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Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum Doors Open Hamilton
Fieldcote was built as a private home. Today, it serves as a cultural heritage centre with emphasis on Ancaster’s local history, the promotion of fine arts and the celebration of natural heritage through beautiful landscaped gardens and walking trails. Discover the stories attached to 31 objects that showcase what makes Ancaster memorable while exploring the exhibit, Stories from the Edge.
- Parking
- Partial wheelchair access
- Washrooms
- Self-guided tours available
Contact info
64 Sulphur Springs RoadAncaster, Ontario
Telephone: 905-648-8144
Email: fieldcote@hamilton.ca
www.hamilton.ca/fieldcote
Architecture
Year built: 1948Building type: Museum
Landscape: Garden, Park, Trail
Dates/hours open
Saturday May 4 – Sunday May 5, 2019Saturday and Sunday:10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Griffin House National Historic Site Doors Open Hamilton
Explore this early-19th-century farm cabin that displays the simple architecture once so common in Upper Canada. Enerals Griffin, an African-American born in Virginia in 1790, journeyed to southern Ontario and established his family farm in the Dundas Valley. Exhibit panels celebrate both the Griffin family and local Black heritage. Paid parking available at the nearby Hermitage. Limited accessible-only parking onsite.
- Partial wheelchair access
- Washrooms
- National Historic Site (Canada)
- Self-guided tours available
- Site has blue and gold provincial plaque
- Site is protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust
Contact info
733 Mineral Springs RoadAncaster, Ontario
Telephone: 905-648-8144
Email: griffinhouse@hamilton.ca
www.hamilton.ca/griffin
Architecture
Year built: 1829Architectural style: Vernacular
Building type: Museum
Dates/hours open
Saturday May 4 – Sunday May 5, 2019Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m to 4 p.m.
Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology Doors Open Hamilton
Tour Hamilton’s first waterworks, discover the featured 3D exhibit, and take a ride on a scale-model train. This museum is the only complete, intact waterworks from the 19th century left in North America, and preserves the oldest surviving Canadian-built 70-ton stationary steam engines. The Italianate architecture features massive stonework, detailed quoin blocks, Romanesque windows and a 46-metre (150-foot) chimney.
- Parking
- Partial wheelchair access
- Washrooms
- National Historic Site (Canada)
- Guided tours available
Contact info
900 Woodward AvenueHamilton, Ontario
Telephone: 905-546-4797
Email: steammuseum@hamilton.ca
www.hamilton.ca/steammuseum
Architecture
Year built: 1859Architect: Thomas Coltrin Keefer
Architectural style: Italianate
Building type: Historical landmark, Museum
Dates/hours open
Saturday May 4 – Sunday May 5, 2019Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.