Christmas Tour of Homes Presented by the Volunteers of the Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives
The 20ᵗʰ Annual Christmas Tour of Homes
The volunteers of the Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives are pleased to announce that the Annual Christmas Tour of Homes will be returning in November of 2024. We’re so excited to show you what we have in store!
The 2023 Christmas Tour of Homes is scheduled for the weekend of Friday, November 15ᵗʰ. Tickets will be for sale in advance on this website, at 14 East St., or through participating retailers, and for sale during the tour itself at 14 East St. and at each of the four participating homes. Tickets will be for sale for $25 each.
Kids aged 12 and under free!
Tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned to learn more!
About the Tour of Homes
The Aylmer-Malahide Museum Volunteers' annual Christmas Tour of Homes began in 2002. This fundraiser was developed to benefit the museum's operation and raise awareness of local businesses. It is now a Christmas tradition for many locals and visitors from all over Ontario and beyond. Four unique, interesting and/or historical homes are chosen in the Aylmer Area. These homes are decorated for Christmas and then opened for participants to tour. This is a major fundraiser for the museum. Many volunteer hours and support from homeowners and local businesses go into making this an annual success.
Tickets to the 2024 Christmas Tour of Homes will be $25 each, or free for children 12 and under.
Tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned to learn more!
Online Sales
Online ticket sales will close at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 17th.
Tickets purchased through this website will be available for pickup at the Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives at 14 East St., Aylmer. Tour-goers may choose to pick up tickets before the Tour of Homes begins, or may choose to start their tour at the museum to retrieve their tickets.
Click here to buy your tickets online!
Advanced Sales
Tickets will be for sale in advance at the Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives (14 East St.) and through select local retailers (to be determined).
During the Tour
During the tour, tickets will be for sale at the museum or at each of the four participating homes.
The Tour of Homes Committee is currently in the process of selecting the homes for the tour. To showcase your home on the 2024 tour, contact us here, at info@aylmermuseum.ca, or at (519) 773-9723.
The Museum
14 East Street
Visit the museum for the chance to win a free door prize!
Gift Basket Raffle
Six tickets for $5
Tickets for our gift basket raffle will also be available for purchase. Buy six tickets for $5 and put them toward any baskets of your choice! Consider trying your luck and treating yourself or a loved one to a wonderful gift.
The Roaring Twenties: Flappers, Fashion, and Freedom
Join us to learn how the social and societal landscape of the 1920s was reflected in women’s fashion.
We’ll let you know as soon as we’ve scheduled our refreshments!
The Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives relies on our community to support an event of this size. We are more than happy to accept sponsorships in the form of advertisements. Each advertisement will be printed in the Tour of Homes ticket booklet, which reaches approximately 600 tour-goers, and will be featured on this webpage (below) with a link to its respective business. Please note that ticket advertisements will be printed in black and white, and website advertisements will be featured in colour. We are pleased to offer two sizes of advertisements: a quarter-page ad (5"x1.9") and an eighth-page ad (2.5"x 1.9"). Local businesses are welcome to fill out the below form to advertise with us.
The deadline to confirm an advertisement with the 2023 Tour of Homes is September 1ˢᵗ, 2023.
The Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives is proud to showcase local merchants and businesses in each home on the Christmas Tour of Homes. Merchants who participate in the tour will have their merchandise prominently displayed in each home. Museum volunteers work with the merchants to select a series of products to borrow for the duration of the tour and will return those products to their respective merchants as soon as possible after the tour. Volunteers will provide merchants with a detailed loan form, which will indicate the agreed-upon pickup and return dates. The Tour of Homes ticket booklet will include explicit credit and thanks to each merchant, and each merchant is entitled to two complimentary tickets for their participation.
Merchants of the Aylmer, Malahide, or East Elgin areas are welcome to fill out the below application. Should museum volunteers be interested in using your merchandise for the Tour of Homes, committee representatives will be in contact.
The Tour of Homes relies on the generosity of local homeowners to operate. We would love to hear from you if you're interested in showcasing your home on the tour!
Please note that homes on the tour must be located within Aylmer or Malahide.
Homeowners work closely with the Tour of Homes Committee to ready their homes for the tour, and are entitled to two free tickets to the tour and a gift card to a local restaurant.
Should the committee be interested in partnering with you to showcase your home, a committee member will be in contact to discuss details and the next steps. Thank you for your time and consideration!
2023 Merchants & Contributors
Many thanks to our generous contributors for helping us to facilitate the tour and decorate the homes.
2023 Tour of Homes Sponsors & Supporters
Join the list here!
