List of museums in Ontario

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This list of museums in Ontario, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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See also List of museums in Ottawa for museums in the city of Ottawa.
See also List of museums in Toronto for museums in the city of Toronto.

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NameLocationCensus DivisionRegionTypeSummaryWebsite
1000 Islands History Museum (Arthur Child Heritage Museum) Gananoque Leeds and GrenvilleEasternMultipleArea cultural and natural history, including 1000 Islands ecosystem, First Nations and early settlers, military and tourism exhibits, impact of the St. Lawrence River
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead St. George County of Brant Golden Horseshoe Historic housemid-19th century childhood farm home of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, founder of the Women's Institute
Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston Frontenac County Eastern ArtOperated by Queen's University, includes Canadian, European, Inuit and African art, decorative arts
Algonquin Provincial Park Whitney Nipissing District Northeastern MultipleIncludes the visitor center with exhibits about the area's natural and cultural history, and a logging museum
Alix Art Gallery Sarnia Lambton CountySouthwesternArtincludes paintings by the Group of Seven, contemporary and historically significant Canadian visual art and visual culture
Allan Macpherson House Napanee Lennox and Addington County EasternHistoric housec.1830 period house, Georgian architecture built by Napanee's first postmaster and a prominent local figure, operated by the Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives
Ameliasburgh Historical Museum Ameliasburgh Prince Edward County Central Open aircomplex of buildings and exhibits around a church built c.1868
Amherstburg Freedom Museum Amherstburg Essex CountySouthwesternAfrican AmericanFocus on the Underground Railroad, black history in Canada, includes 19th-century church and log cabin
Anderson Farm Museum Lively Greater Sudbury NortheasternAgricultureOperated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, historic 1920s period farmhouse, barn and milk house
Annandale National Historic Site Tillsonburg Oxford SouthwesternHistoric house1880s Victorian house known for its lavish Aesthetic art decorations
Arbor Gallery Vankleek Hill Prescott and Russell EasternArtcontemporary art centre
Arkona Lions Museum Arkona Lambton County SouthwesternNatural historyfeatures Devonian fossils and First Nations artifacts from the Lambton County area
Arnprior & District Museum Arnprior Renfrew County EasternLocal historyalso hosts visiting exhibits on a variety of subjects
Art Gallery of Algoma Sault Ste. Marie Algoma DistrictNortheasternArtVisual art
Art Gallery of Burlington Burlington Halton Region Golden HorseshoeArtContemporary art centre, focus on visual art and crafts
Art Gallery of Guelph Guelph Wellington CountySouthwesternArtExhibits of contemporary and historical art, craft and design
Art Gallery of Hamilton Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeArtIncludes Canadian and European works
Art Gallery of Mississauga Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeArtEmphasis on area artists and Canadian art
Art Gallery of Northumberland Cobourg Northumberland CentralArt
Art Gallery of Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough County CentralArtFocus is Canadian art
Art Gallery of Sudbury Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternArtContemporary art
Art Windsor-Essex Windsor Essex CountySouthwesternArtSignificant works of art by local, regional and national artists
Artcite Windsor Essex County SouthwesternArtartist-run contemporary and experimental art centre
Artery Gallery Kitchener Waterloo Region Golden HorseshoeArtcurated and managed by the student Society of Fine Artists of the University of Waterloo
Artspace Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough County CentralArtartist-run contemporary art centre
Assiginack Museum Complex Assiginack Manitoulin District NortheasternOpen airincludes the original late 19th-century town lock-up and jailer's home, pioneer home, school, blacksmith shop and driving shed, and the SS Norisle, a steam-powered automobile ferry museum ship ,
Atikokan Centennial Museum Atikokan Rainy River District Northwestern Local historyincludes collection of logging, mining and railroad heavy equipment
