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What it actually looks like
Photos from Nanaimo Museum's website
Our note
This is a video rather than a live session, so it works on a morning with no bus and no budget for one. If you want children talking back to someone, the live follow up question and answer is priced separately at $10 a class.
What the children do
A pre recorded virtual tour of the miner's cottage before and after it is decorated for Christmas, made for kindergarten to grade 3. About 20 minutes, $30 per class. Pre recorded programs come with one month of access, so you can break the material up or replay it. A live question and answer session with a museum educator can be added on.
Watch from the classroom as the camera moves through the miner's cottage, looking at a candle lit tree, homemade ornaments and wooden toys.
Good to know
Nothing has to be arranged at your end beyond a screen, since the museum sends the material to you. Whether it runs outside December is not stated, so ask when you enquire.
Sources disagree. Their main school pages give this year's field trip dates, but the Petroglyphs page still shows last year's, which have already finished. Take the newer dates and confirm Petroglyphs is still on the menu when you enquire.
Sources disagree. Two sets of opening hours are floating around their site. The table on the page says Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4, while an older line still says Monday to Saturday, 10 to 5, and that older one is what shows up in search results. Go with Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4, and check the banner at the top of their home page on the day.
Sources disagree. Their pages give two different age ranges for the Bastion tour. The card on the school programs list says kindergarten to grade 7, while the tour's own page and their booking form both say kindergarten to grade 12. Either way it takes in the youngest grades, so it only matters if you are booking older students.
Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
The museum is wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately the Bastion is not wheelchair accessible.
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
Piper's Park, about a five minute walk from the museum, where the historical miner's cottage stands
Restrictions
The Lantern Tour takes 90 minutes and is not suitable for anyone under the age of 12
No travel. They come to you — nothing to book, no ratio change on the road.
Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 1-250-753-1821
