Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum

More Than A Museum!

Located at 280 King Street in downtown Port Colborne, the Museum grounds feature a century of heritage buildings, historic gardens, pathways and a covered picnic pavilion. The 1869 Georgian-Revival style Williams Home serves as the main exhibit gallery, interpreting the history of Port Colborne and the  Welland Canal through a variety of ever-changing exhibits. The Village includes a Log Schoolhouse, the Sherk-Troup Log Home, the FW Woods Blacksmith Shop, the Graf Loom and a Carriage House Gift Shop.

The wheelhouse from the Yvon Dupre tugboat, the lifeboat from the SS Hochelaga and the Marine Exhibit Lighthouse form a small marine park within the Museum Village. On display in the Museum’s Heritage Resource Centre is Canada’s Century Car, the 1901 Neff Steam Buggy built by Benton Neff in the Neff Foundry in Humberstone, which is now part of Port Colborne.

 

While at the Museum, don’t forget to visit Arabella’s Tea Room for afternoon tea with hot homemade tea biscuits in a 1915 Edwardian Cottage! Open daily from 2pm to 4pm, June to September. The Museum hosts many events including Arabella’s Pie Social, History Fair and Antique Roadshow the last Sunday in May. Canal Days® at the Museum takes place the August Civic long-weekend and the Grand Old Christmas Festival takes place the first Sunday in December. The Museum, Heritage Village and Gift Shop are open from May to December, 12 noon - 5 pm, daily including holidays; free admission; For more information call 905-834-7604.