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Museum Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 9pm
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Poppies Return to Museum & Gale Centre for Remembrance Day
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NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 11
In 2020, the Museum reached out to the public for knit and crochet poppies. Due to the overwhelming response we received 11,000 poppies from all around the world! This year, from November 1-11, please visit the Museum and Gale Centre to see the poppy installations in honour of Remembrance Day.
Click here for more information
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Film Series Continues Nov. 10th & 24th
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EVERY OTHER THURSDAY @ 6:45pm
Introduced and programmed by Joan Nicks, our film series returns this fall with a focus on Ida Lupino. She was an English-American actress, writer, director, singer, and producer who worked primarily in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Her career as director often involved tackling themes of women trapped by social conventions, and is seen as an early example of proto-feminist filmmaking. We'll be looking at films she directed, wrote, and starred in this fall at the Niagara Falls History Museum.
To purchase tickets, please click here
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Stained Glass Workshop SOLD OUT
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 @ 10:00am - 4:30pm
Join Teresa for a 6-hour workshop to learn the skills for copper foiling stained glass. This program will include safety, glass cutting, pattern cutting, goiling, flux, soldering, edging, and finishing. You'll get to take home your own sun catcher stained glass design.
Teresa’s uniquely sculptural fine art stained glass is an artistic trademark featuring multi layers of glass panels with spun wire. Her use of a refined colour pallet creates a mood and atmosphere that is distinctive to Teresa, making her one of Canada’s most notable emerging Fine Art Stained Glass Artists.
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Watercolour Workshop: Wintery Sleigh Ride
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2022 @ 6:30pm
Get into the holiday spirit with artist Diane Ptolemy, as we create the Wintery Sleigh Ride! Create this snowy wonderland, set under a bright full moon using watercolour paints and pencils. This workshop involves some fun new tricks!
Beginners are welcome! All materials will be provided.
Registration is required. To reserve your spot, please click here
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Who are the Canadian Indigenous People?
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022 @ 7:00pm
Dr. Pam Williamson joins us virtually on November 3rd at 7pm for a FREE presentation on the Canadian Indigenous people. Participants will gain insights and understanding into Canadian Indigenous people, their ways of being, and diverse cultures. This program seeks to give community members a greater insight into their Indigenous neighbours and to teach people how to participate in a practical manner in the Truth and Reconciliation processes. Dr. Williamson is a member of the Moose Deer Point First Nation and the Sturgeon clan.
To sign up for the event, click here
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Magic at the Museum with Scoop McCoy
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2022 @ 11:00am & 1:00pm
Come join us for some PD Day fun and magic at the Museum. Scoop McCoy performs his funny and zany magic show at the Niagara Falls History Museum! Scoop’s incredible show features lots of laughs and audience participation. After the show, explore the Museum galleries with our Activity Book full of games and puzzles! Don’t forget your magic wand!
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
To reserve your spot, please click here
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Exhibit Extended into January 2023
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The definition of Women’s Work has evolved over time. Once, it defined any work historically undertaken by women, especially domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and child rearing. As we enter a new decade of the 21st-century and gender roles continue to shift and grow, we understand that women’s work is a much more complex, all-encompassing term that defines all work that women do, both paid and unpaid.
By weaving together a collection of Niagara Falls stories, this exhibition seeks to celebrate the diversity of women’s roles within the labour force. It highlights not only the success of women in traditional roles, like teaching and nursing, but also showcases the strong contributions carved out by female leaders in our community as artists, broadcasters, activists, historians, managers, and politicians.
Check out this wonderful exhibition developed by the Museum team.
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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.
Family Membership $40
Individual Membership $25
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The Queen Victoria Fountain
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Although it is scarcely noticed by passers-by today, this excellent monument was once very much a part of the south-end scene and presents an interesting chapter in Stamford's history. It was designed as a memorial to the long and beneficent reign of Queen Victoria and provided a constantly running source of water as a drinking fountain for man and beast.
Queen Victoria died in January, 1901, after a reign of over sixty-four years — the longest in British history, recently surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II. Her loyal subjects in Stamford Township and particularly the village of Drummondville decided to commemorate that long reign and their late beloved monarch in a way that would be both lasting and useful. Thus, a memorial drinking fountain was decided upon as an ideal project. Accordingly, most of the year 1901 was spent collecting contributions to finance the construction of the memorial, to which all in the Village and Township donated.
For more on the Queen Victoria Fountain, click here
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