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Between June 9 and 14, the 35 heritage sites and Peace Gardens involved in 2012 Doors Open will be offering a variety of special exhibits, lectures, tours and programs, and from Friday, June 15 to Sunday, June 17, they will offer free entry to all visitors to these sites during the Doors Open weekend.  For complete details, go to doorsopenniagara.com.

Doors Open Niagara & Peace Garden Sites – Open Free June 15 to 17

U.S. Sites:

1. The Benjamin Long Homestead
2. Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and Peace Garden
3. Colonel William Bond-Jesse Hawley House
4. Connecticut Street Armory NY National Guard
5. Das Haus Heritage Museum
6. Erie Canal Discovery Center and Penny Gallery
7. Hull Family Home & Farmstead and Peace Garden
8. Lehigh Valley Historic Site
9. Lewiston Peace Garden
10. Market Arcade
11. McClew Interpretive Center at Murphy Orchards
12. Niagara County Historical Society Campus: Out water Building (1863), Washington Hunt Law Office (1835), Kandt House (1880) and Pioneer Building (1899)
13. North Tonawanda History Museum’s The Lumber City History Center
14. St Anthony of Padua Church
15. Saint Adalbert Basilica
16. The Mansion on Delaware
17. Town of Porter Historical Museum –Youngstown Red Brick School
18. Youngstown Peace Garden

Canadian Sites:

1. Fort Erie Historical Museum
2. Niagara Historical Society & Museum
3. Willoughby Historical Museum
4. St. George’s Anglican Church
5. St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canal Centre
6. Jordan Historical Museum
7. The Fry House
8. 3800 Main St, Jordan
9. Niagara Apothecary Museum
10. Morningstar Mill
11. Holy Trinity Anglican Church
12. RiverBrink Art Museum
13. Grimsby Bicentennial Peace Garden
14. Grimsby Museum
15. Battleground Hotel Museum
16. Niagara Bruce Trail Association
17. Willoughby Community Centre

Other Binational Heritage Peace Gardens Launching in 2012

1. May 27 – Victor, NY
2. June 1 – Burt, NY
3. June 15 – Leamington, ON, Niagara University, NY
4. June 16 – Sacket’s Harbor, NY
5. June 21 – Tecumseh, ON
6. June 22 – Thamesville, ON
7. June 29 – Youngstown, NY
8. July 1 – Fort Erie, ON
9. July 4 – St. Marys, GA
10. July 19 – Windsor, ON
11. July 20 – Colchester, ON
12. July 22 – Lancaster, NY
13. Aug 9 – Reif Winery, NOTL, ON
14. Aug 26 – Black Rock, Buffalo, NY
15. Sept 1 – Winery, Colchester, ON
16. Sept 8 – Olde Sandwich Towne, Windsor, ON
17. Oct 13 – Amherstburg, ON