The Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum in Kitchener, Ontario, is hosting a hands-on fossil event for families on March 16, 2026. This day is designed to give students a local and educational outing during the first day of the March Break school holidays.
Visitors can drop by between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to take part in activities like digging for fossil fish. The University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum is partnering for the day to provide a touch table where children can handle real fossils.
This event kicks off a week of special programming at the museum, which is the largest community museum in Ontario. Corina McDonald, the curator of the university museum, is overseeing the collection of fossils and materials used for the day.
The museum campus was renamed in 2018 to honour the 33 years of service from former Regional Chair Ken Seiling. Along with the fossil activities, the site also houses the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame and other historical exhibits.
