tiered food selection prepared by FARE Restaurant with unlimited tea while seated in the comfort of the living room and dining room of the decorated historic Leacock home. Ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the Leacock Museum. Guests are asked to check-in in the giftshop located in the museum upon arrival. We ask that guests please arrive no more than 10 minutes before their selected sitting. Seating will not begin until the time indicated on your ticket.…
Find out more »Nutcracker Tea
Enjoy a three-tiered food selection prepared by FARE Restaurant with unlimited tea while seated in the comfort of the living room and dining room of the decorated historic Leacock home. Ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the Leacock Museum. Guests are asked to check-in in the giftshop located in the museum upon arrival. We ask that guests please arrive no more than 10 minutes before their selected sitting. Seating will not begin until the time indicated on your ticket.…
Find out more »Christmas in the 1920’s
Experience Christmas 1920s style! Stroll through the Leacock Museum stopping at different stations to participate in 1920s Christmas traditions. Learn about the history of each tradition as you go, and leave with classic decertations made by you and new traditions for your own home. Light refreshments will be served throughout the night This event is a drop in event running between 5-8pm.
Find out more »Nutcracker Tea
Enjoy a three-tiered food selection prepared by FARE Restaurant with unlimited tea while seated in the comfort of the living room and dining room of the decorated historic Leacock home. Ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the Leacock Museum. Guests are asked to check-in in the giftshop located in the museum upon arrival. We ask that guests please arrive no more than 10 minutes before their selected sitting. Seating will not begin until the time indicated on your ticket.…
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