Author: stcmuseum
The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre, located next to Lock 3 of the historic Welland Canal, is a leading local history museum and community gathering place, engaging visitors and building relationships with partners, while demonstrating curatorial leadership and innovative programming and exhibits.
The St. Catharines Museum is dedicated to engaging visitors in the celebration of our local stories and the cultural identity and history of the City. We are a community resource that interprets, exhibits, researches, acquires, and preserves material culture and stories of St. Catharines.
Artifact of the Week: Seal Embosser
Artifact of the Week: Avondale Dairy Milk Crate
Artifact of the Week: Kit Bag
Artifact of the Week: Wicker Wheelchair
History from Here: The Independent Rubber Company
VMLS via Podcast: A Model City
Museum Chat Live! E705 – Heritage Advocacy
Stories From the Front: St Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part Four
VMLS via Podcast – The Fight for History with Dr. Tim Cook
Stories From the Front: St Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part Three
Museum Classroom: William Hamilton Merritt Biography (Intermediate)
Stories from the Front: St Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part Two
VMLS via Podcast – The General: A Symposium with the Brock University Historical Society.
History from Here: Memorial Chapel at Ridley College
Stories from the Front: St. Catharines’ Wartime Sources Part One
VMLS via Podcast – Historic Welland Canals Mapping Project
Museum Chat Live! E704 – Oral History and Community Voices
One Hour in the Past E506 – Museums
VMLS via Podcast – For King and Country
History from Here: Protestant Home of St. Catharines
Museum Classroom: Careers on Land and Sea (Intermediate)
Museum Chat Live! E703- Cemeteries and Historic Interpretation
One Hour in the Past E504 – Extreme Weather
VMLS via Podcast: No Exit: Dead End Streets of St. Catharines
Museum Classroom: Careers on Land and Sea (Junior)
The 2022 Guided Spirit Walks Roar into the 1920s
One Hour in the Past E504 – Elections
Behind the Scenes with Museum Kids- Why we chose Soapbox Derby as our Summer Edition theme
One Hour in the Past E503 – Electric Vehicles
Tapping into Spiritualism in the 2022 Guided Spirit Walks
One Hour in the Past E502 – Computers and Cell Phones
One Hour in the Past E501 – Summer Music Festivals
Museum Classroom: Knot Tying
History from Here: Silver Spire United Church
Museum Classroom: Flag Semaphore
VMLS via Podcast: Myths of the Underground Railroad
VMLS vis Podcast – Visiting Abolitionists
Museum Chat Live! E702 – Social Media, Museums & History-Telling