Aurora Museum & Archives Aurora York Region Golden HorseshoeLocal historyHistory and stories of the Town of Aurora
Aylmer & District Museum Aylmer Elgin County SouthwesternLocal historyPreserves local artifacts and histories
Backus Mill Heritage and Conservation Centre Port Rowan Norfolk CountySouthwesternOpen airIncludes 19th century period buildings, a working historic grist mill and a nature centre
Backus-Page House Museum Wallacetown Elgin CountySouthwesternHistoric houseOperated by the Tyrconnell Heritage Society, mid-19th century period house
Bala's Museum Bala Muskoka CentralBiographicalLife of author Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables
Ball's Falls Centre for Conservation Ball's Falls Niagara Region Golden HorseshoeNatural historyEcology of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, the natural history of the Twenty Valley and its watershed, and the area's cultural history
Bancroft Mineral Museum Bancroft Hastings County CentralNatural historyarea gemstones and minerals, operated by the Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club
Bancroft North Hastings Heritage Museum Bancroft Hastings CountyCentralLocal history
Banting House National Historic Site London Middlesex County SouthwesternMedicalLife of Sir Frederick Banting, doctor and co-discoverer of insulin
Barn Dance Historical Society Entertainment Museum Wingham Huron SouthwesternMusiclocated inside the North Huron Museum, history of the barn dance radio show and its country music performers
Barnum House Grafton Northumberland CentralHistoric house19th century period house, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Base Borden Military Museum Borden Simcoe County CentralMilitaryHistory of CFB Borden, includes planes, tanks, uniforms, weapons
Bath Museum Bath Lennox and Addington County EasternLocal history
Battle Ground Hotel Museum Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric house1850s period hotel on land that was part of the Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812
Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site Prescott Leeds and GrenvilleEasternMilitary60 foot stone lighthouse tower, site of the 1838 Battle of the Windmill
Battlefield House Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoric house1835 period house in park that was the site of the War of 1812 Battle of Stoney Creek
Beachville and District Museum Beachville Oxford CountySouthwesternLocal historyincludes Victorian period room displays, agriculture equipment and vehicles
Beaver River Museum Beaverton Durham Region CentralHistoryoperated by the Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society, includes mid-19th century log cabin, 1900 period house and a jail
Bell Homestead National Historic Site Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeHistoric house1870s period home of Alexander Graham Bell, exhibits on his life, the invention of the telephone, and the origins of Canadian telephone operations to 1880
Belleville Scout-Guide Museum Belleville Hastings CountyCentralScoutingopen by appointment
Bellevue House National Historic Site Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternHistoric houseLate 1840s period home of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Benares Historic House Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseearly 20th century period house spanning four family generations
Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site Gravenhurst Muskoka CentralBiographicalLife and achievements of Dr. Henry Norman Bethune
Bethune-Thompson House Williamstown Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternHistoric houselate 18th-century house, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Billy Bishop Home and Museum Owen Sound Grey County SouthwesternBiographicalLate Victorian birthplace home of WW I flying ace Billy Bishop, also features artifacts from Canadians who fought in the air during World War One and World War Two
Blackwood Gallery Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeArtcontemporary art gallery, part of University of Toronto Mississauga
Blockhouse Museum Merrickville Leeds and GrenvilleEasternTransportationhistory of the Rideau Canal, photos, local history exhibits, located in a historic blockhouse, operated by the Merrickville and District Historical Society
Bobby Orr Hall of Fame Parry Sound Parry Sound DistrictNortheasternSportsIce hockey history and memorabilia of Bobby Orr, located in the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts
