Exhibits
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.…
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The Penney Gallery
The Penney Gallery is an exhibition gallery located at the Erie Canal Discovery Center, a jewel-in-the-crown of the History Center’s three sites and seven buildings all located within walking distance…
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The Colonel William Bond House History
William Bond was born in 1780 in New Hampshire. As a young man he built and managed a brick store in Keene, NH. He married Nancy Ralston in 1802 and…