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Location
Accessibility
Emergency medical support available, nearest hospitals located for visitors
Visitor tip
Book a guided tour with the knowledgeable docents—multiple reviewers specifically praised tour guides like Howard for giving excellent overviews. Tours are included with admission and significantly enhance the experience of understanding North Tonawanda's rich history.
Visitor tip
Take advantage of the museum's Main Street location—after your visit, explore nearby boutiques, restaurants, parks along the Erie Canal, and the movie theatre to make it a full day outing in North Tonawanda.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Location
- 195 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, New York
- Highlights
- Art galleries, historical artifacts, virtual VR gallery tours
- Special Programs
- Assisted tours, guided tours, school field trips
What visitors say
Former bowling alley turned museum. May not look like a lot on the outside, but there's a lot to see. Wonderful docent gave me a private overview of the displays. Price is fair for all you get to see.
So nice to see a gem of North Tonawanda's history (formerly Deluxe Lanes and later, Chez Porkie's) be occupied by such an engaged group of local historians. Hosting events that bring city government and those residents that it's sworn…
Such a delightful little museum! The exhibits are rich and full of both info and artifacts. They also have recreations of an ice cream parlor, schoolhouse room that you can wander in.
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Did You Know?
- The museum is housed in a former bowling alley (formerly Deluxe Lanes and later Chez Porkie's), which has been repurposed by local historians into an engaged community history center
- North Tonawanda is the birthplace of the carousel invention, with the museum featuring exhibits related to this significant industrial heritage
- The museum features recreations of period spaces including an ice cream parlor and schoolhouse room that visitors can walk through
More Family Fun Nearby
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Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
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Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier
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