Canadian Canoe Museum Grand Opening 2024 

It was sensational!! Thank you for this vid- my mum Basia has been a volunteer since 1997 and she brought me as her plus one. What a masterpiece. Thank you to Jeremy and everyone else!! Let me say it again: MASTERPIECE!!

Just got back from a short visit of the museum. It is worth the trip. Thank yoju for the preview Kevin.

Oh my,that place is huge! I could wander and drool in there all day

So many cool canoes! Thanks Kevin. We're going to stop in on our way back from Kawartha Highlands this fall.

Can't wait to visit the new museum!!

Very awesome. I wish Ralph Frese was around to enjoy this museum. He was a gentleman and historian and ambassador of the canoe. Thank you for the mini tour. Cheers from Chicago.

So many birch bark canoes just awesome, Thanks Kevin, every paddlers dream vintage Canoes.

Well that’s absolutely impressive!! Thanks for filming that for us.

Amazing museum! Well done to the team. On my list

Awesome, would love to spend the day there. Thank you for sharing

That 180 was epic.

Will need to get there this year!

Quite the place . Hope to visit one day

Thanks for taking us along

Thanks for that Kevin. I will definitely make the pilgrimage to Peterborough later this summer.

very nice very interesting , I always loved the look of the old cedar canvas canoe, But they are heavy . looked like an awesome museum .

So glad it's open again. My only disappointment last year was discovering the museum was closed for my house sit in Buckhorn.

Thanks Kevin

If anybody should have been there Kevin, it's you. Great to see.

Wow is right!

Was that giant canoe at the beginning a Canadian school bus ?

Oh I'm so going tomorrow

.my aunt had a big shed with a carved out canoe in the rafters very old.i wanted it for the museum,but didnt get the chance to get it.

Is the final shot of the St John's canoe from the Temiskaming accident?

🖐😎👍🛶

The CCM is a great idea. BUT... the admission fee is horrendous. They charge as much as the major museums do, if not more. But there's more: - The CCM doesn't have family pricing. - More and more museums won't ask a dime for attendants supporting persons with disabilities receive free admission. the CCM doesn't care... - and so on ... The problem is something we often see with volunteers, enthusiasts, etc. running a "business". They base their decisions after looking around, but don't take in consideration the difference between them and the others. The CCM is not the fine arts, not the MAC, the ROM, etc. I understand they certainly have important overhead, but let's be honest, it's not anything near what the major Museums have to face. So you can't ask for the same as them. The CCM also omit to take in consideration several other important factors. For example, the CCM is not in an urban environment. They are very remote being in Peterborough. People will have way more fees to get there than to any major museums located downtown Montreal, Toronto, etc.. They simply forgot to take in consideration what potential visitors will have to deal with. Let's talk about a family from Toronto. - 1h45 drive (one way) - about $80 is gas - about $72 in food if they only eat once So that's 3hrs drive total, plus $152 in extra spending (minimum) to then have to pay an additional $80??? $232 total for a visit at the CCM. Imagine for someone coming from Montreal. In comparison, a visit at the AGOM will cost $60, the prestigious ROM will ask $$85.50 Bottom line, their pricing doesn't take in consideration the essentials and it becomes a major turn-off for most people. And this causes a major problem. the less visitors, the less free marketing/advertising. Having a better pricing will get way more visitors and way more people telling their friends they should go visit too. Thus: much more money in bank at the end of each month. The #1 rule in business is simple: Have the most money/profit at the end of the month. And often, you don't get that with a high price, but by the volume. That's business 101 and that's why the CMM should *strongly* consider hiring a consultant to help them with that. And also to show them how to increase their revenues by other sources than the admission fees, the best way.