Museum Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 9pm

Winter Break @ the Museum!

JANUARY 3, 4, and 5 @ 1:00 pm

Spend Your PD Day With Mad Science @ the Museum on January 19

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 @ 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Discover Science Show! Introduce your little scientists to the main parts of science: Chemistry, Physics & Biology. Exciting experiments drawn from across the spectrum of science show kids that although there are all kinds of science, all science is about asking questions about the world around us.

After the show, explore the Museum galleries and complete a scavenger hunt.

Pre-Registration Required. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. All attendees (including adults) must have a ticket.

$5 or free for members

Click here to purchase PD Day: Mad Science tickets 

Joan Nicks Returns With Another Winter Film Series, "Everyday Heroes," Starting February 1 

EVERY OTHER THURSDAY @ 6:45 pm

Five feature films prove the power of drama and comedy to characterize everyday heroes with a capacity to endure the chaos of modern life.  
 
Programmer, film critic, and writer Joan Nicks introduces the films and engages audiences in conversation following each screening.    

Click here for more information and the full schedule for the Winter Film Series

Last Chance to Check Out human NATURE

SATURDAY, APRIL 22 - SUNDAY, JANUARY 7

Scientific evidence shows us that Human-made climate change threatens life on this planet. To ensure a viable habitat for present and future generations, sustainable ways of living must be quickly adopted. The artifact collections of the Niagara Falls Museums illustrate times of balance and times of imbalance for humans. These objects help us to think of our place on Earth as just one of many species and the impact that we have. Forging a new way together using Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Science, we can create a hopeful vision for a sustainable future.

Highlights include:

Nature photography by Mark Zelinski

Nature Mandala Sit Spot by Victoria Brecht

Prophecy Beadwork Art by Samuel Thomas, Cayuga Nation

Four Wampum Agreement Reproductions by Ken Maracle, Cayuga Nation

Personal Messages about the Climate Crisis from the DearTomorrow Project

Historical objects

Come Check Out My Story, My Tattoo Starting on January 20

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 - SUNDAY, MAY 5

Tattoos are living images that reveal important stories about our residents, our community and the tattoo phenomenon. “My Story, My Tattoo” features 32 photographs and stories of people and their amazing tattoos.

Participants represent every walk of life –everyone from a cancer survivor to teachers and their students, a firefighter and a farmer. The participants range in age from 26 to 89 years and live throughout Wellington County.

All of the individuals were open and honest, and their stories and personalities are represented through this series of thought-provoking and colourful images. Chris Piccinetti, a Guelph photographer and graphic designer for the County of Wellington, photographed these inspiring images.

Click here for more information on My Story, My Tattoo

Thursday Nights are Date Night! Free Admission Plus Alcoholic Drinks for Sale

EVERY THURSDAY IN  AUGUST @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Drop by the Museum every Thursday evening for Date Night. The Museum is FREE from 5-9 pm, with local craft beer and wine available for purchase. Impress your date with some fancy-pants artifacts, and don’t forget to blabber on about local history. Or maybe not… 

Galleries + Beer/Wine = LOVE, obviously. 

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"Citizens of the World" at Thomas Barnett's Museum

Above: Diogenes of Sinope was one of the first to use the Greek term kosmopolites, meaning "citizen of the world."

"While transcribing the first Niagara Falls Museum Guest Register, our summer students began to notice an interesting phrase coming up again and again. In the column ‘Residence’, many people opted to write that they were a ‘citizen of the world’. The above examples are only three of many. It made us wonder- What does that mean? Where did this phrase come from? And why were so many people using it?"

"It turns out that the origin of that phrase was the philosopher Diogenes of Sinope (c.412 BCE - 323 BCE). Diogenes was born, as his name suggests, in Sinope, Turkey, but spent most of his life living in exile as punishment for debasing currency minted by his banker father. Cut adrift from his home, Diogenes became a wanderer. He chose to eschew possessions, survive by begging on the streets and even lived out of a pithos (a large ceramic jar, often depicted as a barrel in later art) in order to become inured to living out in the elements." ...

Click here for more information on Citizens of the World at Thomas Barnett's Museum