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NO VACANCY
Honeymoon Suite or By-the-Week: Motel Culture of Niagara
Opens May 17th at the Niagara Falls History Museum
Two exhibitions, at two institutions, exploring the past and present of motels and motel culture. Both venues will explore different aspects of this cultural to examine the up’s and down’s of the industry and make the visitor think about their experiences and the current state of these buildings within our community. Visitors to the Niagara Falls History Museum (5810 Ferry Street, Niagara Falls) will be provided with a nostalgic, familiar and interactive experience with intimate stories that will resonate with visitors. The Niagara Artists Centre (354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines) component will explore the current state of motels with artist installations by Oliver Pauk and Zach Slootsky.
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200th Anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane
Registration is now open for participation.
Get all the details about the event and how to participate at the Niagara Falls Museum website.
Below is a link to some of the pictures taken at the unveiling of the commemorative coin for the 200th Anniversary of Battle of Lundy’s Lane
Be one of the first 500 registrants for the event in order to have one of these coins
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Free Admission every Thursday night from 5 - 9 p.m. with the following programmes also starting at 7pm (unless otherwise noted). Make us a habit.
May 8 @ 5pm – 9pm
Family Activity Night: Bridge Building
Use popular construction toys and try your hand at being an engineer! Design a bridge that can span a 10 cm gap, then explore our galleries and learn about some of the bridges that have crossed the Niagara River.
May 15 @ 7pm
Magic at the Museum
Join magician George Marchionda for a brief history of stage magic including the performance of some of the classic effects associated with sleight-of-hand magic.
May 22 @ 7pm
Dr. Brian Pihack Explores the Niagara Escarpment
Since the escarpment towers so high above us it is tempting to think that some stupendous force within the earth has thrust these cliffs towards the sky. As appealing as this explanation may be, the truth is far from this. To better understand the origin of the Niagara escarpment we must look far back into the geological history of this area. To a time of ancient seas, brimming with bizarre life, but what would a talk of ancient seas be without... sea monsters. Long before the pirates of the Caribbean there were krakens in the Silurian seas of Niagara. Join us as we take a geological excursion into the formation of the escarpment, and the treasure that lies trapped below, for more than 400 million years.
May 29 @ 7pm
Art Beyond the Artefact
An artefact is something much more than what you can touch. Artefacts inspire the creativity within our culture. Come and explore what can inspire all of us to create and dream. Presented by Reneé Baillargeon, sessional instructor for the Centre in Arts & Culture at Brock University. Renée has worked as a bilingual performing arts professional across Canada from the Victoria Symphony to the Grenfel Players of Newfoundland.
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Willoughby Country Fair
June 1, 2014 from 11am - 3pm
Fun for the whole family! Showcasing the rural roots of Niagara Falls with vintage cars, motorcycles, fire engines, working antique gas powered farm equipment, heritage crafts and skills demonstrations, re-enactors in period dress, museum display gallery open, children's activities, family scavenger hunt, musical on the theme of "Willoughby Unplugged", barbecue, lemonade stand.
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Educational Programs
The Museum has released the 2014 educational program offerings for teachers. There are a few new programs that fit the Ontario Curriculum as well as Museum and Battlefield tours.
We are also excited to be working with Niagara Falls Transit on offering free bus transportation to elementary school children.
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