Bonnechere Museum Bonnechere Renfrew County EasternMultiplelocal history, culture and natural history, including area Ordovician fossils, geology, First Nations artifacts, fur trade, timber industry
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum Bothwell Chatham-Kent SouthwesternIndustryoil industry powerhouse and equipment, operated by the Bothwell-Zone & District Historical Society
Boyd Heritage Museum Bobcaygeon Kawartha Lakes CentralLocal history
Bradley Museum Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historythe complex consists of four buildings, three of which are designated Ontario Heritage sites
Brant Museum & Archives Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeArtoperated by the Brant Historical Society, collection of decorative and fine arts
Brantford and Area Sports Hall of Recognition Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeSportsphotographs and memorabilia of area sports figures, including Wayne Gretzky
Brocksden Country School Museum Stratford Perth CountySouthwesternEducation19th century schoolhouse, open by appointment
Brockville Museum Brockville Leeds and Grenville EasternLocal history
Brubacher House Waterloo Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseoperated by the Conrad Grebel University College and the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, restored mid-19th century Pennsylvania German farmstead
Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre Southampton Bruce County SouthwesternMultipleexhibits include local history, natural history, maritime, First Nations, agriculture, maritime, military and culture
Bruce Mines Museum Bruce Mines Algoma DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Bunker Military Museum Cobalt Timiskaming District NortheasternMilitaryincludes artifacts from the Boer War to the present day ,
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum North Buxton Chatham-KentSouthwesternHistoryHistoric buildings in Underground Railroad community
Bygone Days Heritage Village Collingwood Simcoe CountyCentralOpen airmid 19th-century village buildings with authentic furnishings and artifacts
Caledonia Grand Trunk Station Caledonia Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeRailwayFeatures local railway artifacts, displays and an operating "G" scale model train
Callander Bay Heritage Museum Callander Parry Sound District NortheasternMultiplelocated in the home of Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, who delivered and cared for the Dionne quintuplets; includes period doctor's office and dispensary displays, the Dionne quintuplets, a barber shop, period rooms, area logging and maritime history, and the Alex Dufresne Gallery of Art
Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory Cambridge Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeNatural historybutterfly conservatory with live butterflies, birds, plants and natural history exhibits
Cambridge Centre for the Arts Cambridge Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtOffers a variety of arts programs, including a gallery
Cambridge Galleries Cambridge Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtpart of the Cambridge Public Library system with exhibition space at Queen's Square, Preston and Design at Riverside
Cambridge Sculpture Garden Cambridge Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtoutdoor sculpture garden
Campbellford Memorial Military Museum Campbellford Northumberland CentralMilitarycollection includes uniforms, weapons and ground transport and features a 60% scale model of the CF-105 Avro Arrow ,
Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Vaughan York RegionGolden HorseshoeSportsAchievements of top Canadian Footballers and Builders who have played and developed the game in Canada
Canada South Science City Windsor Essex CountySouthwesternScienceoffers displays and interactive exhibits
Canada's First Forestry Station St. Williams Norfolk CountySouthwesternForestryhighlights efforts to plant the area's forests
Canadian Automotive Museum Oshawa Durham Region CentralAutomobileFeatures mostly Canadian-made cars, automotive history in Canada
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame St. Marys Perth County SouthwesternSportsGreat players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada
Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre Sault Ste. Marie Algoma DistrictNortheasternAviationHistory of bush flying and forest protection in Canada
Canadian Canoe Museum Peterborough Peterborough County CentralMaritimeCanoe collection and how the canoe defines the Canadian character and spirit
