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The Craigleith Heritage Depot - The Blue Mountains
A Museum and archives, housed in a former railway station built in the 1880s. Collections focus on the cultural hertiage and natural history of the Blue Mountains. It is also a...

Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur
The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) is located amongst the beautiful rolling hills of Mulmur Township. Our purpose-built facility looks like a barn from the outside – but our...

Markham Museum - Markham
Markham Museum offers a unique family and educational experience featuring over 20 historic buildings on 25 acres of parkland. Recently opening one of the first LEED gold standard...

Sombra Museum - Sombra
Sombra Museum's collection is housed in a completely furnished 9 room 1880's Victorian home as well as three attached rooms- Agricultural Tool & Technology Room,...

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...

Community Waterfront Heritage Centre - Owen Sound
The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre (CWHC) is located on Owen Sound’s picturesque harbour at 1155 1st Ave West, in a historic 1932 CN Rail Station, it is the last train...

Callander Bay Heritage Museum & Alex Dufresne Gallery - Callander
“Why is there a barbershop in your museum?” ...because our museum started in a barbershop! In 1979 the town barber, Alex Dufresne, convinced the town council to...
Huronia Museum & Huron Ouendat Village - Midland
Huronia Museum portrays Huron and Ojibwa First Nations history; the marine history of Southern Georgian Bay; the arts and artists of the Georgian Bay Region and the human history...
Oshawa Museum - Oshawa
For over 60 years, the Oshawa Museum (OM) has celebrated our City’s history with engaging events, inspiring exhibits, and an immense collection of archival materials....

Backus-Page House Museum - Wallacetown
Set against the backdrop of Lake Erie's beautiful shoreline, the Backus Page-House is a living history museum, re-creating life in the Talbot Settlement during the middle of...

Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society - Chatham
The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society is a Non-profit Registered Charity, which was founded in 1992 and incorporated in 1994. We are an affiliated society of the Ontario...
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...

Elman W. Campbell Museum - Newmarket
The history of Newmarket from its first settlement to the present day is the focus of this community museum. Items at the site include a model railroad and changing displays....

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...

Stanhope Heritage Discovery Museum - Algonquin Highlands
This community museum is located in the original wood-frame Stanhope Council Chamber built in 1910. Exhibits and displays interpret the local history of the area including early...

First Hussars Museum - London
Museum commemorating and profiling the battle honours, history and conflict involvement from the 1st Hussars Regiment

Aurora Museum & Archives - Aurora
The Aurora Museum & Archives re-opened to the public on June 25th, 2015. Originally started by the Aurora Historical Society, the collection includes over 16,000...

Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum - Coldwater
Coldwater's community museum features artifacts relating to the history of the area from 1850 to 1950. The collection is displayed in a restored log home, built in the 1840s...

Lambton Heritage Museum - Grand Bend
Discover the history of Lambton County at the Lambton Heritage Museum, south of Grand Bend. The museum includes a modern exhibit centre plus a slaughterhouse, blacksmith shop,...

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...

Wellington County Museum and Archives - Fergus
A National Historic Site recognized as Canada's oldest remaining House of Industry. Twelve galleries featuring social, agricultural, native and settlement history of...

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...

Boyd Heritage Museum - Bobcaygeon
Located in the Boyd Lumber Office built in 1889, this community museum explores the history of one of the area's founding families. The Boyd family's influence on the...

Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives - Keswick
Tour this large property that’s home to 17 historic structures! Each houses an exhibit that tells the story of Georgina’s history on the south shore of Lake Simcoe....

Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum - Niagara-on-the-Lake
The most important aspect of the work of the Niagara Historical Society (est. 1895) is the maintenance of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum collection which began in...

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...
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...

R. Tait Mckenzie Memorial Museum - Almonte
Robert Tait McKenzie was one of Canada’s best known artists of his time and is a recognized National Historic Figure. McKenzie’s incredible life as a sculptor, philosopher and...

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...

The County Museums - Picton
People visit and stay in Prince Edward County because of its natural charm, its extraordinary restaurants and wineries, its entrepreneurial spirit, its talented artisitic...

Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum - Sharon
In the Upper Canada of the 1820s, in the Village of Sharon, a small community known as the Children of Peace crafted, with simple tools but consummate skill and artistry, a...

Woodstock Museum N.H.S. - Woodstock
This community museum is housed in the nationally designated 1853 Old Town Hall, featuring a restored council chamber and 1889 concert hall. Changing exhibition programs highlight...

Buxton National Historic Site and Museum - North Buxton
Established as a memorial to the Elgin Settlement of 1849, this museum and adjoining schoolhouse preserve the history of fugitive American slaves who found refuge there. Artifacts...

Heritage House Museum - Smiths Falls
This classically styled Victorian home on the lower level depicts the lifestyle of a prominent mill owner's family living in Smiths Falls in the 1860s. Situated on a...

Oil Museum of Canada - Oil Springs
The Oil Museum of Canada is one of Ontario oldest National Historic Sites, and is home to North America's the first commerical oil well. It tells the story of Canada's...

Toronto's First Post Office - Toronto
Operated by the Town of York Historical Society, Toronto's First Post Office is a museum, National Historic Site, and an authorized full-service dealer for Canada Post.Erected...

Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre (Cobourg Museum Foundation) - Cobourg
The Cobourg Museum Foundation has restored the town's oldest limestone building together with a 19th century workman's cottage and converted them into the Sifton-Cook...

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...

Edinburgh Square Heritage and Cultural Centre - Caledonia
This community museum highlights items of local historic interest from pioneer days until the advent of regional government. The centre presents Victorian teas, music concerts,...
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,...

St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre - St. Catharines
Experience the history of the City of St. Catharines at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre. From pre-contact to the present day, share the stories of those...

Dorset Heritage Museum - Dorset
Dorset Heritage Museum is located in Dorset Ontario at the crossroads of Muskoka & Haliburton featuring museum exhibits of early pioneer life, local settlers, traditional...

North Lanark Regional Museum - Appleton
The North Lanark Regional Museum is owned and operated by the North Lanark Historical Society with the goal of collecting, preserving and displaying the history of Mississippi...

Chatham-Kent Museum - Chatham
For over 60 years, the Chatham-Kent Museum has been selectively acquiring artifacts of local and national significance. Through exhibitions, public programs, educational tours,...

Kingsville Military Museum - Kingsville
Kingsville Military Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the region's history and culture. Exhibitions include military artifacts from all Canadian conflicts and items...

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...

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...

Griffin House - Ancaster
Visit this preserved early 19th century home, set on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful Dundas Valley.Explore the history of Enerals Griffin and other early Black settlers and...