Reviews of PumpHouse (Museum)

yu chen

We enjoyed our brief visit to the museum. Seeing the set up was very informative and well explained. We were very disappointed, however, because the train set-up was closed for remodeling. We'll hope to see that another time as that was the specific reason for this visit.

john geiger

Kids had fun. Friendly, helpful staff

Antonina Belayeva

Lots of history in one place

Marjorie Illanes Rivera

(Translated) Small water pump museum, with a bit of local history and thematic presentations. Small train collection for fans of all ages. Games and activities room for children up to 10 years. Baths with change (Original) Museo pequeño de la bomba de agua, con un poco de historia local y presentaciones temáticas. Pequeña colección de trenes para los fanáticos de todas las edades. Sala de juegos y actividades para niños de hasta 10 años. Baños con mudador

Philip Ball

A little disappointed that there was no actual steam working the pumps. The railway sets made up for that.

Ninoslav Tatalovic

Interesting museum with an addition of a few model trains.

Dinh Hong

It's interesting for kids to learn how engine works.

John Powell

Saw the Leonardo exhibit, it was fantastic. Would happily see it again.

Edward Clermontt

Hands down a must see if your in Ktown.

CAM M

Kids love this place. Not too pricey and well kept.

Katrina Conklin

Mildly interesting. It was expensive for how small it was. Might have been better with small kids.

Matthew Harjit

Kingston>>

Andrei Sonoc

Fun times with the whole family!

Claude dery

(Translated) Historic place (Original) Lieu historique

John Beenen

Interesting displays inside (fee) nice location outside on Kingston waterfront with bike/walking paths and summer boat rentals. Pay parking lot. Some construction currently (in off season)

Jeff Walsh

Booked for two kids and two adults, $20. Awesome price, private tour and adventure and crafts for kids. Highly recommended.

Marijke van der Zanden

Nice little museum, nice for kids and techies

Bizwar 72

Beautiful museum

Heather Giff

I honestly want to put 1 star just so this place doesn't get crazy popular and busy! Such a perfect mix of museum and play room ????

Lacey James

This was a quick, fun tour of old pumphouse equipment. The entry fee was reasonable. Some of the push button activities didn't work and a few of the model trains weren't operational. If you had kids with you, there were activities just for them. The Davinci exhibit was a neat complement.

Tyler Buttle

Neat little museum. They also have forts on fortnite, every Thursday throughout the summer. Great fun with the kids!

Tracy Milne

Enjoyable

Anna MacSchlor

Great place to go on a rainy day. Lots to do for a 3 year-old

Arvind Vimal David

I know that i should be writing about the pump house and the beautiful history behind the various types of equipment used etc., (trust me when i say the people here are super knowledgeable and well informed and if you are a history buff, you've gotta visit this place and you will keep visiting to see the diff exhibits that are contantly updated) but I want to talk about the little train room!! For a railfan and budding ferroequinologist like me, this was the highlight of the trip. And for Canadians who grew up watching "The Friendly Giant" (not me unfortunately) i am sure the model there will revoke a lot of memories. The place is being maintained by volunteers and i encourage fellow model fans out there to visit this place and extend our love and support to this beautifully maintained collection. Some TLC and all the trains here can be chugging along in their former glory!! The various Dioramas are also well crafted by the volunteers!! A must visit if you are in kingston and a great place to take your kids to teach them about the powers of steam! I am going to be driving here many times just to visit this place!!

John Stephenson

Kids loved the flywheel, trains and games room.

T-H TV

The children and I loved it...we went back 3 times during our holidays!

Gordon Harding

Small museum, good view of the old city water pumps. Huge model train setup. For the Canadians of a certain age, the model train set that appeared on the opening of "The Friendly Giant" is on display. You can run many of the trains. The old steam launch outside is a nice treat as well.

