stcmuseum podcasts

Museum Chat Live! E1101 - Hearing History: Steam Whistle

Sean jumps into another sonic journey through history with a deep dive into the steam whistle. Find out where this sound originated and what role it has played in the history of St. Catharines.

Museum Chat Live E1011 - A Museum Panel Discussion on Spirit Walks

This episode features an edited recording of a live panel discussion hosted by the Niagara Falls Museum on November 19, 2025. The discussion was all about Spirit Walks and featured representatives from the St. Catharines Museum, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, and the Niagara Falls History Museum.

Museum Chat Live! E1010 - Supercut 3: Primary Sources

Throughout our celebration of season 10 we've put together a few "supercut" episodes looking back at some of our favourite moments and episodes. We revisited the series we put together about the history of the bridges of the Welland Canal, and we revisited the series about the Victorians called Victorian Tweets. On today's last episode of season 10, we bring you a supercut compilation of our favourite instances where we used primary sources on the podcast. Using primary sources in this way is fun because we can voice them by welcoming other staff or volunteers to read out the source for our listeners. Additional enjoyment comes from hearing (rather than reading) the source, almost as if we get to meet the person who wrote the source or experienced the event firsthand. Since bringing history to the public's attention is our core purpose, we do use a lot of primary source material on the blog so we chose our four favourite instances. You can hear more by listening to past episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening! Links to the episodes featured in this episode: E205 Spooky Halloween Episode E310 The Fallen Workers Part 5 E906 Merritt’s Speech at the Turning of the Sod E103 Minnie Phelps and International Women’s Day

Museum Chat Live! E1009 - The Foster Festival's A Niagara Christmas Carol

This podcast episode includes an interview with Foster Festival playwright and actor Jamie Williams and director Emily Oriold. Representing the museum are Visitor Services Coordinator Adrian Petry and Public Programmer Sean Dineley. The group discusses the exciting upcoming production, A Niagara Christmas Carol, which is a reimagining of the classic Charles Dickens tale set around the Welland Canal in the 1840s.

Museum Chat Live! E1008 - Hearing History: Bottle Cap

On this episode of Hearing History, Sean explores the sound of a pry-cap bottle and the history of carbonated beverages in St. Catharines, including breweries and soft drink makers.