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I found a great tour of former residences turned into museums in the City of Hamilton. Their site museumshamilton.com features fabulous virtual tours of their most important historical sites. The site is beautifully done and easy to navigate. At times these virtual tours can be a bit challenging to navigate, not so in this instance. You can navigate with clear arrows directing you to various rooms or via a floor plan if you prefer. You can go upstairs via the staircase or teleport yourself to the next floor. There’s an audio accompanying every room – which is fun unless you go back and forth then the guide doesn’t seem to remember that you’ve been to that room will repeat what was said, you might choose to mute her at that point. For additional information click on the magnifying glasses. The goal of the virtual tours is to distract you and send you virtual traveling from your armchair. I do believe these ought to do it. Enjoy!
Dundurn National Historic Site
Dundurn Castle is a neoclassical mansion completed in 1835. It is a 18,000 square foot 40 room castle. Aftter being purchased by the City of Hamilton it was restored to 1855.
Virtual Tour of Grounds
Virtual Tour of Castle
Whitehern House & Garden
Completed in 1851 this Late Classical house was the home of Thomas McQuesten.
Virtual Tour
Hamilton Military Museum
Formerly a gate house built by Sir Allan MacNab in the late 1830s
Virtual Tour
Children’s Museum
Farmhouse from 1875
Virtual Tour
Fieldcote Park & Museum
Virtual tour Park & Museum
Virtual tour Ancaster Old Town Hall
Museum of Steam & Technology
Historic Pumphouse built circa 1840
Virtual tour
Battlefield Museum Park
Built in 19th century for the Gage family
Virtual tour Park
Virtual tour Gage House
Virtual tour Nash-Jackson House
Griffin House National Historic Site
Built in 1827. Typical four room house owned by Emerals Griffin
Virtual tour
