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CHARITY Museum Commemorates The Three Canadian soldiers of the Great War. Photo PROFILE 100th Anniversary Of The Great War courtesy of Library and Archives Canada. Te Park House Museum is a community Since 1973, the Park House has operated as important that we remember our past. We always museum nestled in the beautiful town of historic a year-round museum catering to the needs of hear that Canada stops at London, but we need to Amherstburg, Ontario at 214 Dalhousie Street. Its visiting school children, seniors, and the general show everyone that Canadian heritage starts with windows overlook the beautiful gardens of the Navy public; it brings the story of Amherstburg and its Windsor and Essex County. ” Yard Park and Bois Blanc Island (Boblo), which people to life through programs and exhibits that Te main foor of the museum is restored to a make the location perfect for a weekend stroll. are created to engage and inspire all who visit. Victorian era residence and includes a functioning Over 200 years of history reside within the hearth kitchen. Te second foor holds the walls of one of Essex County’s earliest examples A few of the artifacts temporary exhibits that change three to fve times of Georgian style architecture. Not only does it displayed in the a year. For this summer, the “Amherstburg and have a gorgeous interior, but it is rooted in a rather “Amherstburg and the the Great War Exhibition,” opened on July 1 and romantic and unusual history. Great War Exhibition.” is a one of a kind interactive exhibit featuring an Te building was originally built in the 1790s at Photo courtesy of indoor trench, bunker, medical quarters, wall of the mouth of the Rouge River in Detroit; however, Stephanie Pouget-Papak. heroes, recruiting station for children, original following the British expulsion from Detroit in uniforms, and artifacts dug from the battlefelds 1796, its Loyalist owners dismantled the building, In 1978, the Park House branched out to of Belgium and France. Te exhibit is open daily towed it down river and reconstructed the building tinsmithing and began producing tinware (made through to Labour Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the shores of Amherstburg. Between 1796 and by volunteers) for sale to the public. Since that date In addition, a WWI weekend event takes place 1839 the building’s primary function was in trade, the business has grown in size and reputation. July 19 and 20, with special activities including shipping, and economics, with connections to the Park House Tinware can be seen in homes, trench cooking, a hospital set-up, and interpreters. Fur Trade and the North West Trading Company. museums, and historic sites all over Canada, “Also, on Sundays in July and August, the Hands It is one of the area’s longest continuously the United States and the United Kingdom. On Heritage program is in full swing, which allows inhabited buildings. It witnessed the signing of “Not only does the museum hold the community the public to participate in new activity each the Jay’s Treaty, the War of 1812, Women’s Right to collection, but it brings the history to life with week,” adds Pouget - Papak. “Te museum is a not- Vote, two World Wars and all in between. costumed interpreters and hands-on experiences,” for-proft organization and there is a reasonable Te building was owed by the Park family for over says Stephanie L. Pouget-Papak, Curator, admission fee.” 100 years, which it served as a residence and Administrator. “Our community has a wonderful Additional hours, information, and programs doctor’s ofce. history that is rich with our unique culture, so it is can be found at ParkHouseMuseum.com. 50 BIZ X MAGAZINE • JULY/AUG 2014 BizX2014JulyAug52.indd 50 2014-07-01 7:54 PM