Experience
the stories
of Canada’s
Great Lakes
Tour the
S.S. Keewatin,
Last Queen
of the
Gilded Age
See how a steam-powered dry dock operates
Discover the Victorian-era engineering behind the powerful engines that operated the Kingston Dry Dock until 1968.
Are you fit to serve?
Life in the Naval Reserve invites you to witness the life and work of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve through the eyes of Kingston artist Grand Macdonald.
PLAN YOUR
VISIT
EXPLORE
PROGRAMS
EXHIBITS &
GALLERIES
Land and Water Acknowledgement
The Great Lakes Museum acknowledges the site it sits on and the water it interacts with to be the traditional water and land of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and the Huron-Wendat Peoples, and thanks these nations for their care and stewardship over these shared waterways and land.
The Great Lakes Museum thanks the following organisations for their generous support of capital and operations projects:
