Falls Illumination

*Mar 1 - Mar 7, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
*Mar 8 - Mar 31, 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
*Apr 1 - Apr 30, 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

* During March and April, the Falls Illumination will end at midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

May 1 to Aug 13, 9:00 p.m. - Midnight
Aug 14 - Sept 30, 8:30 p.m. - Midnight
Oct 1 - Oct 31, 7:00 p.m. - Midnight
Nov 1 - Nov 6, 6:30 p.m. - Midnight
Nov 7 - Dec 30, 5:00 p.m. - Midnight
Dec 31, 5:00 p.m. - 1 a.m.

NOTE:  Illumination times are approximate and subject to change according to light conditions

Every evening beginning at dusk the Falls are lit in the colours of the rainbow - don't miss the unmatched beauty of the Falls at night!

Illumination of the Falls has been Financed and Operated by The Niagara Falls Illumination Board since 1925.

FALLS ILLUMINATION SCHEDULE

Jan 1 to Jan 5, 5:00 p.m. - Midnight
Jan 6 to Feb 11, 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

** In honour of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, from February 12 - 28, the evening Illumination of the Falls will be extended each night from 6 – 11 p.m. **
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Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum

Plenty of photo-ops are also scattered around the museum from an 18^th Century Spanish Public Humiliation Stock to the world’s tallest man’s Chippendale Chair. Kids of all ages love to engage themselves in Ripley’s Wacky Explorative Room where they are challenged with various curiosities and interactive displays such as the very popular shadow wall.

The museum offers any where from an hour to a days worth of first class entertainment making it a must visit for all visitors to the Niagara Region. After you exit, Ripley’s continues to impress visitors with its Wax Zone where guests are invited to dip their hands in wax to create the perfect personalized souvenir of their visit to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls.

            http://www.ripleysniagara.com

Located on Clifton Hill since 1963, the always growing Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum still holds on to the reputation as Niagara’s best museum. Authentic shrunken heads, the world’s rarest egg and two-headed animals are only the beginning here. Housing an impressive collection of the odd, strange and unbelievable from around the world, the museum showcases over 700 mind boggling exhibits, oddities, curiosities and illusions throughout their extraordinarily themed galleries. Several videos and interactive displays allow for a first hand experience leaving you to decide whether you believe it or not!