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Cataraqui Cemetery National Historic Site - Kingston

Incorporated in 1850, Cataraqui Cemetery continues as an active burial ground and is the final resting place of many prominent Canadians.  Recognized for its great natural...

Historic Building

Bellevue House National Historic Site of Canada - Kingston

Visit the 1840’s restored house and gardens of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister.  Exhibits in the visitor centre commemorate his life and career, and...

Historic Building

Toronto Railway Museum

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...

Railway Museum | Historic Building

South Dumfries Historical Society Museum and Archives - St. George

The South Dumfries Historical Society was founded in February 2003 to continue the operation of the community’s museum. The museum had been developed by the St. George/South...

Historic Building

Front view McDougall Mill Museum Renfrew

McDougall Mill Museum - Renfrew

The Renfrew and District Historical and Museum Society operates the McDougall MIll Museum. Nestled on the banks of the Bonnechere river by the Swinging Bridge our museum...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Huron Historic Gaol

Huron Historic Gaol - Goderich

The Huron Historic Gaol is a unique and imposing octoganol building which served as the County Jail from its opening in 1841 until 1972 when all inmates were transferred to...

Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Griffin House, National Historic Site, Underground Railroad, Black Heritage Network, Events

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Central Manitoulin Historical Society - Pioneer Museum - Mindemoya

The time period displayed is from the arrival of Caucasian Pioneers to the end of the oxen/horse drawn era. Visit the Welcome Centre displays and stroll through the museum...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre / Wishart Library - Sault Ste Marie

The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) at Algoma University, is a joint initiative with the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association. The history and activities...

Archives | Historic Building

View of Exhibit Hall and Railway route taken from the Cottage

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

McDougall Cottage Historic Site

McDougall Cottage Historic Site - Cambridge

McDougall Cottage Historic Site (ca.1858) is a labourer’s dwelling house, built in a distinctively decorative pattern of hewn granite and limestone blocks. The Cottage is...

Historic Building | Public Gallery

Old Fort Erie - Niagara Falls

Step back into a time of muskets, black powder and grey stone walls. The sights, sounds and smells of a garrison come alive within the walls of this War of 1812 Fort and National...

Historic Building

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....

Sports Museum / Hall of Fame | Historic Building

Dundurn Castle National Historic Site exterior

Hamilton Civic Museums - Hamilton

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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 Museum | Historic Building

Thorold and Beaverdams Historical Society Museum - Thorold

Documentation, photos, maps, artificats related to the history of Thorld/Beaverdams and the immediate area. The museum has a large collection of Thorold newspapers, as well as...

Historic Building | Multidisciplinary Museum

Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre - Capreol

1890 - 1990 Northern Ontario railroad memoribilia, a record of the railroads impact on early settlements of the area. The museum provides a nostalgic look at Northern ontario...

Railway Museum | Historic Building

Woodstock Museum N.H.S.

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Whitehern Historic House & Garden, national Historic Site, Events, Intact, McQuesten, Historic Gardens, Music, Rentals, Weddings, Birthday Parties

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Watson's Mill - Manotick

Built in 1860, this historic stone grist mill is still operational. Located on the Rideau River near Ottawa, the water-powered machinery is used to make stone-ground flour. Daily...

Agricultural Site | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Historic Building | Community Museum

Annandale National Historic Site - Tillsonburg

Nationally designated for its magnificent interior, Annandale House serves as a premier example of the "Aesthetic Art Movement." Popularized by Oscar Wilde, this...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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....

Community Museum | Historic Building

Stanhope Heritage 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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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 "...

Historic Building

Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village - Kingsville

The Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village features over 15 historic buildings with period furnishings dating from 1820 to the late 1920’s including...

Historic Building | Transportation Museum

The Sharon Temple

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...

Historic Building | Community Museum

Ruthven Park National Historic Site - Cayuga

Visit Ruthven Park, a unique historic estate overlooking the Grand River, and experience the mansion and the lifestyle of five generations of the Thompson family.

Historic Building | Conservation Area

Royal Military College and Fort Frederick - Kingston

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...

Historic Building | Military Museum

Ridge House Museum front porch viewed from gate entrance

Ridge House Museum - Ridgetown

Built in 1875, the Ridge House Museum is a typical Gothic revival style home furnished to portray the lifestyle of a middle class family. The Ridge House structure and grounds...

Historic Building

Pump House Steam Museum - Kingston

A fine example of Victorian architecture, Kingston's first water pumping station was enlarged in 1889. The building contains restored cross-compound engines, the steam launch...

Historic Building | Science and Technology Museum

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Port Dover Harbour Museum - Port Dover

"If there were an award for the best small-town museum in Canada, this would surely be a candidate. It's crammed with artifacts from Great Lakes shipping, and has...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives - Penetanguishene

The history of one of Ontario's oldest communities is proudly displayed at the Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives. Visit the 1875 Lumber Office and General Store...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate

Oakville Museum - Oakville

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Norwich and District Museum - Norwich

The rural history of Oxford County and Norwich Township, from the early-19th until the mid-20th century, is the focus of this community museum. The site features a large...

Community Museum | Historic Building

North Bay Museum - North Bay

Focusing on the late 1800s to 1960s, this community museum encompasses a wide range of subject matter, including social history as well as a good representation of working class...

Community Museum | Historic Building

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

A photograph of the Museum of Northern History at the Sir Harry Oakes Chateau

Museum of Northern History - Kirkland Lake

Located at the Sir Harry Oakes Chateau, the museum provides a fascinating glimpse into Kirkland Lake’s past. An ongoing series of exhibits and special shows highlights the...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Museum of Health Care at Kingston - Kingston

Diverse online and onsite exhibits illuminate Canada's fascinating healthcare history, and feature many of the nearly 40,000 artefacts in the Museum's collection - the...

Historic Building | Specialized Collection

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...

Community Museum | Historic Building

log cabin and schoolhouse at Moore Museum

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,...

Community Museum | Historic Building

Montgomery's Inn - Etobicoke

This historic building displays furnishings associated with an 1850 inn in rural Canada West and tells the story of travellers and immigration to Etobicoke. Special events, course...

Historic Building

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