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Art Museum at the University of Toronto - Toronto
The Art Museum at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary arts hub that offers new encounters with diverse artistic and cultural perspectives. Comprising two galleries...
Rainy River District Women's Institute Museum - Emo
The site's collection includes pioneer artifacts relating to the settlers in the Rainy River District. Special events include a "Celebration of Heritage Day" the...
Muskoka Heritage Place - Museum, Village & Train - Huntsville
Muskoka Heritage Place - Museum, Village & Train Historic museum, with pioneer village and operational train on site. Museum open year round. Site open May long weekend to...
Joseph Brant Museum - Burlington
Joseph Brant Museum is Burlington’s community museum. With the replica of the original homestead of Joseph Brant ‘Thayendanegea’ (1742-1807), serving as a...
Fanshawe Pioneer Village - London
Spend a 19th century day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village. Beginning with an early log home and barn representative of the first home of Tipperary Irish settlers, visitors can...
Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village - Pembroke
This community museum and archives covers a wide variety of interests including early fossils, social history, community artifacts, archives and genealogical resources. The...
Aurora Historical Society and Hillary House National Historic Site - Aurora
Built in 1862, Hillary House is recognized by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board as one of Canada’s best examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It contains a...
Kingston City Hall National Historic Site of Canada - Kingston
Take a free guided tour of magnificent Kingston City Hall, built in 1841-43 when Kingston was the first capital of Canada.
York Museum - Ville de York
This community museum collects artifacts and ephemera with a geographical focus on the City of York. Contact the site for information on current activities.
Museum of Atikokan - Atikokan
Situated on the winding Atikokan River, the Museum of Atikokan and the Historical Park exhibits the unique history of the area. Featuring local history exhibits, regional rock...
Woodstock Art Gallery - Woodstock
The Woodstock Art Gallery is Oxford County's largest municipal public gallery with a permanent collection of over 1500 works. The gallery celebrates the talent of local,...
The Bata Shoe Museum - Toronto
Discover the treasures of North America’s charming and surprising shoe museum in Toronto, Canada. A remarkable collection of footwear from around the globe with over 4,500...
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives - Toronto
This military museum for Canada's olderst continuously serving infantry regiment, is located on the third floor of Casa Loma, the former grand estate of Major General...
Bradley Museum - Mississauga
The two-acre Bradley Museum is located on the edge of Lake Ontario, nestled in a 70-year old maple grove. The site has accessible nature trails, connects to the Waterfront Bike...
Ireland House Museum - Burlington
Built between 1835-1837, Ireland House at Oakridge Farm was the home of Joseph Ireland, one of Burlington's earliest settlers. Emigrating from Bowes, Yorkshire, England in...
Norfolk County Archives - Simcoe
Norfolk County Archives is the archival centre for genealogical and local history research in Norfolk County. Our goal is to preserve and make accessible Norfolk County’s...
Castle Kilbride National Historic Site - Baden
The height of extravagance in the heart of the country. Castle Kilbride is the 1877 Italianate home of James Livingston, Canada’s “Flax Mill King.”...
Art Gallery of Mississauga - Mississauga
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Mall. The...
Union Gallery, Queen's University - Kingston
Features exhibitions from Queen’s Fine Art students as well as professional artists.
Ridgeway Battlefield Site - Ridgeway
June 1, 1866, the Fenians attacked Canada at the Battle of Ridgeway. This Battle provided additional impetus for the provinces to join Confederation and to begin development of a...
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - St. Marys
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Marys, Ontario is located on a 32 acre site that contains four baseball fields, walking trails and a wonderful museum....
Whitehern Historic House & Garden - Hamilton
Discover one of the finest examples of an intact historic home in Canada. Three generations of the McQuesten family lived at Whitehern from 1852 until 1968. Among the last...
Shevchenko Museum - Toronto
The Shevchenko Museum was founded by the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians in 1952, for the purpose of popularizing the life and work of the Bard of Ukraine, and the...
Princess of Wales' Own Regiment Military Museum - Kingston
This military museum is dedicated to the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (pwor) and its antecedents, from 1863. The museum focuses on three organizations of militias and on...
Musée Sturgeon River House Museum - Sturgeon Falls
Situated on the site of a Hudson's Bay trading post which dates between 1848 and 1879, this museum displays pioneer artifacts from the region, a trapper's collection and...
