Discovering Ontario · Drawing 08 of 32
In Dundurn’s Kitchen
Hamilton · Ontario
Preparing meals in a large nineteenth-century home took hard work. A cook uses a sturdy table, bowls and a wood-burning cooking range.
Did you know?
At Dundurn, household staff worked in rooms below stairs.
Look together
Which kitchen objects are still used today?
An idea to try
Draw a meal and circle the ingredients that come from a garden.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Dundurn in Hamilton presents the lives of a wealthy family and the household staff who made their daily life possible. This scene suggests a mid-nineteenth-century kitchen with an imagined cook. It does not reproduce the museum room exactly. Domestic work is an important part of history.
Look together: Which kitchen objects are still used today? Draw a meal and circle the ingredients that come from a garden.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- City of Hamilton: Dundurn National Historic SitePlace, history or natural feature described on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