Morten Peter Hagh Jensen

Excellent place

sue soamboonsrup

This was an impromptu stop and we were extremely surprised and happy with the visit. First it’s a great value at a few bucks to enter. The exhibits were excellent and very informative. The best part was the train display and the kids area. My kids wanted to stay and play and had a great time.

Chandrashekhar Atre

Heritage !

Pitt Stop

(Translated) Good visit (Original) Bonne visite

Roxanne Goulet

Trains and Tots is fantastic

David Dulmage

Groudon!?

Daniel Nurgitz

Super-friendly, knowledgeable staff. We had a nice visit to the Pump House Steam Museum. It's not a huge museum so you could probably spend less than two hours there. We arrived at the end of the day so only had one hour. The model railroad section is great for younger children. Press a few buttons to watch the trains whiz around the tracks. It was interesting to learn about Kingston's bid to become the capital of Canada and the need for a steam-powered water pumping system. There are some interactive exhibits and we saw a Kingston Believe it or Not exhibit with fun facts about Kingston's early history. It was well worth the visit!

Megan McLean

Interesting snapshots of downtown history, very cool to see the early municipal water pumps.

Ralf Winter

history Science and technology museum in the 19th century pump station with a discovery center. Great place to learn the importance of the pump house and the water works for the Kingston.

G.P. Pain

This is a great place for young and old

Reinhard Drobig

Very interesting display.

Shane Black

Very interesting place if you like history, engineering, or trains!

Chris Haley

Our 4 years old loves this place. Excellent choice of educational toys and games and a train table and model railway.

Huda Burhan

For the price the museum is not bad. But it is quite small so it's better for people with families. Other than the size of the museum, I was satisfied with my visit.

Patrick Rivadeneyra

(Translated) It is a beautiful place where you can find the history of trains from here Canada (Original) Es un lugar bello dónde puedes encontrar la historia del los trenes de aquí Canadá

Bob Miller

Great fishing spot

Semen Dudkin

(Translated) Very interesting. Historical place (Original) Очень интнресно. Историческое место

Lorraine Curtis

Check it out for 2017 they have a beleave it or not exhibition you learn lots and my husband loved the train exhibit

Keith Hanlan

This is a great small museum in a beautiful location on the Kingston waterfront. It is a short walk downtown or to the Queen's University campus. It makes a great destination for children as the exhibits are lovely moving machines that capture the imagination.

Angel F

Went for my husband's schoolwork in post graduate program. Entrance was around $12 between the 2 of us. Timing was great for us because of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit tour that time, so it was extra interesting.

Pandeli Kolomitro

It was a great learning experience and lots of fun, especially for the little ones.

m nemonicman

Kids like it for short visits.

Magenta Colour

The tour guide was awesome. They answered all of my questions. I am glad I went. Check it out!

Carolle Bruce

We loved the model trains here too!

Morgan MacLeod

Great place for kids to explore!

Julie Rosenberger

This was a really cool place for the kids. The DaVinci exhibit was awesome, and the staff was very knowledgeable in walking us through the exhibit.

Lynnie Curtis

What was supposed to be a visit to a 19th Century pumping house turned into a more emotional experience for me than anticipated. I learned about the Irish fever sheds and became so heartbroken. It overshadowed the quality of the museum. Perhaps another visit sometime.

Benjamin Davidson

It was a very cool experience. The staff there were amazing and knowledgeable. Gave us a brochure and information about other museums and events in Kingston. Was a great experiance.

Jazzifur McE

Staff were knowledgeable and friendly. There is also a great train layout for those interested in trains. Currently there is also a Da Vinci exhibit. Really interesting

Scott Howells

Every Thursday is fort night. Had so much fun. Great time walking around museum too

Clorise Anderson

Beautiful spot! Will definitely go again!!