Hutchison House Museum - Peterborough
Located in a historic 1837 stone building, this museum is restored to reflect the family life of Dr. John Hutchison from 1837 to 1847. Dr. Hutchison was an early resident...
Erland Lee Museum Home - Stoney Creek
James Lee brought his Loyalist family to Saltfleet Township, Upper Canada, in 1792. John Lee, the eldest son, first constructed the Lee home in 1808 after receiving land from his...
Canadian Sculpture Centre - Toronto
The CSC showcases the Sculptors Society of Canada - a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Canadian sculpture. Themed exhibitions of members'...
Spadina Museum: Historic House and Gardens - Toronto
Evolving from a Victorian country estate to an Edwardian city mansion, Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens chronicles four generations of the wealthy Austin family. Enjoy...
Toronto Railway Museum - Toronto
The Toronto Railway Museum is dedicated to preserving the physical legacy, history and experience of rail transportation in Toronto and Ontario. The museum encompasses...
Ontario Regiment Museum - Oshawa
This military museum focuses on artifacts and vehicles related to the Ontario Regiment and the City of Oshawa. Visitors to the museum can view a 1944, 38-ton Sherman tank; an Anti...
Sudbury Region Police Museum - Sudbury
The Police Museum is a new venture that is coordinated by a group of Volunteers. Through the use of artifacts, photographs and documents, the museum displays the origins, growth...
Westfield Heritage Village Conservation Area - Rockton
Westfield is situated within an ecologically significant 204-hectare (503 acre) property containing an historic area, woodlands, teaching forest, meadows and trails. The historic...
Stratford Perth Museum - Stratford
The Stratford-Perth Museum is a community museum which is dedicated to celebrating our areas rich cultural heritage. The collection includes agricultural, domestic, industrial...
Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum - Port Colborne
Port Colborne Historical and Marine MuseumHistorical and marine artifacts from Port Colborne's past are on display at this community museum. The collection includes a...
Moore Museum - Mooretown
Explore the life of the past in our heritage community, which includes a one-room schoolhouse, historic church, blacksmith shop, log cabin, Victorian cottage, railroad station,...
Huron County Museum - Goderich
The Huron County Museum is home to historical and cultural exhibitions, both temporary and permanent. Thousands of artifacts illustrate the history of both our rural and...
Elman W. Campbell Museum - Newmarket
The Elman W. Campbell Museum acknowledges that we are situated on the traditional territories of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe peoples and the treaty land of...
Canadian Museum of History - Gatineau
For one of the most rewarding museum experiences in the National Capital Region, don’t miss the Canadian Museum of History. Designed by Indigenous architect Douglas Cardinal...
Agnes Etherington Art Centre - Kingston
Agnes Etherington Art Centre is a research‐intensive art museum located on the historic campus of Queen’s University. It illuminates the great artistic traditions of the...
Aga Khan Museum - Toronto
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada offers visitors a window into worlds unknown or unfamiliar: the artistic, intellectual, and scientific heritage of Muslim civilizations...
Lucan Area Heritage and Donnelly Museum - Lucan
Of the original seven hotels of Lucan's early days, the Central Hotel is likely the oldest, dating back to around 1860 when it was built by Bob Mclean.
1000 Islands History Museum - Gananoque
The Museum provides the visitor with an inviting setting to reflect on the history of the area. The building is reminiscent of the original islands cottages and fabulous hotels...
Welland Historical Museum - Welland
This community museum features the history of Welland and the surrounding area, the building of the Welland canal and aqueduct, local industry and cultural diversity. The Just 4...
St. Marys Museum - St. Marys
This historic building houses artifacts relating to the history of the community from its earliest settlement. The site features changing exhibits and programs and an archival...
Peterborough Museum & Archives - Peterborough
Preserving and celebrating the collective memories of our community stories, images & traces of the people and the land. Permanent Exhibits tell the story of Peterborough...
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum - Almonte
The museum is located in the former annex of the Rosamond Woolen Company Complex, a National Historic Site of Canada. Built in 1866, the mill was at one time the largest woolen...
Fort York - Toronto
Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings is on view at Historic Fort York. This national historic site is the location of the founding of Toronto in 1793...
Elgin County Heritage Centre - St. Thomas
A local history collection focusing on Elgin County is featured at this community museum. Research facilities are also available. A variety of workshops are offered; for a...
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy - Toronto
The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy is a membership-based organization that works with charities, governments and corporations to advance the role and interests of the charitable...