Youth Groups
Looking for hands‑on adventure, exciting challenges, and unforgettable group experiences? Pickering Museum Village offers a wide range of bookable programs for youth groups, Guides, Scouts, and camps all year round. Led by experienced museum staff, each program blends fun, learning, teamwork, and creativity against the backdrop of the historic village.
Explore our lineup of interactive adventures below!
Programs can be tailored to suit your group size, age range, and needs.
Give your group an unforgettable experience at Pickering Museum Village; full of adventure, discovery, and hands-on fun!
Operation Wildcraft
Ideal for ages 5–11
Put your outdoor know‑how to the test! This fast‑paced quest sends youth through a series of campcraft‑inspired stations, like building fire lays, filtering water, and decoding trail signs. With each challenge completed, groups unlock new clues guiding them toward the final destination.
It’s an exciting adventure that builds teamwork, leadership, and confidence while keeping kids active and engaged.
Highlights:
- Outdoor challenges and hands‑on skill-building
- Team-based problem solving
Ranch Hands Round Up
Ideal for ages 5–11
Saddle up for a rootin’-tootin’ day of ranch‑themed fun! Inspired by Pickering’s own agricultural history, this program gets kids movin’, laughin’, and learning as they rotate through six high-energy activity stations.
Think herding balloon cows, galloping in horse relays, tossing pigs into the pen, and more, perfect for camps and groups looking for action-packed adventure.
Highlights:
- Six dynamic ranch‑themed stations
- Builds coordination, teamwork, and confidence
- High‑energy outdoor fun in the museum village
Beat the Clock! Escape Adventures
Ideal for ages 11+ and smaller groups
Step inside one of PMV’s historic buildings and race against time in these immersive escape room experiences. Each scenario sets the stage for heart‑pounding problem solving, teamwork, and creativity.
Escape the Cabin
The year is 1837. The Upper Canada Rebellion has failed, and you and your fellow rebels are fleeing for your lives. A friendly local offers shelter—or so you think. Once the door locks behind you, it’s clear something is terribly wrong. Solve the puzzles, escape the cabin, and avoid a treason charge before the militia arrives!
Escape the Outbreak
A mysterious epidemic is spreading, and a government agent has stolen crucial research that could halt it. With time running out, your team must uncover clues, track down the missing information, and discover a cure before disaster strikes.
Highlights:
- Immersive historic settings
- Logic challenges, puzzles & teamwork
- Perfect for youth groups, teens & adults
Mystery of the Haunted Hotel
Ideal for ages 8+ and smaller groups
Stranded at the museum with only one building open—the hotel—you and your group must unravel the truth behind its eerie reputation. Is it truly haunted, or is someone trying to scare visitors away?
Solve puzzles, follow clues, and uncover the mystery in this thrilling combo of escape room and detective adventure.
Highlights:
- Immersive historic settings
- Logic challenges, puzzles & teamwork
Laser Capture the Flag
Ideal for ages 8+
This isn’t your ordinary game of Capture the Flag; this one uses laser tag! Race through the museum village, strategize with your team, and try to outsmart your opponents in this high‑energy outdoor adventure.
Highlights:
- Laser‑tag meets Capture the Flag
- Fast, exciting, and action-packed
- Outdoor fun across the museum grounds
Adventure Quests
Ideal for ages 10+
Choose your challenge and turn your group into investigators, problem-solvers, or mythbusters in these interactive, story‑driven experiences around the museum! Requires one mobile device per team and the GooseChase app.
Detective Goose: Exhibit Crimes
A priceless artifact has vanished—and only Detective Goose and your team of junior detectives can solve the case! Collect clues, interview suspects, and uncover the truth tied to museum exhibits.
Escape the Museum
You’re locked inside the museum, and the only way out is through a series of riddles, physical tasks, and tricky challenges. Work together, crack the code, and escape before time runs out!
Mythbusters: Museum Edition
Is sugar really bad for your brain? Can corn grow in a week? Test real myths using science, creativity, and history. It’s hands-on experimentation, teen-friendly humour, and surprising discoveries all rolled into one.
Highlights:
- Interactive story-driven quests
- Encourages teamwork, creativity & critical thinking
Ready to explore Pickering Museum Village? Book with us now!
Contact Us
Pickering Museum Village
3550 Greenwood Road, Pickering
ON L1X 0J3
905.683.8401