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtHistoric and contemporary Canadian ceramic, glass and enamel art
Canadian Clock Museum Deep River Renfrew CountyEastern Horology Heritage of Canada's many clock manufacturers and sellers from the early 19th century to the present
Canadian Drilling Rig Museum Rainham Centre Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeIndustryHistory of the early natural gas fields of Haldimand, Norfolk and Southern Ontario
Canadian Firefighters Museum Port Hope Northumberland CentralFirefightingincludes vehicles, fire hydrants, working municipal fire alarm system, photo displays, helmets, turnout gear and tools of the trade
Canadian Football Hall of Fame Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeSportsGreat achievements in Canadian football
Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace Defense North Bay Nipissing DistrictNortheasternMilitaryevolution of air defence and the contributions Canadians have made, includes NORAD exhibit, located at CFB North Bay ,
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Oakville Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeSportsCanada's golf heritage, featuring famous players, courses and golf technology
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame London Middlesex CountySouthwesternMedicalHonours Canadians who have contributed to the understanding of disease and improving the health of people
Canadian Military Heritage Museum Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeMilitaryincludes weapons, uniforms, medals, models and artifacts
Canadian Museum of Indian Civilization Richmond Hill York Region Golden HorseshoeReligiousessence of Hinduism in North America
Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village Kingsville Essex CountySouthwesternMultipleincludes village with late over 20 heritage buildings from the 18th century up to the late 1920s, and the museum with antique, vintage and hot rod cars and trucks
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeAerospaceMilitary aircraft
Cannington Historical Museum Cannington Durham Region CentralOpen airincludes two log houses, a railway station and caboose, a meeting hall and a driving shed
Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum Carleton Place Lanark CountyEasternLocal historylocal history and culture
Carman House Museum Iroquois Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternLivingan 1835 period Loyalist house
Castle Kilbride Baden Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseLate 19th century Victorian house
Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah Sheguiandah Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Centennial Park Thunder Bay Thunder Bay District NorthwesternForestryFeatures a museum and recreation of a 1910 logging camp, including train
Central Manitoulin Pioneer Museum Mindemoya Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternHistoryoperated by the Central Manitoulin Historical Society, includes a log home, blacksmith shop, barn and equipment, milk processing and butter making equipment and ice harvesting tools
Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village Pembroke Renfrew CountyEasternOpen airoperated by the Ottawa Valley Historical Society
Chapleau Centennial Museum Chapleau Sudbury DistrictNortheasternLocal historyFeatures a variety of local artifacts, a steam locomotive, monuments and models of local landmarks
Chapple Museum Chapple Rainy River District NorthwesternLocal history
Chatham Railroad Museum Chatham–Kent Chatham-KentSouthwesternRailroadearly railroad equipment, located in a baggage car
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Chatham-KentChatham-KentSouthwesternAfrican AmericanW.I.S.H. Centre features exhibits about black history and historic sites in the area
Chatham-Kent Museum Chatham-KentChatham-KentSouthwesternHistorylocal history including artifacts from the War of 1812, a Gray Dort automobile, horse-drawn vehicles, and a mummy
Chesterville Heritage Centre Chesterville Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry EasternHistorylocal history
Chiefswood National Historic Site Ohsweken County of BrantGolden HorseshoeHistoric housemid-19th century birthplace home of Pauline Johnson, a First Nations author and performer
Christ Church Community Museum Lakefield Peterborough County CentralHistorylocal history
City of Waterloo Museum Waterloo Waterloo Region MidwesternCivicLocal history. Collection was relocated from the Seagram Museum.
