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Heritage Lives: Is It Or Is It Not An Aqueduct?

Heritage Lives: Is It Or Is It Not An Aqueduct?

Apr 30, 2025

Guest Post by Terry Hughes via Joe Barkovich (from a reporters notebook)  How often have we said, when travelling to...

Get Your Tickets!  Trivia Night in Support of the Welland Central Fire Hall

Get Your Tickets! Trivia Night in Support of the Welland Central Fire Hall

Mar 23, 2025

Join us for an exciting evening of fun to raise funds to finish renovating our historic fire hall! The event...

Get your tickets to the 43rd Annual Elimination Draw & Dinner

Get your tickets to the 43rd Annual Elimination Draw & Dinner

Mar 16, 2025

Tickets $95 each, includes all-inclusive dinner and draw. Doors open 6pm, dinner 7pm, draw 9pm, bar closes 1/2 hour after...

“Is There a Loyalist in Your Family Tree?”

“Is There a Loyalist in Your Family Tree?”

Feb 7, 2025

The Port Colborne Historical Society will meet at Portal Village Retirement Home on Monday, February 17th at 7pm. Guest speaker...

Trillium Foundation Grant Moves Central Fire Hall Restoration Project Forward

Trillium Foundation Grant Moves Central Fire Hall Restoration Project Forward

Dec 15, 2024

On Thursday, Niagara Centre MPP Jeff Burch met with the Central Station Education Initiative (CSEI) team at the historic Central...

Welland Heritage Council & Multicultural Centre Launches New Website

Welland Heritage Council & Multicultural Centre Launches New Website

Oct 10, 2024

A New Chapter in Empowering Niagara’s Newcomers! We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website! 🌟 Visit...

Guest Post: Places That Were

Guest Post: Places That Were

Sep 26, 2024

Rose Dzugan, at the podium, shares insights about Places That Were with Mary Adelle Patterson, chair of the Welland Heritage...

City of Welland Heritage Advisory Committee Hosts Plaquing Ceremony and Book Launch

City of Welland Heritage Advisory Committee Hosts Plaquing Ceremony and Book Launch

Sep 18, 2024

The City of Welland Heritage Advisory Committee is inviting the community to attend a special event celebrating local history. On...

Discover the Iconic “Why Not Welland?” Promotional Poster from the Late 1980s

Discover the Iconic “Why Not Welland?” Promotional Poster from the Late 1980s

Jul 17, 2024

Visit our digital exhibition, “The Rise and Fall of Blue-Collar Welland,” and immerse yourself in the stories and images that...

Museum Month: Welland Museum Membership Drive May 2024

Museum Month: Welland Museum Membership Drive May 2024

May 1, 2024

May is museum month, meaning it’s the perfect time to reflect on what a membership means to any given museum:...

Celebrate your Birthday at the Welland Museum!

Celebrate your Birthday at the Welland Museum!

Apr 26, 2024

You can customize your very own birthday package, we are sure you’ll have a day full of fun! All birthday...

Niagara Things To Do: Cave Springs Conservation Area

Niagara Things To Do: Cave Springs Conservation Area

Apr 26, 2024

Cave Springs Conservation area in Beamsville is a hidden gem in Niagara. This place has been a wonder for many...

Vote for the Welland Central Fire Hall in the The Next Great Save Competition!

Vote for the Welland Central Fire Hall in the The Next Great Save Competition!

Apr 17, 2024

Preserving Heritage: The Next Great Save Competition Canadians love their historic places and step up when these treasured places are...

Insights Into Our Past: The Rise and Fall of Blue Collar Welland

Insights Into Our Past: The Rise and Fall of Blue Collar Welland

Mar 26, 2024

The industrial roots of Welland are long seeded. With focusing on a few larger industries, we will learn about the...

Introducing the Welland Public Library’s Local History Resources!

Introducing the Welland Public Library’s Local History Resources!

