Family Programs
Fall 2025 – Family Pottery Classes
Museum Pottery: Family Halloween Hand-building Workshop
Scary season for ghouls and goblins, spiders, bats, and ghosts! Have the kids come and make their own candy dish, jack-o-lantern, ghostly dish, or spider web plate to store their Halloween loot. Very scary indeed! Come and celebrate the Halloween season with us at the Markham Museum! During this workshop, you will create, decorate, and paint your unique creations with our professional pottery instructor.
Price includes 500g of clay, glaze, and firing. Cost for 1 child and 1 adult, additional adults or children $55.00 each to a max of 2 additional participants. Children attending must be registered with an adult.
Age: 4+
Cost: $59.00 (Resident Rate)
Session 1:
Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230612
Session 2:
Date: Saturday, October 18th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230613
Museum Pottery: Family Slab Building Ornament Workshop
Join us to create up to 10 unique holiday ornaments using festive patterns, stamps, and colours. Keep them as family treasures or give them as special holiday gifts — a keepsake you’ll enjoy year after year.
Price includes 500g of clay, glazes, and firing. Cost for 1 child and 1 adult, additional adults or children $55.00 each to a max of 2 additional participants. Children attending must be registered with an adult.
Age: 4+
Cost: $59.00 (Resident Rate)
Session 1
Date: Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230615
Session 2
Date: Saturday, November 8th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230616
Session 3
Date: Saturday, November 15th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230617
Session 4
Date: Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230618
Session 5
Date: Sunday, November 30th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230620
Session 6
Date: Sunday, December 7th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Barcode: 00230622
Museum Pottery: Family Classes
Museum Pottery: Family 5 Week Introduction to Pottery
Come explore the world of clay with your child! This 5-week course offers a fun introduction to the many aspects of working with clay. Participants will learn hand-building techniques such as pinching, coil building, and slab building, and everyone will also have a chance to try the pottery wheel.
Price includes clay, glazes, and firing. Cost for 1 child and 1 adult, additional adults or children $275.00 each to a max of 2 additional participants. Children attending must be registered with an adult.
Age: 4+
Cost: $295.00 (Resident Rate)
Course 1 Date: Sunday, September 28th, October 5th, 19th, and November 2nd, 9th, 2025 (Due to community events that prevent access to the Museum, there will be no class on October 12th and 26th)
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Barcode: 00230623
Course 2
Date: Sunday November 16th, 23rd, 30th, December 7th, and 14th 2025
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Barcode: 00230626
Withdrawal and Refund Policy
Registered Specialty Programs
- Registered Specialty Programs include: 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.
- A full refund will be provided for any withdrawal and refund request form submitted to the City of Markham more than seven days (exactly 168 hours) before the start time of the first class of the program. Clients can withdraw online, no withdrawal and refund request form is required.
- For example, Sebastian is registered in a Summer Camp that starts at 9 AM on Monday July, 15. Sebastian is eligible to receive a full refund if they withdraw online before 9 AM on Monday, July 8.
- No transfers, withdrawal or refunds will be provided for any requests submitted within seven days (exactly 168 hours), on, or after, the start time of the first class of the registered specialty program.
- Cheque payments will be reimbursed by cheque (approximately four to six weeks after approval).
- Please note that the registration system does allow a client to withdraw from a course online within seven days (exactly 168 hours) of the start time of the first class of the program but will not provide a refund or a credit. If this occurs, please contact the contact centre for assistance. The policy for registered specialty programs as indicated above still applies when this occurs.