Reviews of Oakville Museum (Museum)

Cristina Vasilenco

Beautiful old structure, heritage building and very neat property full of history. Beautiful garden with amazing landscape.

House of Michelle

Oakville Museum is not so big but worth to visit. You sure can learn something new. It locates aside the lake, and gardening is beautiful in summer and autumn.

Samer Jajeh

A good place to chill out and walk your dog

Mahmood Gherbali

Good to explore the heritage and history of the beautiful town of Oakville. I don't recommend it for its preschool tour.

Charanjot Singh

One of the Best Places In Oakville !!!

Ivy V

Loved going here for my tour. The staff was super knowledgeable and friendly. Check this place out if you are ever in Oakville!

PAUL MEYERS

Beautiful area at the waterfront.

Randy Holden

Lots of history of Oakville there.

Adrian Paris

Highly recommend the staff tour.

Martin S

Great neighborhood to walk around and see old historic homes

Niranjan Regmi

I was taken back to history of Oakville and how the town was founded. Small place but is packed with lots of history and artifacts displayed. One lady was kind enough to take us for a guided tour. I loved it.

David Cananzi

If this place doesn't make you love Oakville, I don't know what will. It's such a great place to learn the town's history and understand Canadian life. Super nice!

Peter Howard

Great place to visit when in downtown Oakville.

Elsa Rubio

A bit poor

TRIJAY MEDIA

One of my favorite spot in Oakville to visit.

Mohamed Ahmed

Unfortunately closed but I’m enjoying there

Heather Ricketts

I like this place because it's one of those place that you get a chance to learn about the history of what use to happen in the 70s, 80s etc.

Olaf Alders

The programs for kids here are excellent and the staff are very friendly. It's a cute little museum to visit and the nearby park has a nice playground.

Peter Collinson

Very interesting artifacts and knowledgeable staff. Great programs for classrooms and child-friendly.

Brian Hoffman

Nice boat ride

K Hylands

It's quite small. If you are looking for an interesting half an hour, it's free, but they run on donations. It's nice to see the historical society keeping bits of history

Anas Falah

Nice historical place with beautiful nature

Yasmin Hammad

Great place

Jason Kelly

Great

Monica Munro

The tour guide was very good, gave lots of information and the kids loved learning about it. Awesome experience.

Barry Delong

Nice place to find out about some Oakville history. Takes about an hour to take in the inside Nice grounds to wander during the summer months.

Awni E atrash

Nice

Rohitha Fernando

Knowledgeable staff. Great guided tour. This is the very start of all of Oakville and therefore is not a place to miss.

Manuel darosa

Good

OP VARMA

Excellent

Husam Saleem

Nice lakeshore view and good for walking.

Canadian Traveler

Very Nice

Robert Jowinski

needs a bit more it is missing something

Danielle Michelle Walsh (Dani)

**If you're in a hurry, please skip to the last paragraph for the "coles notes" version** Absolutely beautiful piece of Oakville History. I used to come here as a little girl, (about 20+ years ago) and I loved looking at the different rooms and how they were from a whole different time period. Absolutely beautiful piece of Oakville History. I used to come here as a little girl, (about 20+ years ago) and I loved looking at the different rooms and how they were from a whole different time period . I would play with the toys that girls my age back then would have played with, (for example the dolls with the paper dresses with folding tabs that you bend to hook onto the little dolls, oh the memories.) I can admit that I don't remember much of the actual history I was taught but nonetheless my mother would still bring my brother and I, maybe a handful of times a year, to this beautiful historic residence. It was the perfect mixture of educational and recreational to satisfy parents and children alike. As I aged and our routines changed, as they inevitably always do, we somehow sadly stopped our quarterly outings to this breath-taking historic site. But back to the review. When Covid began, and we realized that businesses were going to be closed a lot longer than the initial 2 week period, my father and I decided to go for walks all around the different parts of Oakville to keep healthy and connected. We would drive to a new part of Oakville everyday or every other day depending on how much we walked the day before, and would park the car somewhere and begin our trek. We began this little adventure in early April, and although it's only twice a week now, we are still currently exploring this gorgeous town, and finding new things/places even after 27 years of living here. The only other thing, (apart from the frequency of our walks) that has changed is where in Oakville we walk. We have decided that this part of downtown Oakville, is by far the most mesmerizing and beautiful part of Oakville. The variety it has to offer is never-ending. The lake views, the landscape, the Heritage Homes, the history, the museum, the lighthouse, the parks/trails, the people...I could write a 20 page essay on all the endless offerings that this little part of Oakville holds. Just like each and every Heritage Home in Oakville has a story, so does the Oakville Museum, also known as, The Erchless Estate. The story that that this residence holds is one of the main reasons we love this part of Oakville so much. The generations of the Chisholm family each have such epic and fairytale-like chapters it really engulfs you and teleports you back to their time period. I get so lost in all the beauty of not only the actual house, but the beauty of the creation of Oakville. Was it not for the Chisholm family, Oakville would cease to exist, so really this Museum is the heart of Oakville, where it all began. You wouldn't be here reading this review (that has turned into more of a story, so I apologize if you're itching for me to get to the point) if it weren't for what happened in and around this estate long ago. **POST COVID VISIT TO MUSEUM** When the museum finally got clearance to open their doors to the public again I quickly went online to book a private tour for the next available time slot, (which turned out to be half an hour later! Needless to say, my father and I were thrilled). The tour guide was full of knowledge and experience, all relevant as well, she was kind and seemed to have a real passion for the place too. She also didn't seem to mind that we would ask a question at every turn and deviate from the "planned" tour. I could be wrong here but I believe that her name was Natalie. Very lovely woman.

