Windsor Hockey Heritage Society president David Hunter said the museum welcomed more than 2,500 guests from June to the end of September.
It is, by far, the most visitors the museum has seen in a single season since it moved under the Haliburton House’s roof in 2011.
“With our presence at Haliburton House we’re on the tourism map now,” said Hunter.
The museum’s guestbook shows that visitors from as far off as Scotland dropped in to see the Little Town of Big Firsts’shrine to Canada’s national sport.
“A lot of people are interested in the origins of hockey,” said Hunter, who noted that a group from Australia also stopped by.
The museum is closed for the season, but will open periodically during the weekends leading up to Christmas.
“This summer was just record-breaking sales,” said Hunter, who was sporting his own Birthplace of Hockey apparel.
The society overseeing museum operations had a rebuilding season a few years back, but Hunter is optimistic things are only going to get better in the years to come.
A solid financial case would have to be made for occupying a new space before the Windsor Hockey Heritage Society moved into a new venue, Hunter added.
“Every single year since we’ve been at Haliburton House our numbers have increased,” he said.
