Welcome Center
Free to borrow!
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Welcome Center at Niagara Falls State Park is now open
The 28,000-square-foot Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Welcome Center features glass walls and a low roof to maximize views and connections to the Falls. It includes new ticketing and information desks, new concession spaces, restrooms and associated support spaces, a rooftop PV array, special patterned glass to prevent bird impacts, green roof elements and a separate restroom building. Enhanced site amenities include new accessible paths, native plantings and wayfinding elements.
Future Additions
The final phase of the project (to be completed at a later date) will feature interpretive museum space including an immersive experience and exhibits highlighting a diversity of topics such as natural, industrial and Indigenous American history, as well as outdoor exhibits and interpretive signage.
About the Welcome Center
The building was designed by GWWO Architects of Baltimore and built by RP Oakhill Building Company of Buffalo. Other contributors to the building include The LiRo Group, TYLin, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels, Fisher Associates Landscape Architecture Studio and Haley Sharpe Design of the UK and Toronto. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation contributed $8 million toward this project and as a result is named in his honor. Wilson was the owner of the Buffalo Bills and a co-founder of the American Football League.
Hours
Schedule subject to change.
| Dates | Times |
| January 2 – April 30 | 8am – 4pm |
| May 1 – May 21 | 8am – 6pm |
| May 22 – May 24 (Memorial Day Weekend) | 8am – 9pm |
| May 25 – June 19 | 8am – 6pm (Sunday-Friday) 8am-8pm (Saturday) |
| June 20 – July 2 | 8am – 8pm (Sunday-Thursday) 8am – 9pm (Friday-Saturday) |
| July 3 – July 5 (Independence Day Weekend) | 8am – 9pm |
| July 6 – September 3 | 8am – 8pm (Sunday-Thursday) 8am – 9pm (Friday-Saturday) |
| September 4 – September 6 (Labor Day Weekend) | 8am – 9pm |
| September 7 – October 9 | 8am – 6pm |
| October 10 – October 11 (Indigenous Day Weekend) | 8am – 6pm |
| October 12 – November 25 | 8am – 4pm |
| November 26 (Thanksgiving) | Closed |
| November 27 – December 23 | 8am – 4pm |
| December 24 (Christmas Eve) | 8am – 3pm |
| December 25 (Christmas Day) | Closed |
| December 26 – December 31 | 8am – 4pm |
| January 1, 2027 (New Years Day) | Closed |
| January 2, 2027 – March 31, 2027 | 8am – 4pm |
| Shops of Niagara | Daily: 9am – 4pm |
| Tastes of Niagara | Daily: 10am – 4pm |
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