Specialty:
"Bell Homestead National Historic Site is also called Melville House, where scientist Alexander Graham Bell conducted his earliest experiments and invented the telephone. The site is approximately 4 hectares and has been primarily restored to its original appearance. The Henderson Home building was added to the Homestead and named a National Historic Site in 1996. The Site offers various activities and special events year-round, including tours, a cafe, a museum store, educational trips, day camps, birthday parties, drop-in activities, rentals, and more. Bell Homestead has an eclectic collection of the earliest Bell family artifacts, with three historical buildings. Free admission is offered to the museum for those who hold memberships. They conduct live performances.
2026 Highlights: The property displays a comprehensive progression of telecommunications history, housing working models and rare telephone designs spanning from 1877 through the late 20th century inside Canada's very first phone company business office."








