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Heritage & culture

Neilson Store Museum & Cultural Centre

The island’s community museum, archive, cultural centre, and home of the Weasel & Easel.

Neilson Store Museum during Doors Open Ontario
Courtesy of The Back Kitchen

About this listing

The museum preserves and interprets Amherst Island artifacts, documents, family histories, agriculture, maritime life, and community memory inside the restored Neilson Store, built around 1883.

Alongside exhibits, the organization presents Back Room Talks, workshops, tours, the Wooly Bully Races, and other cultural programmes.

At a glance

  • Island history collection
  • Talks, tours and programmes
  • Historic Neilson Store building

Before you visit

Admission is by donation. The Weasel & Easel operates inside the same building.