Bunnies, lambs, and chicks. Oh my!
The next generation of farm animals is now on display at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. The newborns are a sure sign of spring, and a sure fire draw for families looking for something to see and do this Easter weekend. “I love Easter,” says Museum Guide Maren Hackett. “We have an Easter egg hunt on. So you can go all around the farm, visit animals and hunt for eggs at the same time.”
The Agriculture Museum is just one of many local museums and attractions offering special Easter celebrations.
Imagine hunting for Easter eggs in a 100,000 square foot underground bunker. You can do just that at the Diefenbunker Museum in Carp on Saturday.
The Billings Estate Museum features “Easter at the Estate” on Saturday, with an Easter egg hunt, egg dyeing, egg races and more.
The Cumberland Heritage Village Museum offers an Easter egg hunt that also teaches children the history of Easter candy.
Several area sugar bushes are celebrating Easter with special programming all weekend long, including Fulton’s Pancake House and Sugar Bush in Pakenham, Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm in Edwards, and Proulx Sugar Bush and Berry Farm in Cumberland.
And if Easter isn’t your thing, this is also the weekend before Earth Day on April 22nd. The Children’s Museum at the Canadian History Museum in Gatineau features Earth Day programming all weekend long, including a chance for young artists to try their hand at painting using recycled household objects instead of a paint brush.
