Discover Canada's Polish Kashub Heritage
Visit
Canada's
Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen (Open Air Museum)
at Wilno Heritage Park
located on Highway 60, 1112 Wilno Road North,
Wilno, ON., K0J 2N0 [CLICK HERE for map]
Telephone # 613-756-6937
http://www.wilno.org

Open daily in July & August,
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
& on weekends from Victoria Day Weekend in May through June & again in September through Thanksgiving.
Admission: Free [donations gratefully appreciated]

Curator: Shirley Mask Connolly
[contact at maskconn@magma.ca
or leave message on answering machine at Museum:613-756-6937]
Park open year round .

History of the Development of the Museum:

The Polish Kashub Heritage Museum was originally limited to displays in a small log building. It has since become the main museum building with a resource library, a heritage store and heritage displays . An official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of Wilno Heritage Park and the Polish Kashub Heritage Museum was held on June 30, 2002 and that summer,  Shirley Mask Connolly became the Museum's first curator.  The Park and Museum/Skansen now includes three old-style log buildings,  two smaller wooden buildings and a large timber frame machine shed. Three of these buildings include Museum displays with two more slated to open by 2008. For more information and photos of these buildings, CLICK HERE. For more information on the displays at the Museum, CLICK HERE.

The Polish Kashub Heritage Museum may seem small at first glance, but visitors are always impressed by the many colourful displays, the antique furniture and the rich variety of artifacts and  cultural memorabilia. With the projected opening of the Log Farmhouse in the Summer of 2008, there will be much more room to develop displays showcasing the Permanent Collection, adding antique pieces and artifacts still in storage. As well, the additional display space in the house will free up a section of the main museum for bookshelves for the Resource Library as well as an additional computer workstation for researchers.