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48th Highlanders Museum - Toronto
This military museum collects and exhibits the weapons, uniforms, equipment and related items of the 48th Highlanders. Artifacts at the museum date from the Regiments founding in...
Canadian Museum of Nature - Ottawa
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all...
Beachville District Museum - Beachville
Local history museum with over 15,000 artifacts related to the village of Beachville, the township of south-west oxford and Zorra township. Includes historic main building dating...
Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site - Sault Ste. Marie
The Ermatinger•Clergue National Historic Site offers a year-round cultural attraction for residents and visitors to Sault Ste. Marie. The Site consists of an interactive...
Miller Museum of Geology - Kingston
This natural science museum features an international mineral collection which dates from the 1890s to the present. The museum offers earth science educational programs for school...
Sculptors Society of Canada / Canadian Sculpture Centre - Toronto
The Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) is solely dedicated to the education, promotion and exhibition of contemporary Canadian sculpture. Founded by some of the most prestigious...
The Friends of Algonquin Park - Whitney
The Algonquin Logging Museum is a major interpretive museum where the exhibits are along an easy 1.3 km loop trail which leads you through the story of Algonquin Park logging from...
Park House Museum - Amherstburg
This community museum has what is believed to be the earliest surviving building on either side of the Detroit River. The French frame log structure was built in the 1790...
Nelles Manor Museum - Grimsby
Nelles Manor Museum is a hidden gem in the cultural and heritage landscape of Niagara.Nelles Manor Museum celebrated its grand opening in 2016. The Manor was built between 1788...
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum - Kitchener
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is the largest community museum complex in Ontario, encompassing a museum, heritage village, hall of fame, and curatorial centre. We are open...
Lang Pioneer Village Museum - Keene
At Lang Pioneer Village Museum, each day history to brought to life. Throughout the village, costumed interpreters will introduce you to the people, trades and events that have...
Proctor House Museum - Brighton
The life of an area "Gentleman" and his family in the mid-1800s is interpreted at this community home museum. Located in a restored mansion circa 1869, the museum...
Carlton Place & Beckwith Heritage Museum - Carleton Place
This community museum, located in the original Town Hall of 1872, has a collection focusing on Carleton Place and Beckwith Township from 1818 to the present. Areas of study...
Wilmot Heritage Fire Brigades - Baden
The Wilmot Township's Firefighting Museum's goal is to restore, maintain and preserve historical firefighting vehicles, equipment and documents and to promote and educate...
Thousand Islands Boat Museum - Gananoque
Located on the waterfront in Gananoque, Ontario, The Thousand Islands Boat Museum (TIBM) is a hands-on Museum where history becomes something that can be touched, built and...
Canadian War Museum - Ottawa
The iconic Canadian War Museum is a must-see destination for anyone interested in the cost of conflict and humankind’s enduring desire for peace. The Museum, which ranked...
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...
House of Commons - Curatorial Services - Ottawa
The House of Commons Heritage Collection features objects ranging from sculpture and furniture to official portraits and historical paintings. Most of the objects in this...
Thunder Bay Museum - Thunder Bay
This museum and archives focuses on the development of Northwestern Ontario from pre-settlement to the present. Artifacts from First Nations peoples, the development of the...
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....
Brant Museum & Archives - Brantford
Under the umbrella of the Brant Historical Society, this community museum and archives features artefacts, documents and photographs relating to the County of Brant, Brantford,...
Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery - Sarnia
The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery is a public art gallery located in downtown Sarnia, Ontario. Admission is always free. With more than 200 members, over 1,100 works of...
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...
Colborne Lodge - Toronto
This 1866 mansion, situated on two and a half hectares of extensively restored grounds and gardens, features original furnishings and fine art. Visitors can enjoy an "...
King Township Museum - King City
The King Township Museum; operated by the Township of King through Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is a place to preserve, interpret and discover this history of King...
Station Gallery - Whitby
A vibrant, community arts and culture centre offering a variety of exhibitions and arts education programs.
Assiginack Museum and Heritage Park - Manitowaning
This community and marine museum is located in a stone and wood building from the 1870s to 1880s period situated in a historic park. The collection contains artifacts from the...
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...
Kingston Municipal Museums - Kingston
The story of Canada told through wood and woodworking is explored at this museum, which features woodworking tools, along with tools related to other early Canadian trades....
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - Toronto
Explore the world at the Royal Ontario Museum, in the heart of Toronto. Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, the ROM showcases a variety of family...
Museum Windsor - Windsor
Housed in the historic François Baby House, this community museum focuses on the history of French, British, First Nations, Black and other cultural groups in the City of Windsor...
Fort Erie Railway Museum - Fort Erie
Visit the two Railway Stations, the Steam Locomotive 6218, Caboose, and gift shop as you discover the history of rail travel in Fort Erie.Fort Erie Museum Services operates the...
Cottonwood Mansion Museum - Selkirk
Cottonwood is an Italianate-style red brick mansion built c. 1870 by William Holmes Jr., as a private residence. Come and explore the 1870’s historic mansion, immerse...
Schneider Haus National Historic Site - Kitchener
Schneider Haus National historic site is a vibrant community space nestled in the heart of downtown Kitchener. The site features the historic house museum and galleries. Visitors...
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...
Tweed and Area Heritage Centre - Tweed
This museum interprets the history of Tweed and the townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon, Elzevir and Grimsthorpe and the surrounding areas. The site's collection dates from...
Ottawa Museum Network - Ottawa
The Ottawa Museum Network offers you a chance to experience Ottawa's history up close. Get the whole Ottawa story by visiting our eleven community museums. They're...
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.
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...
Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association - Milton
This operating antique electric streetcar and transit museum features vehicles from 1893 to the present. A 1912 Grand Trunk station from Rockwood, Ontario is also located on the...
Nipissing Township Museum - Nipissing
Nipissing's community museum is located in a historic log church and holds a collection of area artifacts dating from 1864 to the 1940s. Themes of home, school and church...
Goulbourn Museum - Stittsville
This community museum is located in the old Goulbourn Town Hall, built in 1872. Exhibits chronicle Goulbourn's military and pioneer heritage from 1818 to the modern era....
First Hussars Museum - London
Museum commemorating and profiling the battle honours, history and conflict involvement from the 1st Hussars Regiment
Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site - Gravenhurst
Visit the birthplace of the most famous Canadian in the world, Dr. Norman Bethune. His enduring fame in China has helped to shape Canada's reputation as a humanitarian nation...
Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum - Ancaster
Fieldcote is a cultural heritage centre with an emphasis on the collection, preservation and exhibition of local history, the promotion of fine arts and the celebration of natural...
Murney Tower National Historic Site - Kingston
Operated by the Kingston Historical Society, this National Historic Site examines the history of how Martello Towers were used as defensive sites. Visitors can also learn about...
Ska-Nah-Doht Village and Museum - Mount Brydges
Located in 155 acres of Longwoods Road Conservation Area, this site features an artifact collection drawn from local archaeological excavations of the pre-contact period from 800...