Jamie Rickard

They often have fun events for both kids and some adult only events. A fun way to spend the evening

Shannon Maric

This was our third visit to the PumpHouse. Due to COVID restrictions we had the whole building to ourselves for a private tour! Our 4 yr old ran off to see the amazing train room while a few of us took the guided tour. We learned a lot about the architecture, Kingston's history and were amazed by all the artifacts in their collection room. Always a great balance of fun for all ages. So reasonably priced you'll want to leave a donation. Staff is dilligent at sanitizing between tours, face coverings and social distancing. We felt very comfortable with their COVID protocols. This trip we also saw a flying fish! A live fish fell out of nowhere onto the front lawn while we waited for our tour. Shortly after a Sea Gull swooped down to retrieve his live lunch. Cloudy with a chance of minnows!!

Asser ElGindy

A small museum, can take you around an hour to finish it. It is even better when they do special exhibits. Last year they had a Leonardo DaVinci special exhibition!. Entrance fees are quite modest and suitable to the expectations. Car parking is free with the tickets.

Karine Bélanger

Great museum to visit!

Scott McCarthy

Definitely a good place to take young kids and let them explore and learn. We went there with our 3.5 year old during the train exhibit over the Christmas period.

Peng Yang

Cool engines but not interesting cause you cant touch the engines and toys for kids to play with.

Aaron Gee

Great little museum on the water front in Kingston

Scott L

Great experience, wish I'd had more time available to thoroughly explore everything offered

michele gervais

Excellent museum on the waterfront. We learned a lot about the Kingston waterfront. Staff was very knowledgeable and well spoken. The Brewers, bakers, and boilermakers tour was excellent. Oh, and they have the original train set from the Friendly Giant!

Yeni Martinez

(Translated) Very good explanation (Original) Muy buena explicación

Brendan Ryde

Great place to learn the history of the pump houses impact on Kingston. Great learning experience for all ages. They also do seasonal events that are well worth the visit.

John Raschke

Always something new to see Great verity of model railroad equipment to see from "Of scale to N scale ". Also has the original HO layout from the CBC show "The Friendly Green Giant "fully operational. Well worth the visit.

Ello Arene

Surprisingly fun and enjoyable for the whole family.

Laura Lange

Fun place to visit the huge engine! Really cool :)

David A

great little museum... loved the Divinci exhibit (congrats to whoever put it together - very interesting showing lesser known of his studies on water)... very cool rehab of the mechanics of the original pumphouse... AND you have the Friendly Giant's train!!!!

Harley Feig

The Pump House has some interesting facts about the early use and movement of water in the Kingston area.

Dan Prowse

Good history of water pumping station for Kingston. Also received a message of how, where and why artefacts s are captured and stored on Kingston. They are moving into an analytical stage of storage, where they are not keeping every copy of an artefact l, but maintaining the best few copies. Are also now attempting to best store artefacts to prevent further deterioration.

Danny Vinet

A different experience, brings you back to the past.

Gonzalo Navarro

Fascinating look at bygone technology.

I Miller

Amazing childrens program and space

Mdesrock

All the pumps you could ever want to see

Dave Dubé

Nice people. Lot of stuff for kids. Not expensive

Jada Makenzie

Great way to spend a raining afternoon.

John Wong

I visited almost the first day it opened. There were more info on how pumping works. But those science info was probably too difficult and now it was replaced with science camp and other exhibits. But this museum is still full of fun for family with kids to spend couple hours. Don't forget about the fun train models!

Mélanie Lacelle

Entry fees are reasonnable. Kids can play and touch things while learning!

Bruce Fulton

Great place to take kids who love trains. It is hands on and a play room that is very fun but hard to get kids out once they start playing.

X D

(Translated) Very suitable for children to visit (Original) 很适合带小孩子去参观

Mike Stock

Interesting exhibits if you're interested in local history and civil infrastructure.

Kim Wachta

Great little museum. My 4 year old loved the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit and the Imagination room. She super loved the model train room. Admission is well under $10 for adults and kids under 4 are free. 10/10 would go again.