Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum - Lucan, Ontario - History Museums on Waymarking.com

While local settlement history is an important topic to be discovered here. The most significant story is that of the "Black Donnellys". Five members of the family were murdered by a vengeful mob. No one was ever convicted.

According to Wikipedia: The Biddulph feud preceded the emigration of the Donnelly family from Ireland and continued for some 17 years after their deaths. However, from about 1857, the Donnelly family was inextricably bound up with the feud. The Biddulph feud had its origins in Ireland, and had begun almost two centuries before the elder James Donnelly's birth. It so happened through an accident of history, that Biddulph Township collected just the right concentration and distribution of Whiteboys, Blackfeet and Orangemen, to cause the feud to be rekindled.

The museum's motto is ‘Remembering Our Past to Establish Our Future’. There is a gift shop on site and a plentiful back lot that contains heritage buildings and agriculture equipment. Escape rooms have recently been added.

Theme: Local history including the story of the Donnelly Family murders - an infamous crime that took place in the late-1800s. Street Address: 171 Main Street, Lucan, Ontario Food Court: no Gift Shop: yes Hours of Operation: Open from May-September Tuesday-Sunday: 11am-4pm Monday: Closed (Open Holiday Monday's) Cost: 5.00 (listed in local currency) Museum Size: Medium Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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