Park House Museum

Park House Museum A Community Museum nestled in the beautiful town of historic Amherstburg, Ontario If you are interested in booking a tour, please contact the Park House Museum.
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The Park House is an early example of Pièce sur Pièce log construction and is said to have been built in the 1790s at the mouth of the Rouge River in Detroit. When Detroit was ceded to the United States, the owners decided to dismantle the building and float it down the Detroit River to Amherstburg. Today the Park House is a year round museum catering to the needs of visiting school children, seni

ors and the general public, as well as being an interesting and informative place to visit. Set Programs are available and custom tours can be arranged for special interest groups. Should any visitors have accessibility requirements, and if your comfortable with discussing, please contact our museum, so we can help facilitate your needs for the best experience possible. During the summer month, the pensioner's cottage is open to the public where tinsmithing is demonstrated. Tin sales are open year round and can be purchased in the gift shop or ordered online. Donations are welcome anytime of year and are very helpful to our success. We accept cheques payable to "Park House Museum" , cash, debit, and credit.. Also, we are registered with www.canadahelps.org, so you can make donations online using your credit card. Please contact us if you're interested in volunteering on any of our committees, with programs, events, or have a suggestion... we would love to hear from you.

We would like to thank everyone who attended Art by the River presented by the Gibson Gallery We were so fortunate to at...
08/31/2026

We would like to thank everyone who attended Art by the River presented by the Gibson Gallery
We were so fortunate to attend this year and have such a beautiful spot! Thank you so much to all of our amazing volunteers and tinsmiths for all their hard work this weekend.
The museum will be closed this Wednesday September 2nd to reinventory, reset, and prepare for fall programming!

08/27/2026

SERVICE DISRUPTION:
Please note, the Park House Museum will be closing tomorrow August 28th at 3:00pm to prepare for Art by the River. We will resume regular open hours on August 29th

Reminder: this is the last week of our seasonal exhibit, We Were Always Here A Celebration of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community i...
08/27/2026

Reminder: this is the last week of our seasonal exhibit, We Were Always Here A Celebration of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community in History
The exhibit will be up until this Sunday, August 30th.
This exhibit was created in 2025 to showcase and discuss q***r history both on a national scale and a local scale. Plan your visit today!

Heading to Amherstburg this weekend for Art by the River? Be sure to stop by the Park House's booth and also the Park Ho...
08/26/2026

Heading to Amherstburg this weekend for Art by the River? Be sure to stop by the Park House's booth and also the Park House Museum! We will be at the festival both days selling handmade artisanal tinware, and in addition, visit the museum to see our tinsmiths in action!

As we are always welcoming new visitors, we thought it would be helpful to create an FAQ's list for the Park House Museu...
08/23/2026

As we are always welcoming new visitors, we thought it would be helpful to create an FAQ's list for the Park House Museum!
Want to learn more? Visit the museum in person Wednesday to Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm

Join us this weekend for a special tour experience with our curator, a Story in Four Objects.Did you know that the Park ...
08/22/2026

Join us this weekend for a special tour experience with our curator, a Story in Four Objects.
Did you know that the Park House Museum is one of the oldest homes in our region? As such, it has a fascinating story and has quite literally withstood the test of time. Through the evaluation of four objects we will show you over 250 years of history.
Admission is by donation!
Tour times: August 22nd-23rd 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm

🎃🎃🎃🎃👻👻👻👻 You know, Halloween is only 73 days away, time to start planning your seasonal frights! We are pleased to annou...
08/19/2026

🎃🎃🎃🎃👻👻👻👻 You know, Halloween is only 73 days away, time to start planning your seasonal frights! We are pleased to announce the return of our much loved Candlelit Tours, and of course our delicious mulled cider!

Experience 1: All Hallows Eve Candlelit Tours October 23-24th
Tour the Park House Museum by candlelight and learn all about the history of your favourite fall traditions including the origins of Halloween, and how the Park Family celebrated it.

Experience 2: Lanterns & Legends Candlelit Tours October 30-31st
Explore the Park House Museum by candlelight and learn all about the legends of one of Amherstburg’s most haunted buildings. Over the years, staff often reported strange and unusual occurrences happening at the museum, hearing footsteps while here alone, and even on occasion seeing something. Explore these stories and claims, will we make you a believer?

Pre-registration is required for these experiences, contact the museum today to reserve your spots.

Want to help support an amazing volunteer group in Amherstburg? Consider heading to Fort Malden to help the Friends of F...
08/17/2026

Want to help support an amazing volunteer group in Amherstburg? Consider heading to Fort Malden to help the Friends of Fort Malden!
Oh and while you are there, be sure to stop by the Park House Tinsmiths and purchase some handmade artisinal tinware

Friends of Fort Malden are looking for people or students looking volunteer hours to help with our annual Art by the River BBQ fundraiser. Art by the River will be held at Fort Malden National Historic Site on August 29 and 30.

Friends of Fort Malden is a non profit organization that partnerships with Perks Canada.

Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested wanted to help us with our annual BBQ

Thanks

Mark Feltoe
President of the Friends of Fort Malden

Join us for our second last discovery day tomorrow at 2:00pm! Make peg dolls with us and learn this historic craft. Clot...
08/15/2026

Join us for our second last discovery day tomorrow at 2:00pm! Make peg dolls with us and learn this historic craft. Clothes peg dolls date back to the early 19th century. Emerging shortly after the invention of the springless, split-wooden clothespin, children, frugal families, and soldiers in hospitals transformed the simple, round-headed wooden pegs into homemade toys using fabric scraps, yarn, and thread

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214 Dalhousie Street
Amherstburg, ON
N9V1W4

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