Explore the site of the oldest home in St. Catharines with interactive tours, learn about heritage conservation with live demos, participate in hands-on crafts and activities with various community vendors, and enjoy ice cream as you discover our plans to adaptively reuse our 1850s Dairy into an ice cream shop. Open Door Days are open […]

Explore the 220+ year-old buildings on our site, learn about heritage conservation techniques, discover stories of rural farming families, and connect with Niagara’s rich history on a highly engaging tour led by our passionate staff and volunteers. Tours are about 60 minutes and start every hour between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Visitors are welcome […]

Learn all you need to know to make your own probiotic-rich fermented cucumber pickles. Marcia will walk you through the steps to make your own crunchy sour pickled cucumbers, from selecting the best produce, to washing and preparing, packing the jars and making the brine. The fermenting process and best methods and time frames will […]

Experience agricultural innovation by touring the beautifully restored 1906 and 1929 grain elevators in St. Albert.  Discover how these giant wooded machines innovated agricultural production across the prairies. Then, check out historic tractor and farm equipment collections before visiting the replica Train Station for some hands-on activities.

The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike was the longest and largest labour conflict in North America and had a major national impact on the labour movement. Learn about the plight of the strikers from the citywide halt of production to the firing of the police force and the tragic events of Bloody Saturday.

Take a walk on the wild side and explore the dark secrets that made Winnipeg the ‘Wickedest City in the Dominion.’ Get a glimpse into a different side of Winnipeg’s history with a legal red light district, corrupt mayors, murder most foul, and the largest unsolved robbery in Western Canadian history.

Walk the cobblestone streets and experience the vibrant, bustling history of the Exchange District. Learn about Newspaper Row, turn-of-the-century banks and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Get to know the famous and unsung characters who made Winnipeg the city it is today.

Explore the vibrant history and stunning architecture of the Exchange District, a roadmap of Winnipeg’s early growth and architectural styles. See examples of brick and mortar warehouses from the 1890s, marvelous terracotta skyscrapers of Winnipeg’s 1910 boom period, as well as brutalist and international-style complexes in Winnipeg’s modernist quarter.