Edward Stavin

Our tour guide Tasha was very knowledgeable. Really enjoyed my visit.

Jeff Ridout

A lovely little spot on the lake for people to visit. They have great programs for kids and the staff is super friendly

Oguz Sarkut

There are 2 parts: kitchen and upper floor. Upper floor is available for guided tour only. Upstairs is really nice. You need to see bathrooms from 1800s. Museum entrance & tour is free. Friendly & helpful staff.

Su Miko

Come and see the history of Oakville

Saeed Ahmad

Only the park and the lake view is nice. Few sculptures around are also nice to see as you hardly get to see anywhere in Toronto GTA are. Otherwise nothing is actually there at the museum. City should spend the budget on finishing road construction project never ending for last many years.

Alina E

Nice atmospheric ????

Michinari Hashimoto

Located next to Lakeside Park, this museum is a great place to learn about the lives of the people who settled Oakville. A tour of the museum will give you a better understanding of the history of the area and is recommended for children. The museum is now closed due to the effects of COVID-19. For now, you can take a self-guided tour of Old Downtown with a mobile audio tour.

Jean Chung

Lovely little museum where you can learn about history of Oakville. The garden is exquisite.

cardeas

Quite place but oakville doesn't really have too much history to talk about

Seema Pandey

Great staff and nicely maintained property

Zain Al Nobani

I have lived in Oakville for over 10 years and honestly I did not know that this place even existed! Although Oakville is small, it is jam packed with interesting history! Did you know that Oakville was a route for freed slaves to come in through the Underground Railroad? The main family exhibit was wonderful and the tour guide was great, but when we reached the Underground Railroad Exhibit I felt that the tour guide was being a insensitive.

Ibrahim

Found this museum by mistake so it turns out it’s a very old house. And it’s free to go in and look around

Michael S

Great museum dedicated to Oakville's First Family

Jackson Virgin-Holland

Excellent film about slavery, would come again!

Karen Lamb

A cute museum right by the waterfront. Admission by donation. Tours.

Hong xiang Zhao

The best

MY Yord

Great sightseeing with a history touch at this quiet Oakville neighbourhood, a good reason to get off the beaten path.

A M

They try hard and it is in a neat looking building. Free to enter.

J.L. Lee

Free to enter free guided tour was quite interesting and knowledgeable

Strange Society (Ray C)

If you want get out of your home and have good walk as well as looking some Historical place come to this spot.

Cleida Cz

Very interesting history behind the house walls. It was worth stopping by.

Hazard Lee

Very interesting.

Amarjit Makkar- Gaana Hamare Dil Se

It was amazing I love history and they have presented very well keep it up

Osama Fahmy

A must see, very interesting place with interesting information.

Chernyshov Yuriy

Nice, cosy place to touch to a history.

