Top Things to do in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
Top Hotels in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
- 1. Best Western Plus Otonabee Inn
- 2. Days Inn and Suites by Wyndham Lindsay
- 3. Super 8 by Wyndham Peterborough
- 4. Holiday Inn Peterborough-Waterfront, an IHG Hotel
- 5. Kent Inn
- 6. Comfort Inn & Suites
- 7. Peterborough Inn & Suites Hotel
- 8. Quality Inn Peterborough
- 9. Motel 6 Peterborough
- 10. Howard Johnson by Wyndham Lindsay
What to do and see in Peterborough & the Kawarthas, Peterborough & the Kawarthas: The Best Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Peterborough & the Kawarthas, United States including Horseless Carriage Museum, Highlands Cinema, ZimArt’s Rice Lake Gallery, The Millbrook Gallery, The Canadian Canoe Museum, Boyd Heritage Museum, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough Museum and Archives, Lang Pioneer Village, Whetung Ojibwa Art and Crafts Gallery.
Restaurants in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
1. Horseless Carriage Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 88 reviews
The Horseless Carriage Museum is a unique, privately-owned museum specializing in pre-1914 transportation and early mechanical technology. We feature five century-old vehicles and a 1895 Sawyer & Massey steam traction engine, rare mechanical music machines and an 1890's General Store, and more. Bus and group tours welcome. Check out our website and blog for more information. (Please note: We are located midway between Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls on County Road 8. Please call ahead for an appointment! Open May to November .......weather permitting!
Reviewed By davebQ7529HK - Bobcaygeon, Canada
We live here and have never visited. We took our parents thinking they would like the historical part of the tour - and THEY LOVED IT. But although we thought we would like it, we had no idea how much we would love it too! It was one of the best things we have done in a long time. It's NOT just a museum as you think of it. It has the best and most interesting pieces of history on display and the owner who gives you the tour is incredibly knowledgeable about the things you really care about. He fully researched who first owned it, and how they used it. Typically there are pictures from the original owners and inventors. And he knows the details of how it works and nitty-gritty facts that we really liked to know about. We spent 2 1/2 hours and it felt like 1 hour. Normally I would get bored but this was unlike any other museum I have visited. It's impossible to explain how great it is, so just go and check it out! It's by donation, and we left a big donation, because it was so darn awesome. You have to make an appointment and they close for the winter, but check it out in the spring/summer for sure. I am so grateful to the owners who have obviously put so much effort into making this a great experience. Thank you so very, very much!!!! It's not just cars (or horseless carriages) either. There are many other turn of the century inventions such as talking machines, knitting machines, bicycles, etc.
2. Highlands Cinema
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By luvin_travel - Canada, null
This is a unique experience! This is not JUST a movie theatre- it is 5 unique theatres, where the seats, curtains, wall adornments were saved from old theatres that were torn down! Take a trip back in time- not just in the theatres themselves but in the winding hallways that connect them. Keith Stata has displayed a myriad of memorabilia flowing back through the decades. Be regaled by the movie posters of yesteryear and marvel at the most extensive collection of movie projectors that you’ll ever see! Plan time to visit this museum before your movie! This is one of the places YOU MUST SEE when visiting in North Kawartha Lakes or Halliburton. Located on highway 121, just north of Kinmount.
3. ZimArt’s Rice Lake Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 40 reviews
ZimArt's Rice Lake Gallery is a beautiful outdoor sculpture park specializing in the promotion and sale of Zimbabwean stone sculpture. During the season, which runs from June 1 to Thanksgiving, we offer a range of events from sculpting workshops to African dance classes. Most days during the season a visiting Zimbabwean artist is available to talk to visitors and demonstrate the art of stone carving. A great destination for art lovers of all ages. Free admission. Picnic facilities.
Reviewed By 238franklinm - Oakville, Canada
As an African-American, this was an important visit for me. The ability to see art such as this within the context of the beauty of Bailieboro was sheer perfection. Each piece of art serves an emotional purpose and is for sale. The proceeds support an organization called ZimKids.ca which supports orphaned and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. To describe this place is one thing, to experience it is another. The cost is by donation and given their mission you can't do enough to support this haven. You have to see and feel this place. As the artists say: They ask the stone what it is. Seeing what they do with the stone and the tools they use is a miracle.
4. The Millbrook Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
We invite you to visit The Millbrook Gallery, located at 36 King Street East in Millbrook, Ontario. The gallery presents Canadian contemporary and 20th century art works with a price point not exceeding $1000.00. The Millbrook Gallery is the perfect and ideal gallery to acquire original Canadian paintings under $1000. Our vast collection will compliment everyone's style, taste and budget.
5. The Canadian Canoe Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 408 reviews
The Canadian Canoe Museum stewards the world's largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft. More than 600 in number, the watercraft and their stories of national and international significance, have a pivotal role to play in our collective future.
Reviewed By 121bw - Perth, Canada
Love this museum, the historic kayaks and canoes from across the North and across the indigenous tribes, plus the history of exploration of Canada. Beautiful recreational canoes and the volunteers can tell you fascinating stories of how the museum was given some of their artifacts. This museum is unique and well worth a visit!
6. Boyd Heritage Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
7. Art Gallery of Peterborough
8. Peterborough Museum and Archives
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
9. Lang Pioneer Village
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 77 reviews
Experience Peterborough County's history come to life! Lang Pioneer Village Museum is located just 10 minutes east of Peterborough on the shores of the Indian River. Established in 1967, the Museum features over 30 restored and recreated buildings. Costumed interpreters demonstrate the life and trades of the First Nations and settlers in the 1800s. The Village is complete with lanes and pathways, farm animals, vegetable and herb gardens and other authentic details of a 19th-century hamlet. The Museum is open from Father's Day to Labour Day and seasonally for special events and facility rentals. It's where history is happening safely!
Reviewed By Farmgal80 - Montreal, Canada
Fun guided tour with lots of information to help you imagine the life of a pioneer. You see a school house, general store, blacksmith shop, etc. You also see the progression of a home as pioneers raised families and communities started to grow - after people were able to survive the winters.
10. Whetung Ojibwa Art and Crafts Gallery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 187 reviews
Reviewed By K7256TQsuep - Peterborough & the Kawarthas, Canada
If you haven't been to this place yet, you need to go! That is if you love Native art in all it's glory ???? I love stopping here when my husband and friends are out on our motorcycles. They have jewelry, clothes, paintings, figures, sculptures - so many cool things to see and purchase. They also have a little restaurant if you're hungry and washrooms (which are great if you've been travelling for awhile). There is lots of parking available and they are across from Burleigh Falls which is a great place to visit as well. They fully accessible too.
