Joseph Brant Museum Transformation

Opening Summer 2019

Joseph Brant Museum Transformation begins with a groundbreaking ceremony, October 2017

A group of First Nations' dancers led the celebration when three levels of government broke ground for the construction to transform Joseph Brant Museum.

The current Joseph Brant Museum is a 1937 replica of the house Mohawk native Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea, built on a 1798 Crown land grant. A modern addition to the museum will be built into the grassy area under the current museum. The expansion by contractor Aquicon Construction, on behalf of the City of Burlington, will add more than 12,000 square feet to its current size. This will allow the Joseph Brant Museum to become a cultural destination and a place to host national exhibitions and the collection of artifacts. The current 5,000-square-foot museum will be expanded to provide barrier-free space for gallery displays, interactive programming, the storage of collections and community outreach.

The new space will meet all the display and security criteria to attract national travelling exhibits. About Joseph Brant Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea, lived from 1742 to 1807. In 1798, the Mohawk and British captain was granted 3,450 acres at the head-of-the-lake (Burlington Bay) by King George the third.

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