Niagara History Complex

  • History Center Night

    History Center Night

    Join us for dinner at Lockport’s popular Shamus Restaurant! In addition to savoring Shamus’ famous cuisine, you and your party will enjoy a pleasant table activity featuring Niagara County history!…

  • Women of World War II: On the Front Lines & Home Front

    Women of World War II: On the Front Lines & Home Front

    Join us for an afternoon with Barb Warner Deane, an award-winning author of four published novels and a public speaker on the topic of American women in World War II…

  • The Washington Hunt Law Office

    The Washington Hunt Law Office

    This original 1835 building was moved to the museum grounds in 1955. Formerly located on Market Street in Lockport, the building is restored to a c.1835 law and land office.…

  • The Seven Sutherland Sisters Exhibit

    The Seven Sutherland Sisters Exhibit

    The Seven Sutherland Sisters Exhibit is located in the Kandt House (229 Niagara Street). The Seven Sutherland Sisters was a singing group which included the seven daughters of Fletcher and…

  • Lockport Trades Exhibit

    Lockport Trades Exhibit

    The remainder of the Yates Barn contains exhibits highlighting some trades that were essential for living and working in Niagara County. These trades include blacksmith, cooper, carpenter and cobbler.

  • Lockport Fire Department Exhibit

    Lockport Fire Department Exhibit

    The Yates Barn houses the Lockport Fire Department Exhibit  which contains equipment used in early firefighting in the Lockport area (mid to late 19th century) including leather buckets, two hand…

  • Pioneer Cabin

    Pioneer Cabin

    On the second floor of the Pioneer and Transportation building located at 215 Niagara Street, Lockport, NY, is the recreated Pioneer Cabin. This area is set-up to illustrate what would…

  • Tuscarora Nation rooms

    Tuscarora Nation rooms

    The two Tuscarora Nation rooms present information on the Haudenosaunee, “the People of the Longhouse,” including clans, beadwork, and games. A small-scale diorama illustrates how Indigenous People lived and worked…

  • Civil War Room

    Civil War Room

    The Civil War Room is located on the second floor of the Outwater Home at 215 Niagara Street, Lockport, NY. This room contains photographs and artifacts from the Civil War,…

  • Historic Pantry

    Historic Pantry

    The Historic Pantry is located on the first floor of the Outwater Home at 215 Niagara Street, Lockport, NY. This room has kitchen implements from the late 19th and early…