Niagara Falls Museums
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Museums in Niagara Falls, ON, Ontario.
The bizarre and fascinating Guiness Book of World Records is brought to life at this museum. Visitors can marvel at wax figures of the tallest or the fatest man. Or participate in interactive displays, such as rotate a 10,000 lb granite ball that floats on water.
Discover the strange...the bizarre...the unexplained - it's all here under one roof. Visitors can explore the otherworldly wonders through 500 exhibits that include such things as a shrunken head. Visitors can also make models of their own hands in wax.
Situated within the IMAX Theatre, the Daredevil Exhibit is a display of barrels that have been used in attempts to travel over the Falls. Admission to the exhibit is included with an IMAX ticket. Open daily.
Situated in a two-storey attractive limestone building constructed in 1874, the Lundy's Lane Museum today pays hommage to the historical Battle of Lundy's Lane. Other exhibits include a Victorian parlour, an early kitchen and old children's toys. Visitors enjoy this step back in time for a peak at the Niagara region's past life.
A Collection of wedding gowns and tuxes from the 1870's to present. Fashion gowns and accessories from 1830 are dispersed throughout the display with a smattering of our extensive hat collection.
The Willoughby Historical Museum recounts the lifestyle of pioneers through exhibits of the day to day implements of a hundred years ago. There is also a display commemorating the Battle of Chippawa.
The Niagara Railway Museum's goal is to promote the railway heritage of Niagara Falls and the surrounding area. See the last steam engine from the Queenston Chippawa Project, an ex-Ontario Hydro diesel, three boxcars and numerous small pieces of railway equipiment. Displays include items from the past 100 years. The NRM operates 2 yearly Model Railway shows. One on the first Sunday in March, and one on the last Sunday in October at the Optimist Park Hall in Niagara Falls.
Some of history's most dreaded criminals recreated out of wax. From the creepy to the blood curdeling, visitors can see such criminals as Al Capone to Jeffrey Dahmer.









