Winter Camps
2025 Winter Break Camps
Week 1
Museum: Treasure Hunting Camp
Does your child love a challenge and the great outdoors? Then this camp is for them! On the Museum's 25-acre grounds, campers will spend the day exploring and hunting for treasures using a variety of traditional and modern methods. They will learn basic orienteering skills, how to read and use different types of maps and compasses. Using all their newfound skills, campers will search for prizes hidden throughout the Museum grounds.
Ages 4 to 10
Cost: $178.00 (Resident Rate)
Date: December 22nd, 23rd 2025
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Barcode: 00232178
Museum: Half-Day Pottery Camp
Come and enjoy Markham Museum’s Pottery Studio. Campers will create imaginative projects throughout the week, learning various techniques such as coiling, pinching process, and slab building. Campers will be taught various pottery skills by our professional potter and gain inspiration for their projects from the Museum’s collection and natural spaces. A must-have experience for any creative child! No experience required and all materials/firing included.
Ages 7 to 12
Session 1
Date: December 22nd, and 23rd, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $108.00 (Resident Rate)
Barcode: 00232164
Session 2
Date: December 24th, 2025
Time: 9:00 PM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $54.00 (Resident Rate)
Barcode: 00232168
Museum: Pre-teen & Teen Pottery Wheel Throwing & Hand Building Camp
This half-day camp provides a wonderful opportunity for teens to learn the basics of pottery hand-building, throwing, and trimming on the potter’s wheel. Campers will develop the skills to create functional or decorative pieces such as mugs, bowls, vases, creative creatures, and unique sculptures. . No experience required and all materials/firings included.
Ages 10 to 16
Date: December 22nd, and 23rd, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Cost: $114.00 (Resident Rate)
Barcode: 00232174
Week 2
Museum: Mini Mystery Camp
Put your Junior Detective on the case! Campers spend the week learning various sleuthing skills as they find clues and solve puzzles. Through hands-on activities, games, and crafts, children will learn how to analyze evidence, including fingerprints, handwriting, and chemical analysis. Using these new skills and teamwork, they will solve this week's mystery!
Ages 4 to 10
Time: 8:30 AM to 5 PM – Extended Care Included
Cost: $356.00 (Resident Rate)
Date: December 29th, 30th, 31st, January 2nd.
Barcode: 00232631
Museum: Half-Day Pottery Camp
Come and enjoy Markham Museum’s Pottery Studio. Campers will create imaginative projects throughout the week, learning various techniques such as coiling, pinching process, and slab building. Campers will be taught various pottery skills by our professional potter and gain inspiration for their projects from the Museum’s collection and natural spaces. A must-have experience for any creative child! No experience required and all materials/firing included.
Ages 7 to 12
Session 1
Date: December 29th, 30th, 31st and January 2nd, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $216.00 (Resident Rate)
Barcode: 00232634
Museum: Pre-teen & Teen Pottery Wheel Throwing Camp
This half-day camp provides a wonderful opportunity for teens to learn the basics of Pottery handbuilding, throwing, and trimming on the potter's wheel. Campers will develop the skills to create functional or decorative pieces such as mugs, bowls, vases, creative creatures, and unique sculptures. No experience required and all materials/firings included.
Ages 10 to 16
Cost: $228.00 (Resident Rate)
Date: December 29th, 30th, 31st, January 2nd.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Barcode: 00232636
Withdrawal and Refund Policy
- A full refund in the form of a credit will be provided for any “withdrawal and refund request form” submitted to the City of Markham before the start of the program (*some exclusions apply).
- Requests submitted after the start of the program, but before the third class/program will receive a refund for the remaining class/program, less a $10 cancellation fee. There is no $10 cancellation fee if the refund remains as a credit on your account. No refund will be provided for any requests submitted on, or after, the third class/program.
(* Exclusion) Specialty Programs: At least seven (7) days' notice is required for any transfer or withdrawal and refund request for the following specialty programs : Summer & Holiday Camps, Varley Art Gallery Courses, Museum Pottery Courses, Private Tennis Lessons, Markham Sports Leagues, Aquatic Leadership Courses, One-day Courses, or Adult Workshops. - Cheque payments will be reimbursed by cheque (approximately 4-6 weeks after approval).
- Any credit balances that remain unused on a client account for two (2) years will be cleared.