Discover more about St. Catharines' past, check out the digital resources and experiences offered by St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre.
Museum blog
Museum Chat is the official blog of the St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre and features lots of local history information including biographies, our popular Black History Month blog series, and much more. Visit the blog to subscribe find our more about out rich local history.
Museum podcasts
Our first episode of Museum Chat Live! landed in 2016. Since then, the podcast has explored topics including museums and play, Black History in St. Catharines, and local celebrations, and spooky Halloween stories.
Check out episodes of Museum Chat Live!
In 2018, curator Kathleen Powell and visitor services coordinator Adrian Petry launched One Hour in the Past, a rabbit-hole exploration of local history topics where the hosts only have one hour each to complete their research.
Check out episodes of One Hour in the Past
Virtual Museum Lecture Series
Join in on the historical adventures. Through the Virtual Museum Lecture Series museum staff and special guests have presented over 30 lectures on local history topics including the Underground Railroad, the Third Welland Canal, the Coloured Corps, Ontario's racially segregated schools, the Shickluna Shipyard, early court records, horses, and much, much more.
Catch up on past lectures on our YouTube playlist and register for upcoming lectures via the Museum Calendar.
Past lectures are now available in podcast format. Download episodes of VMLS via Podcast wherever you get your podcasts (search stcmuseum podcasts).
Virtual Guided Spirit Walks
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual Guided Spirit Walks and to share the fascinating stories of St. Catharines residents more widely during the summer of 2020, the museum produced a video production featuring scenes and actors from 10 years of tours.
Watch Virtual Guided Spirit Walks
History from Here video series
Public programmer Sara Nixon visits local history sites to bring audiences closer to the history of familiar spaces around the City.
Unboxing History
Like most museums, the majority of the collection is boxed away in storage. Our Unboxing History video series reveals rarely seen objects and shows how they're cared for and packed away in their boxes. Catch the series on YouTube.