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Museum Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 9pm
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The Exchange, Niagara Falls' New Arts & Culture Hub, Set to Host Opening Event on February 17
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 @ 10:00am
After much anticipation, the City of Niagara Falls is pleased to announce the official opening of the Niagara Falls Exchange on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Located at 5943 Sylvia Place, this multipurpose event space will serve as the epicentre of Niagara Falls Arts & Culture.
All are welcome to an Open House on Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 10am to 4pm. The free, drop-in style event will feature art installations, live music, activities, vendors and more. The community will be able to explore the new Arts & Culture facility, including the Market Hall, Artist & Woodworking Studios and Café (opening at a later date).
Click here for more information on the Exchange Opening Event
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Joan Nicks Returns With Another Winter Film Series, "Everyday Heroes," Starting February 1
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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
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Join us for a Free Online Lecture: "Reclaiming the Narrative: Black Archives at the Archives of Ontario"
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 7:00 pm
Join Archives of Ontario's Archivist Melissa J. Nelson for a talk on the power and potential of Black archival collections. Melissa positions these collections as tools for empowerment that allow Black record creators to reclaim the historical narrative. This talk celebrates Black record creators who documented and passed on their life's stories.
Materials to be discussed will include the Wilma Morrison fonds.
About the Presenter
Melissa J. Nelson is an archivist, writer, and educator based in Toronto. She is currently an Archivist at the Archives of Ontario. Her work centres Black being and belonging in the archives to support collective healing and liberation movements. She holds a Master of Information Studies at McGill University. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History, with a minor in Sociology, from Carleton University.
Click here to register for Reclaiming the Narrative
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Lee Beaupre Returns to the Museum With Anti-Valentine's Day Music Trivia on February 9
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 7:00 pm
Stupid Cupid, point that arrow somewhere else! We are testing our knowledge of the greatest breakup songs ever penned. From Taylor Swift to Gloria Gaynor and Fleetwood Mac, there is a breakup song for every generation!
Get a team together, and come down to the museum for a night of musical fun, drinks and prizes!
19+ Event
Doors Open: 6:30 pm
Trivia Starts: 7:00 pm
Click here to purchase tickets for Anti-Valentine's Day Trivia
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Spend Your PD Day With RoboThink @ the Museum on February 16
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 @ 10:30 am and 1:00 pm
RoboThink offers fun & educational programs in robotics, engineering and coding for children in over 25 countries! Our fun and dynamic programs focus on implementing robotics and STEM through practical and adapted approaches to learning. Beyond robotics, nurture self-confidence, creativity, spatial awareness, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
In this workshop, students get an opportunity to see what the world of STEM and robotics is all about as they build their own simple machines and then use gears, motors, axles, and batteries to bring their creations to life! No experience is necessary. Just prepare for some real fun!
Students are welcome to enroll in both the morning and afternoon workshops as the themes are different. We reserve the right to cancel the workshop if not enough participants enroll, in this instance all enrollment fees will be refunded.
Pre-Registration Required.
Click here to purchase tickets for RoboThink Robotics Workshop – RoboPetz @ 10:30am
Click here to purchase tickets for RoboThink Robotics Workshop - Battle Robot @ 1pm
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Family Day @ the Museum & Exchange!
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Spend Family Day exploring biodiversity and habitat conservation @ the Museum! Join the Earth Rangers for live animal shows at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, & 3 pm in the newly opened Exchange. This unique and up-close encounter with their animal ambassadors will leave you educated and inspired to help protect animals in the wild. Sponsored by Ontario Power Generation. Other activities include free family portraits by Digital Attractions, scavenger hunts, face painting, crafts, and three galleries full of artifacts that explore our local history!
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Our Newest Temporary Exhibit, My Story, My Tattoo, is Now Open
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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
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Thursday Nights are Date Night! Free Admission Plus Alcoholic Drinks for Sale
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EVERY THURSDAY @ 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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Interested in Museum Membership?
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Discounted Museum Programmes & Events
Why not get a membership and have access to all of our great programmes at a discount.
Individual Membership $25
Family Membership $40
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Check Out Other Museums of Niagara Association Newsletters
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If you enjoy learning about all of our fantastic events and programmes through our newsletter, considering signing up for other newsletters from The Museums of Niagara Association. Signing up for their newsletters is the best way to keep track of all the great stuff happening at all of these museums across the Niagara Region.
Grimsby Museum
Grimsby Public Art Gallery
Nelles Manor Museum
Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum
Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum
Riverbrink Art Museum
St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre
Town of Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre
Welland Museum
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Collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge
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"A decision to build the Upper Steel Arch Bridge, also known as the Honeymoon Bridge and the Falls View Bridge, was made in January, 1897, by the Niagara Falls and Clifton Suspension Bridge Company. Although the original intention of the Company had been to strengthen and expand the existing Suspension Bridge, Leffert L. Buck, the engineer approached by the Bridge Company to redesign the bridge, suggested that the construction of a new bridge would be necessary."
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"The bridge remained open for an additional 13 years, until January, 1938, when a combination of factors resulted in the destruction of the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. Thin ice on Lake Erie, a 5-day January thaw, and 3 days of high winds, caused water and ice levels in the Lower Niagara River to rise to record heights. On January 25th, 1938, nearly 100 feet of ice twisted the steel frame of the bridge, and as the structure creaked and groaned, spectators knew that it would be only a matter of time before the bridge collapsed. Reporters, locals and tourists all flocked to the Falls, hoping to witness the fall of the bridge. It was in newspaper articles of the time that reporters popularized a new name for the bridge — the Honeymoon Bridge." ...
Click here for more information on the Collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge
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