Heritage Thursdays

Heritage Thursdays is a weekly Thursday afternoon children's program that operates in the summer. The theme for 2026 is "If we could turn back time".

Heritage Thursdays afternoons run from 1:00 - 3:00 PM during the summer with a fee of $10 per child, ages 5-12. Each session will have a craft, activity, and snack. For more information or to register please contact the museum (there are limited drop-in spaces) at 604-465-4322, or by email at pittmeadowsmuseum@telus.net.

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If we could turn back time, we'd bring our passports!

This Summer, Ancient Adventures Await!

Join us July 9^th- August 13^th for hands-on history as we craft, play games, and travel around the world to discover how the first civilizations functioned.

Weekly Schedule:

July 9^th - Walk like an Egyptian
What's inside a pyramid? How are mummies made? Explore Ancient Egypt's secrets of the sands as we dig for ancient artifacts and wrap our own mummies!

July 16^th - Tye-Dye and Treasure
It's the Emperor's New Groovy Look! Bring a white t-shirt and learn how the Incans got their bright colours with tye-dyeing, then see if you can find The Lost City of Gold!

July 23^rd - D&D: Dragons and Dynasties
Paper, printing, and porcelain, oh my! Travel the Silk Road with us and learn what else was made in China over 2000 years ago!

July 30^th - Mesoamerican Mysteries
Where did chocolate come from? What do you get when you combine basketball and soccer? We'll be making masks and painting sun stones as we discover the mysteries of the Mayans and Aztecs!

August 6^th - Inventive India
Press, patterns, and play! Join us as we investigate the inventions of Ancient India and create a piece of our own history with block printing and board games!

August 13^th - Gods and Gladiators
This week, all roads lead to learning! Come make mosaics like the Romans and paint pottery like the Greeks. Are you not entertained?

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I have questions!

Do we need to bring anything? You do not need to bring anything to the sessions. We supply everything, all the supplies for the crafts and a small snack (usually fruit). We do encourage everyone to bring a water bottle, but it is not required.

Do I have to sign up? Signing up is very strongly encouraged as the summer sessions are extremely popular and we have to close registrations as soon as we reach around 30 children.

Do you expect the parents to stay during the session? We do not expect parents to stay. Most parents like to take the two-hour session to run errands or have a break during the summer.

Where do the sessions take place? We run all of the sessions out of the General Store Site of the Museum. If the day is too hot, we stay inside, but usually, we run the sessions on the back patio and garden of the site.

Where can we park? We close off a chunk of our parking lot during the sessions to give a buffer for the children who are playing. There is limited parking off our main parking lot (accessed through the West Coast Express parking lot at the rear of the General Store site),and if that lot is full we have a secondary parking lot at the Hoffmann and Son site across the street from our main site. Parking is free for visitors to the Museum.

Wait! I have more questions! If you do, please feel free to email or call us and we will do our best to answer them.