Permanent Exhibitions

Myrtleville House

Constructed in 1837, this ten room Georgian homestead was home to Allen and Eliza Good, who had emigrated from Ireland with their three children.  The family would grow to include ten children and for the next 140 years, Murtleville House would continue to be home to four consecutive generations of the family.  Throughout these years the family would be renowned for their contributions to Canadian farming, education and public life.

In the 1850s the Good farm encompassed approximately 600 acres.  Today, Myrtleville House Museum is situated on 5 1/2 acres surrounded by the growing city of Brantford.  Visitors can view the family's extensive furnishings, early agricultural and woodworking tools, and family hierlooms, some of which date back to the 1700s.  The property also includes gardens, a workshop with a blacksmith forge, and a reconstructed ice house, smoke house and back oven.