Museum sights in Niagara Peninsula
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Daredevil Gallery
The most engaging thing around here is the Daredevil Gallery attached to IMAX Niagara. Scratch your head in amazement at the battered collection of barrels and padded bubbles in which people have ridden over the falls (not all of them successfully). There’s also a history of falls ‘funambulism’ (tightrope walking) here.
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Laura Secord Homestead
The demure Laura Secord Homestead celebrates a Canadian heroine who lived here during the War of 1812. She’s famous for booting it nearly 30km to warn the British soldiers of impending attack by the USA – even though she was a US citizen. The rose garden out front was planted by Laura herself.
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Niagara Historical Society Museum
The Niagara Historical Society Museum, south of Simcoe Park, has a vast collection relating to the town’s past, ranging from First Nations artifacts to Loyalist and War of 1812 collectibles (including the prized hat of Major General Sir Isaac Brock).
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Niagara Apothecary
A functional pharmacy until 1964, the Victorian-era apothecary is now a museum fitted with great old cabinets, remedies, jars and old posters advertising snake-oil cures (‘Merchant’s Gargling Oil: a liniment for man and beast!’).
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Mackenzie Printery & Newspaper Museum
This ivy-covered museum was where the esteemed William Lyon Mackenzieonce edited the hell-raising Colonial Advocate. Enthusiastic young staff conduct tours every half-hour.
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Lincoln & Welland Regimental Museum
The Lincoln & Welland Regimental Museum has wonderfully aged displays of Canadian military regalia.
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Tussaud's Wax Works
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Ripley's Believe It or Not
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Guinness World of Records Museum
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