Discovering Ontario · Drawing 08 of 32
In Dundurn’s Kitchen
Hamilton
In the 1800s, preparing meals in a large home took hard work. A cook uses a sturdy table, a mixing bowl and a wood-burning stove.
Did you know?
At Dundurn, household staff did much of their work in the basement.
Look together
Which objects in this kitchen do we still use 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.
Sources and illustration notes (2)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be combined or imagined. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Hamilton Civic Museums: Dundurn National Historic Site40-room villa built in the 1830s; the site tells the story of the MacNab family and the servants who lived and worked at the house.
- National Trust for Canada: Dundurn CastleServants lived and worked below stairs; historic kitchen.
Page prepared on October 2, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book My Ontario to Colour
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