Ontario History and Heritage MuseumsExploring Ontario history is a bit like exploring a new city or country. Instead of travelling in space, though, you’re travelling in time. You might have a guidebook with you, but you really never know what you’re going to find – and that’s the adventure of it!
So where can you find these "Wayback machines", these “Time Travel Experiences” in Ontario? Here are some to get you started. Have fun! Castle Kilbride – This 1877 mansion features unusual trompe l'oeil ceiling and wall paintings. Brantford and Six Nations Territory: Chiefswood National Historic Site – The history of Ontario begins with Aboriginal history. This was the childhood home of the poet E. Pauline Johnson, daughter of a Mohawk chief and English lady. This home was built between 1853-1856. Mixed marriage and bi-cultural home life in the 19th century. Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks – Built in 1785. Bell Homestead National Historic Site – The home of inventor Alexander Graham Bell and the site of the first telephone call in 1874. Burlington: Ireland House at Oakridge Farm – Agriculture played an important role in Ontario history. Experience the life of an early farming family. Campbellville: Crawford Lake Iroquoian Village – Learn about Aboriginal life before the Europeans came. Step inside a reconstructed Iroquoian longhouse dating to mid-1400s. Read MORE. Cayuga: Ruthven Park – Beautiful mansion built in the 1840s and occupied by five generations of one family. A graceful setting along the banks of the Grand. Guelph: McCrae House - Built in 1858. The birthplace of John McCrae, doctor, soldier and author of the First World War poem “In Flanders Fields”. Hamilton: Dundurn Castle, Whitehern House and Garden, Hamilton Military Museum, Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, HMCS Haida National Historic Site of Canada, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre. See my page on Hamilton Museums. Kitchener: Doon Heritage and Crossroads – Discover village life in 1914 in more than 20 restored heritage buildings. Wander through period gardens with heritage plants. Homer Watson House and Gallery – Visit the mid-19th century home and studio of one of the earliest internationally-famous Canadian painters. Joseph Schneider Haus - Opens a window to German-Canadian history. Experience the life of an immigrant Mennonite family in 19th century Ontario. Woodside National Historic Site of Canada - William Lyon Mackenzie King's Boyhood Home Milton: Halton County Radial Railway – Come ride the antique trains and streetcars in this living history outdoor museum. Niagara Region: Fort George – In Niagara-on-the-Lake. A key site of the War of 1812, an important event in Ontario history. Military demonstrations. Regular tours. Ghost tours in season. Fife and drum corps affiliated with the fort has its own CD of music performed on period instruments. Niagara Apothecary – What did the drugstore look like in 1869? What medicines could you buy then? Here’s your chance to see it in this unique museum of a Victorian pharmacy. Laura Secord House – No, it’s not a chocolate factory! It’s the home of the woman who trekked across Niagara during the war of 1812 to warn the British that the Americans were attacking. Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum – Discover 500 years of printing technology at the former home of radical politician and newspaper publisher William Lyon Mackenzie. CONTINUE TO PAGE 2 OF
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