• Watercolour Pigment Making & Painting Workshop

    A unique heritage workshop blending art with nature.

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  • We're Open!

    Discover close to 240 years of rural Niagara history at The Brown Homestead.

    Open Thursdays - Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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  • Built to Last

    A Conversation on Building Deconstruction and Material Reuse

    Thursday, June 19, 7 - 9 p.m.

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  • Reconciliation Action Plan

    With the guidance of the TRC’s findings and 94 Calls to Action, we embrace our responsibility to integrate these policy recommendations into our daily practices.

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  • Mapping The Brown Homestead

    This interactive exhibit will guide you on a journey through the past by illustrating the changing layers and cultural landscape of The Brown Homestead over time.

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“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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My Volunteer Experience
My Volunteer Experience

“The time donated to worthy causes by volunteerism is the back-bone of many organizations and non-profits in our western world. It’s keeping the doors open.” says volunteer Maria Laws. This National Volunteer Week, follow Maria’s journey so far to see how she has contributed to The Brown Homestead’s vision, and what it has meant for her personally.

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Tornado in Niagara
Tornado in Niagara

On the afternoon of July 1st, 1792, a tornado ripped through the Niagara Region…

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Join the Conversation
Join the Conversation
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This National Indigenous History Month, we revisit The Kanesatake Resistance, or Oka Crisis - a defining historic moment with an enduring legacy in Canada’s challenged relationships with Indigenous peoples. Mohawk writer & director Tracey Deer speaks to her experience as a 12 year old girl in the summer of 1990, and how it helped shape her powerful, and personal, 2021 Canadian Screen Award winning film, Beans.

Our Journey

John Turney and his family settled next to the Brown's in the 1780s, making them neighbours. Keeping with tradition, the Turney's chose a location at the edge of higher ground overlooking Twelve Mile Creek for their family cemetery. But, overtime, t
Only a few spots left! 🎨 Make your own watercolour paints derived from natural pigments and salvaged construction materials and experience a guided painting lesson where you’ll get a chance to depict our historic Dairy outbuilding. Pigment-
🌿 In celebration of National Indigenous History Month, gather with us @ The Homestead to learn about traditional Indigenous medicines. Led by Indigenous leaders, Jackie Labonte and Marie Louise, participants will learn the uses and benefits of plan