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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...

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...

Take a free guided tour of magnificent Kingston City Hall, built in 1841-43 when Kingston was the first capital of Canada.

This heritage village is located on the site of an early farmstead within Backus Heritage Conservation Area. The site features 15 historic buildings, including the 1798 John C....

An impressive reconstruction of the 1873 train station, the Museum overlooks beautiful Georgian Bay. We preserve the history of Collingwood and area, feature exhibits showcasing...

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...

This museum and archives collects items about Lithuanian-Canadians: documents (including many pertaining to immigration), photographs, ephemera, art, maps, medals, coins, uniforms...

Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate is a four-acre estate home and gardens set on the shores of Lake Ontario in Oakville's first Heritage District, owned and operated through...

This community museum focuses on the history of Simcoe County and features Huron and other Native artifacts, 16 outdoor historic buildings and a Victorian wing. Interpretive...

What was it really like to live and work in the 1860s? Travel back in time to one of Canada's largest living-history sites and experience Village Life!Touring Upper Canada...

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.

The Toronto Railway Museum is dedicated to preserving the physical legacy, history and experience of rail transportation in Toronto and Ontario. The museum encompasses...

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...

This community museum and archives covers a wide variety of interests including early fossils, social history, community artifacts, archives and genealogical resources. The...

Located in the former Bertie Township Hall, Fort Erie Historical Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of local history from Fort Erie to Stevensville to...

The Muse is made up of the multi award-winning Lake of the Woods Museum and the Douglas Family Art Centre (opened in 2019) which are located in the City of Kenora, Ontario, the...

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...

The Scugog Shores Museum Village & Archives mission is to preserve, research, interpret and exhibit artifacts that illustrate the cultural and natural history of the Township...

Our Comber and District Historical Society Museum illustrates the agricultural history of the area, through displays of early farm tools, equipment and machinery. The daily lives...

Discover… Real People. Real Stories. Real Adventure! Hamilton Civic Museums provide hours of entertainment for you and your family. Explore five National Historic Sites, a...

Our museum site consists of the National Leaskdale Manse where Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, lived and wrote for 15 years from 1911 to 1926. Here she wrote...

The Canadian Language Museum was established in 2011 to promote an appreciation of all of the languages spoken in Canada and of their role in the development of this nation. Few...

At iArtS Museum, we believe that art is not only meant to be viewed, but also experienced. Our interactive and immersive exhibits are designed to spark the imagination and...

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...

A visit to the John R. Park Homestead Conservation Area will take you back in time to the 1850s. The house and farm buildings of John and Amelia Park are restored to bring the...

Dedicated to preserving the technological history of the television receiver, this museum has a specialized collection of British and North American TV receivers and related items...

Housed in the 1846 Fort Frederick Martello Tower, this museum features displays relating to the military history of the site, which was a naval dockyard and garrison between 1789...

Timber Village Museum is located at the Marine Park, formerly the site of one of North America's largest white pine sawmills. TVM includes a Gift shop, Art Gallery, Museum,...

The Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) program is both an academic and a professional program. It aims to provide students with: Comprehensive knowledge of the functions of museums...

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...

The Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay is a volunteer-based, not for profit organization dedicated to the collecting, preservation and display of transportation artifacts and...

This hands-on interactive museum is located in the original Ontario Provincial Air Service hangar built in1924. The museum displays a variety of bush planes and water bombers as...

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...

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...

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...

A diverse range of textual, architectural, sound and moving image records are held at this university archives. Visitors can access the mainly Canadian collection of business and...

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre is located in a heritage limestone building built in 1848, and takes its name from the advertising of the original tenants - the City of Kingston...

The museum has the largest collection of antique radio and broadcast equipment in Canada. The collection spans the period of 1850 to 1950 and is located in a modern 4,000 square...

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...

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...

VisionThe City of Waterloo Museum is a vibrant heritage portal where residents and visitors personally connect with Waterloo's past, building shared experiences and enhancing...

The collection at this community museum ranges from items of Bruce County and local interest to collections of international significance. Subjects include marine, military,...

Dundurn CastleDiscover this 40-room Italianate-style villa built in the 1830s on Burlington Heights; the former site of a fortified military encampment established by the British...

Witness the social and mechanical life of Canada’s early industrial revolution. Housed in a 150-year-old Waterworks, this National Historic Site preserves two 70-ton steam...

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...

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...

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...