Events and Exhibits

2026 Events, Workshops, and Exhibitions

If the program you are looking for does not have more information posted at its respective link, please check back later or email questions to mcrouse@gov.pe.ca. Stay tuned to our socials @heritagepei for updates.

Foundation Events

• Visit our new Foundation exhibition starting July 2 at Eptek Art & Culture Centre, "Women's Work: Doing What Needs to be Done" - more info below.

Acadian Museum of PEI

• Launch Event: La Voix acadienne : Un demi-siècle d’histoire / Fifty Years of Legacy, June 28 at 1:00 PM - free to attend!
• New Exhibition: La Voix acadienne : Un demi-siècle d’histoire / Fifty Years of Legacy (On display June 28, 2026 through the Fall)

Basin Head Fisheries Museum

• Marine Protected Area Tours are back and bigger than ever! Join us for the rare opportunity to experience one of Canada's Marine Protected Areas. Did we mention the tour ends with ice cream?
   
• Mi'Kmaq Storytelling Series returns!

Beaconsfield Historic House

• Guided House Tours - The exterior grounds can be roamed freely. To view the interior, you MUST take our guided tour – the interior of the house cannot be roamed freely. Guided House Tours are offered every 30 minutes in July & August, beginning at 9:30 AM; the final tour of the day begins at 4:00 PM.
   
• The Bog Tour is back! This free 45-minute walking tour is offered at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM on the days that Beaconsfield Historic House is operating.

Elmira Railway Museum

• Electric Train - the train trail is 1.8 km long, winding through a wooded trail alongside the Confederation Trail. You will be able to take in the smells, sounds, and sights of the gorgeous plants and trees, numerous woodland animals; you’ll also get a great view of a 40-foot tunnel, a covered bridge, other local scenery – and who knows what else you may glimpse in the woods!

• Speeder Car & Trolley - take a ride into the past along the original Elmira rail stop on our Speed Car & Trolley. Along the way, turn rail switches for the speeder car and trolley to change the direction you’re heading!
  
  Did you know? Our Speeder Car is a piece of history itself! It was previously used as a service vehicle for CN railway as a maintenance vehicle. The onboard switches were used to move the rail, enabling the car to move on to different rail to change the direction of the train car.

Eptek Art & Culture Centre 

• Eptek's events and exhibits are frequently changing. See more details on the current exhibit(s) here
   
• Stained-Glass Workshops in July and September (more info here)

• “Women’s Work: Doing What Needs to be Done” Launch Event - July 12, 2-4 PM, all welcome, free admission!

“Women’s Work: Doing What Needs to be Done” Main Gallery Exhibition (July 2 - September 27)

We are excited to bring you our next Foundation exhibition this summer! “Women’s Work: Doing What Needs to be Done” is an interactive exhibition developed by Samantha Kelly, Curator of History for the PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation, and on display at the Eptek Art & Culture Centre from July 2 – September 27th. The exhibition will utilize many items from our historic object collection. 

This engaging exhibition invites visitors of all ages on a journey to discover how women living on this land have been contributing their labour and skills since the earliest days of human settlement. 

But how do we even define women’s work, which can represent a broad range of essential contributions made over millennia? What activities do these words reflect? 

The answer is that women’s work is everywhere. It is in the fields and on the docks and in the farmyards and shipyards. It is in the shops and businesses, and inside every home. Women’s labour can be both unpaid and paid; visible and invisible; skilled and unskilled; dismissed and celebrated.  

Contemplate these contributions while exploring the “Women’s Work” exhibition on display from July 2 – September 27th
There will be a formal Launch Event on Sunday, July 12 at Eptek Centre from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

The exhibition includes interactive elements:

Interactive Community Weaving Installation - "Weaving Her Story"
Visitors will be invited to participate in a collaborative textile installation by contributing the names of women who have had a meaningful impact on their lives. These contributions will be inscribed onto fabric strips and woven into a large-scale, evolving art piece. This “living” installation will remain on view throughout the duration of the Women’s Work exhibition, continuously growing as a collective tribute to women’s influence, resilience, and legacy within our communities.

Live Craft Demonstrations & Interpretation
Throughout the exhibition, trained interpreters will be present within the gallery space, offering live demonstrations of traditional and contemporary craft techniques. These facilitators will actively engage with visitors, providing historical context, answering questions, and enhancing the overall educational experience through hands-on interpretation.

Community Mural - "Not Just a Pretty Face"
Throughout the summer, as a complement to the exhibition, Eptek Art & Culture Centre visitors will be invited to participate in a community art project: “Not Just a Pretty Face.” Visitors are invited to draw the faces of women who have inspired them. These faces will be added to a temporary “living mural” that will grow throughout the summer months in the hall gallery at Eptek Centre. 

This exhibition is kindly sponsored, in part, by: PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Callbeck's Home Hardware, and the Mission Thrift Store.

Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House

• Ghost Tours: The Haunting of Yeo House - available July & August on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4:30 PM. Book your ticket now...if you dare!

• Scottish & English Country Dancing by the Heritage Social Dance Group - Saturday, July 18 at 3:00 PM. Entry by donation, proceeds support the Oyster Fishermen of Tyne Valley.

• 45th Annual Blueberry Social Fundraiser - Saturday, August 15, 1:30 – 4:00 PM, admission to the museum and site are free, donations gratefully accepted. Food items for sale.

Orwell Corner Historic Village

• Kids' Summer Camps - Book now while there's still room available!
• In the Time of Maud - Public bookings available July 9 & 23, and August 6 & 20; click the link for more info and to book!
• Food on the Farm: Bread and Butter
• Forge on the Farm: The Blacksmith Experience
• Kids' Halloween Hauntacular (info to come closer to October 2026)

See more details here.