NEILSON STORE MUSEUM

Amherst Island's Neilson Store Museum and Cultural Centre opened its doors in 2004. The Museum highlights Island artifacts from Islanders and their history. Items in the collection include the 1857 Wm. Perceval Manuscript Map, and the M.V. Amherst Islander's ship's wheel, bell, and logs. Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, the Museum building itself is also an exhibit having once been owned by James S. Neilson, an Island grain merchant who opened his first general store in 1873. The store remained in the Neilson family for one hundred years... We continue to receive artifacts for our collection. If you discover family collectibles that you think are valuable and worthwhile documenting, then please consider sharing your family treasures and heirlooms with us and your fellow Islanders. We are accepting artifacts as donations to the Museum, or on a "lending" basis that will be returned to you, after using in our displays. We have books that outline the history of Amherst Island..

Primary location: Stella