Mei Lu

Lovely garden around the museum

Thomas Yi

Very nice

Kari Lippert

Awesome bits of history - the historical walking guide to Oakville they sell is well worth the price!

Ryan AL

Nice

Ali A

One of the most beautiful place.

Corazón Arellano

(Translated) Little. You can go through it in half an hour. (Original) Pequeño. Lo puedes recorrer en media hora.

Yacine Atroune

Must visit interesting history

Jacob Kehler

One of the best spots in oakville ????

Villagemayor

An amazing free museum! So many artifacts from the 1800s.

Onur Aydogan

Very friendly staff and a lovely little museum.

Lanrewaju Olubowale

I went there to know more about the contributions Black people made in Oakville and even though it was a small section of Black History in this museum I was very surprised how much my ancestors contributed to this city of Oakville

Raymond Thompkins

I enjoyed the interaction between the tour guide, he was friendly and knowledgeable.

Guilherme Cunha

Didn't go to the museum itself, but the area is beautiful.

Dan D

Very nice place. Lots to learn about Oakville's History

Allan Waddington

Interesting displays everytime I visit!

Victor M.P. Serraventoso

Not sure

Sara Sohail

Lovely little museum that is rich in information about Oakville!

Family Fun

Weekday

Scott Ashby

Great gem of Oakville

Ivan

There is a very important rule is the museum not allowed take photos inside.

Viji Roberts

House of the founder of Oakville. There's a guided tour that's free but they take donations for support. Worth seeing the pre-electricity and pre-plumbing era.

Liam Jeffery [Student]

Small but very interesting stuff and collection.

Tarek Essam

Nice place. I stumbled into it while walking nearby and it was a nice surprise. It's not huge but it offers a nice glimpse of the way people lived in Oakville back in days. The admission is free.

Gleise Cruz

So nice have a place like this close home.

Zen Z

Too small

sohrab1977m

Great food great service.

Baha Taha

Fun for kids day out. Very friendly staff.

Julie Arora

Beautiful walk outside.

Firas Abdulla

Great experience with very knowledgeable people if you live in Oakville it is a must to go place !

Venus Ayca Kartal

So good.

Lucio Flavio

Is a beautiful and peaceful place

Lucio Flavio

Is a beautiful and peaceful place

Lena Mormont

Beautiful place, love the tour... the staff is very friendly...

Roland M

Perfect

B Bold

Awesome experience, will definitely go back!!!!

Phillip Carreiro

Unreal memories here

Evelina Golemi

Travelling in the past, so awesome things to see!

B. J.

Recommended. Call to book.

Guangzhi

(Translated) Learn about the history of Oakville's history. (Original) 了解奥克维尔历史的窗口。

Robert Clackett

It would great to get some history of my home town.

Steven Cheng

Great place to visit, it’s amazing so many locals have never been inside.

Paul Smith

The mini tour from the staff is really cool.

Chris Dubrawski

Wonderful little museum with lots of history. With the park and lake beside it, the kids loved it.

AH1961

Got a rad museum here, would recommend

Mark Doctoroff

A really interesting, historical Museum. This Museum is located near the centre/nicest part of Oakville. It is housed in the founder of Oakville-- the Chisholm family. One can take guided or self guided tours. Many aspects of Oakville's history is presented as well as that of a prominent local family! The nearby area has many lovely older homes with wonderful gardens. There is also a small piece of U.S. "Black History"... as Oakville was one of the stops of the "Underground railway" which transported former Black/African slaves from the US to Canada. I hope that thus Review was helpful.

Youn ju Park

Steps and volunteers were very kind. My sons had great fun time.

Kate Wynne

Lovely museum with friendly staff and informative tour. Quite a find tucked in the corner of Oakville

Brian Gray

Some cool stuff on the history of Oakville

Lisa Hogan

Historical tour was wonderful

Liu Thomas

Reservation recommended

ray jasavala

Excellent staff an interesting look at history

Kyle Schwarz

Very nice and well informed team at this museum. Its a small one but has a lot of unexpected history in an original heritage house. Lots of great items and stories. Its worth the extra time to take the guided tour to the upstairs for sure.

Jack Zhao

(Translated) This historic museum in Oakville is worth seeing. I have taken my children several times. (Original) 奥克维尔这个历史悠久的博物馆，值得一看，带孩子去了好几次了。