The Brown Homestead worked with an undergraduate digital humanities class at Brock University to develop a Mixed Reality app that digitally overlays the many layers of historic wallpapers uncovered in the John Brown House Ballroom back onto its physical walls. Learn about the process designing and developing the interactive app, and explore how digital tools like Augmented and Virtual Reality can enhance visitor experience and learning in museums and historic sites.

“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.

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