Clarke Museum Kirby Durham Region CentralHistoryoperated by the Clarington Museums, includes local history displays, one room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, agricultural equipment
Cloyne & District Historical Society Pioneer Museum Cloyne Lennox and Addington County EasternHistoryhistoric artifacts including tools, clothing, kitchen and other household effects
Cobalt Firefighters Museum Cobalt Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternFirefighting
Cobalt Mining Museum Cobalt Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternMiningsilver mining
Cochrane Railway and Pioneer Museum Cochrane Cochrane District NortheasternRailwayincludes railroad, local history exhibits
Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum Coldwater Simcoe CountyCentralOpen airincludes 1830s log cabin homestead with historic furnishings and household items, replica general store and post office, display barn, blacksmith shop, print shop, carriage house and abattoir
Collingwood Museum Collingwood Simcoe CountyCentralHistorylocal history including early pioneer life, local settlers, traditional logging practices and pioneer settlement
Comber & District Historical Society Museum Lakeshore Essex CountySouthwesternHistorylocal history
Commanda General Store Museum Commanda Parry Sound DistrictNortheasternHistory1885 High Victorian store with counters, flooring and goods from 1885 to 1934
Copper Cliff Museum Copper Cliff Greater SudburyNortheasternHistoric houseOperated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, turn-of-the-20th-century log cabin mining family home
Cornwall Community Museum Cornwall Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternHistorylocal history
Canada's Penitentiary Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternPrisonAlso known as the Correctional Service of Canada Museum, features the history of Kingston Penitentiary, other correctional centres and history of Canada's penitentiary system
Cottonwood Mansion Selkirk Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeHistoric houselate 19th century Victorian mansion and period furniture
Country Heritage Park Milton Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeAgricultureFormerly the Ontario Agricultural Museum, over 30 buildings depict agriculture and rural life over the span of 170 years
Craigleith Heritage Depot Blue Mountains Grey County CentralHistorylocal history and information centre
Crawford Lake Conservation Area Campbellville Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeFirst NationsFeatures reconstructed 15th century Iroquoian village and interpretive programs
Cumberland Heritage Village Cumberland OttawaEasternLiving1920-1930s rural village
Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre Delhi Norfolk CountySouthwesternLocal historyincludes the agricultural and cultural development of the area
Diefenbunker Museum Carp OttawaEasternMilitary Cold War bunker for the Canadian government
Dionne Quints Museum North Bay Nipissing DistrictNortheasternBiographicalBirthplace and childhood home of the Dionne quintuplets
Discovery North Bay North Bay Nipissing DistrictNortheasternHistoryformerly the North Bay Area Museum, local history
Discovery Harbour Penetanguishene Simcoe CountyCentralOpen airrecreated 19th century community with replica ships and smaller vessels, historic buildings, and an original officers' quarters
Donald Hughes Annex Museum Ailsa Craig Middlesex CountySouthwesternLocal historyoperated by the North Middlesex Historical Society
Doon Heritage Village Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeLiving1914 rural life
Dorothy’s House Museum Port Hope Northumberland CentralHistoric houseoperated by the East Durham Historical Society, 19th century Victorian worker's cottage, open seasonally
Dorset Heritage Museum Dorset Muskoka CentralHistorylocal history including early pioneer life, local settlers, traditional logging practices and pioneer settlement
Dryden & District Museum Dryden Kenora DistrictNorthwesternLocal historyartifacts related to the history and heritage of the Dryden area
Duke Hunt Museum Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternHistoryoriginally known as the Paipoonge Museum, located in Oliver Paipoonge, early settler household artifacts, and community life
Dundas Museum and Archives Dundas HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistorylocal history
Dundurn Castle Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoric house40 room 19th century estate of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, one of Canada's first premiers; grounds include Hamilton Military Museum
Durham Art Gallery Durham Grey County SouthwesternArt
Dynamic Earth Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternMiningGeology and mining for nickel and gold
Ear Falls Museum Ear Falls Kenora DistrictNorthwesternLocal historyarea's aboriginal peoples, gold mining and lumbering industries and transportation
Edinburgh Square Heritage and Cultural Centre Cayuga Haldimand County Golden HorseshoeLocal historyIncludes original 1857 jail cell and gypsum mining exhibits
Egyptian Museum of Mississauga Mississauga Golden HorseshoeGolden HorseshoeArchaeologyfocuses on Egyptian history from Ancient Egyptian to Coptic, back 7,000 years
Eldon House London Middlesex CountySouthwesternHistoric house19th century period mansion and gardens
