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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.


Know Your Neighbours – Richard B. Wright

Ask Alicia – Why Is That Flag There?

Know Your Neighbours – Lachlan Ebenezer McKinnon

Isabella Frampton Hawken: The Original #Girlboss

Morningstar Mill – Keeping up with the Joneses

Know Your Neighbours – Mary Helen McKean Malcolmson

Votes for Women!

“Ask Alicia” Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co.

The St. Catharines Orioles

Know Your Neighbours – Reverend Richard Amos Ball

Black Soldiers in the Great War

Know Your Neighbours – Brian Joseph Cullen

Dear Jack Hardy

Post Underground Railroad

“Ask Alicia” – Merritton High School

Doing our Bit: St. Catharines and the Great War Mapping Project

NEW! Doing Our Bit: The Audio Tour

Guest Blogger shares her faves!

Know Your Neighbours – Estelle Cuffe Hawley

Salem Chapel, BME Church and Zion Baptist Church

Know Your Neighbours – Ronald Eldon Sexsmith

Richard Pierpoint

Journeys to America

The A-Z of St. Catharines History – Introducing “Ask Alicia”

Know Your Neighbours – Part 52 FINAL POST – Oliver Seymour Phelps “Junius”

Morningstar Mill: The Last Dragon?

Curator for a Day

Know Your Neighbours – Dallas Green

Know Your Neighbours – Sara Bauer

Know your Neighbours – Edwin Poole

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 9 – Thomas Rodman Merritt

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 8 – Lt. Col. William Hamilton Merritt IV, M.D.

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 7 – Catharine (Cassie) Welland Merritt Pellatt

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 6 – Emily Lena Merritt and Catharine Nina Merritt

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 5 – William Hamilton Merritt Jr.

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 4 – The Merritt Family

Knitting Our Bit!

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 3: the Merritt Family
