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CANAL REGION - MUSEUMS & HISTORY
Colonel Wm. Bond House
Niagara County Historical Society
143 Ontario Street, Lockport, NY 14094 map
716-434-7433
www.niagaracounty.org
This 1824 National Register house was the first red brick house in Lockport. Home of Col. Wm. Bond and Jesse Hawley. Twelve rooms furnished in pre-Victorian period. Open Monday through Wednesday, June - December from 1 pm - 4 pm or by appointment. Admission.
Das Haus German Heritage Museum
2549 Niagara Road, Wheatfield, NY 14304 map
716-731-9905 / 297-1786
etimm01@aol.com
Open 2-4pm Sundays and by appointment. Mid May-Oct
Erie Canal Discovery Center
24 Church Street, Lockport, NY 14094 map
716-434-7433
www.eriecanaldiscoverycenter.org
A multi-media interactive museum that
will transport you back to the 1820’s and the early days of the Erie
Canal. Open daily from 10 am - 5 pm.
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
180 Thompson Street,
North Tonawanda, NY 14120 map
716-693-1885
www.carrouselmuseum.org
Ride on an original 1916 hand-carved
carrousel and see carrousel artifacts in the
turn-of-the-century museum. It’s for the young and the young at heart.
Seasonal. Admission.
New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35
80 Richmond Ave at Lock 34,
Lockport, NY 14094 map
716-434-3140
Nostalgic black and white photos of the early days are housed in this former
Barge Canal powerhouse. Open daily from 9 am - 5 pm, May 3rd - October 31st.
Free.
Niagara County Historical Society
215 Niagara Street, Lockport, NY 14094 map
716-434-7433
www.niagaracounty.org
This collection of diversified Niagara County
artifacts is housed in six buildings and includes items from the Erie Canal,
pioneer days, the Civil War, farming and more! Open year-round. Closed holidays.
Open Wed.-Sat. 1 pm - 5 pm and 7 days July - August. Admission.
North Tonawanda History Museum
314 Oliver Street
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
(716) 213-0554
www.nthistorymuseum.org
A museum of the rich immigrant heritage of North Tonawanda, known as the “Lumber Capital of the World”, and its role as an important shipping and manufacturing center on the Historic Erie Canal and mighty Niagara River in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Free.
Railroad Museum of the
Niagara Frontier
111 Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 map
716-694-9588
www.nfcnrhs.com
Displays local railroad history and artifacts.
Children can play with wooden train models and operate electric trains. Two
cabooses and two industrial locomotives also on display outside. Open Saturdays
10 am -3 pm, Tuesdays 10 am - 3 pm, from early June to late August. Admission.