Mar 12, 2024

 Whether you’re a genealogical researcher, academic, or simply curious about Welland’s history, our resources are here to guide your exploration....

Do You Have a Welland Rose? Photo Contest

Do You Have a Welland Rose? Photo Contest

Mar 4, 2024

Welland Rose Festival Photo Contest Submission DetailsWe are thrilled to invite you to participate in the Welland Rose Festival Photo...

Strikes, Spares And Misses: Sports Scribe Laments Demise Of Bowling In The Rose City

Strikes, Spares And Misses: Sports Scribe Laments Demise Of Bowling In The Rose City

Feb 23, 2024

By WAYNE REDSHAW   At one time there were six. That number has now dwindled to one.  And come sometime in...

Tickets on Sale! Black History Event

Tickets on Sale! Black History Event

Jan 30, 2024

Join the Welland Heritage Council for a Black History Event to learn and celebrate Black Excellence while raising money for...

Historical Niagara: The Small Community of Helmsport

Historical Niagara: The Small Community of Helmsport

Sep 20, 2023

Located south of Downtown Welland is an interesting part of the Welland Canal History. The small community of Helmsport (also...

Heritage Lives: Remembering Fitch Street Senior School

Heritage Lives: Remembering Fitch Street Senior School

Sep 13, 2023

Guest Post by Terry Hughes via Joe Barkovich (from a reporters notebook)  It’s Oct. 4, 1957 and Canada was about...

Welland’s Blue Collar History – Photos Needed!

Welland’s Blue Collar History – Photos Needed!

Aug 10, 2023

The Welland Museum is in search of photos from 1990 to today of Welland’s blue collar history! If you have...

Opening the door to learning: Niagara College reconstructs replica doors for Welland Museum

Opening the door to learning: Niagara College reconstructs replica doors for Welland Museum

May 12, 2023

If you drive by the museum in Welland, you might find yourself doing a double take. On May 12, a...

On This Day In Local Sports History: Welland Merchants Win City’s Only OHA Championship

On This Day In Local Sports History: Welland Merchants Win City’s Only OHA Championship

Apr 24, 2023

60 Years Ago Today The Merchants Defeated Bradford Expressmen For The Title Welland Merchants celebrate their prestigious OHA championship./ Supplied...

Heritage Lives – Twilight On East Main Street

Heritage Lives – Twilight On East Main Street

Apr 19, 2023

Guest Post by Terry Hughes via Joe Barkovich (from a reporters notebook)  It’s a beautiful spring night in early June....

Update From Central Station Education Initiative

Update From Central Station Education Initiative

Jan 31, 2023

Much has been accomplished since we successfully obtained a $500,000 Legacy Grant from Canadian Heritage in the spring of 2021...

Mayor Frank Campion’s statement on  Remembrance Day 2022

Mayor Frank Campion’s statement on Remembrance Day 2022

Nov 11, 2022

This page sat blank for quite some time. I was racking my thoughts to develop a new way to share...

Gone But Never Forgotten (A Look At Welland’s Outdoor Murals) Opening Night Reception

Gone But Never Forgotten (A Look At Welland’s Outdoor Murals) Opening Night Reception

Nov 3, 2022

Presented by Welland Creatives Network in partnership with Welland Historical Museum. On Thursday, Nov. 17 (from 7 p.m. to 9...

After consultation with art conservator, Towpath mural is best preserved through digital conservation

After consultation with art conservator, Towpath mural is best preserved through digital conservation

Oct 26, 2022

City of Welland Media Release According to an art conservator consulted on the viability of saving the Towpath mural affixed...

Save The Date: Welland Heritage Council Virtual AGM

Save The Date: Welland Heritage Council Virtual AGM

Sep 28, 2022

Have you registered for our AGM yet?! We look forward to seeing you on October 18th, for our year in...

Welland Museum Membership Drive

Welland Museum Membership Drive

Jul 5, 2022

Did you know that individual, senior and family memberships are on sale until the end of August? Visit the membership...

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