The Joseph Schneider Haus Museum and Gallery is a community museum located in downtown Kitchener. The heart of the complex is the Georgian frame farmhouse built by one of the area's first pioneers, Joseph Schneider, a Pennsylvania-German Mennonite. A local landmark and Kitchener's oldest dwelling, the c. 1816 homestead was restored and furnished to period and opened as a living history museum in 1981. Adjacent to the Museum is a modern wing which houses administrative support areas, exhibit ga lleries, programming space, artifact vault and resource library. Among the Museum's stored collections is the prestigious Canadian Harvest Collection of German-Canadian Folk Art which preserves significant artifacts from areas of Germanic settlement across Canada.
Location:
466 Queen Street S., Kitchener Ontario
Telephone
519-742-7752
Other History nearby:
(Brantford) Bell Homestead National Historic Site
(Brantford) Bell Memorial
(Mississauga) Benares Historical House Museum
(Toronto) Black Creek Pioneer Village
(Mississauga) Bradley House Museum
(Brantford) Brant County Museum and Archives
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02/21 Coming to The Kitchener area
Buffalo Greek Fest Buffalo NY May31-June2 Acquaint yourselves with our Greek Orthodox Church. Step into our culture and experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the birthplace of democracy – Greece. Enjoy the Greek food, feel the rhythm of the music, and dance a little!
Scandinavian Folk Festival Gerry NY July19-21 Swedish Food Every Day, Expanded Lecture Program, Feature Length Swedish Movies (with English subtitles), A Celebration of Hans Christian Anderson.
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