Blog

For our Feburary Blog, Assistant Curator, Shawna Butts, talks about the history of enslavement in Upper Canada, inlcuding what life was like for enslaved people here and highlighting some individual experiences. She also explains why some of the words associated with slavery have changed.

This month, we highlight the important role played by early inns and taverns in the community, and some of Niagara's earliest innkeepers.

As we prepare to go walking in a winter wonderland in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Barbara Worthy looks at what kept Janet Carnochan and her contemporaries warm during those winters before thermal socks and heated gloves.

Assistant Curator, Shawna Butts talks about how we can learn about women's history through samplers, using three local examples from the Museum's collection.

October's Blog highlights the formation of the Coloured Corps, or Runchey's Company, a company of Black men raised during the War of 1812 and led by Richard Pierpoint.

Our summer student Tylaan Kalemba explores some of the artifacts and plants in the Museum's courtyard.