Elgin County Museum St. Thomas Elgin CountySouthwesternLocal historypromotes Elgin County’s historical and agricultural heritage
Elgin County Railway Museum St. Thomas Elgin CountySouthwesternRailwayRailroad engines, cars and equipment, located in former Michigan Central Railroad locomotive shops from 1913
Elgin Military Museum St. Thomas Elgin CountySouthwesternMilitaryCanadian military history of Elgin County and its residents
Elliot Lake Nuclear and Mining Museum Elliot Lake Algoma District NortheasternMiningarea's uranium mining history including the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, also nuclear power, minerals, local history, logging, wildlife, marine artifacts
Elman W. Campbell Museum Newmarket York Region CentralLocal historyoffers educational activities for all ages
Englehart & Area Museum Englehart Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternLocal historyalso art exhibits
Erland Lee Museum Stoney Creek HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseLate 19th century period Victorian home, recognized as the birthplace of the first Women's Institutes
Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site Sault Ste. Marie Algoma DistrictNortheasternHistoric house19th century period house and summer kitchen, and turn-of-the-20th-century blockhouse and gardens
Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum McGregor Essex CountySouthwesternAgricultureantique engines, tractors and farm machinery
Fairfield Museum Thamesville Chatham-KentSouthwesternLocal history
Fairfield-Gutzeit House Bath Lennox and Addington County EasternHistoric houseVictorian period house
Fanshawe Pioneer Village London Middlesex CountySouthwesternLiving19th century village with over 30 original and replica buildings on 46 acres (190,000 m2)
Farmtown Park Stirling Hastings CountyCentralAgriculturepreviously known as Hastings County Museum of Agricultural Heritage, includes cheese factory, barn display, farm machinery, steam engines and tractors, and an indoor 1930s-1940s heritage village display with period stores
Fashion History Museum Cambridge Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeThemed collections10,000 historical garments and accessories dating from the mid 18th century to the present
Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum Ancaster HamiltonGolden HorseshoeMultiplelocal history and art exhibits
Flour Mill Museum Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternHistoric houseOperated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, early 20th-century house and log cabin
Forest City Gallery London Middlesex CountySouthwesternArtartist-run centre for contemporary practices in visual/media arts, performance, literature and music
Forest-Lambton Museum Forest Lambton CountySouthwesternLocal history1890s period rooms, local history, natural history, military and doll displays
Fort Erie Fort Erie Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMilitaryRestored War of 1812 period fort
Fort Erie Historical Museum Ridgeway Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyhoused in the 1874 Bertie Township Hall
Fort Erie Railroad Museum Ridgeway Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeRailwayfeatures a steam engine, historic railway station, area railroad history and artifacts
Fort Frances Museum Fort Frances Rainy River DistrictNorthwesternLocal historyincludes natural history, First Nations, fur traders, pioneers, forest industry, community development and growth, art exhibits
Fort George National Historic Site Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMilitaryRestored War of 1812 period fort with living history demonstrations
Fort Henry National Historic Site Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMilitary19th-century British military fortress with costumed interpreters
Fort Malden National Historic Site Amherstburg Essex CountySouthwesternMilitaryRestored fort buildings and exhibits about the War of 1812, the Rebellion of 1837 and 19th century soldiers' lives
Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site St. Joseph Island Algoma DistrictNortheasternMilitaryRuins of a War of 1812 fort, exhibits about the site's military history
Fort Wellington National Historic Site Prescott Leeds and GrenvilleEasternMilitaryRestored 1846 period fort with living history demonstrators
Fort William Historical Park Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternLivingReconstructed 1815 fur trading post
Forwarders' Museum Prescott Leeds and GrenvilleEasternTransportationhistory of the forwarding of goods in the area before the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Founders' Museum & Pioneer Village Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternOpen airpioneer village with buildings from different periods, located in Oliver Paipoonge
Foyer Gallery Kanata OttawaEasternArtArtist-run gallery for regional art, located in the Nepean Sportsplex
Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternEthnictrades and traditions of pioneers, antique musical instruments and the daily life of the first French-Canadian settlers information, heritage of the Franco-Ontarian settlers (in French)
Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery Markham York Region CentralArtLocated in the historic house of artist Frederick Varley
Frontenac County Schools Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternEducationone-room rural school house in the 1900-1930 era
Fulford Place Brockville Leeds and GrenvilleEasternHistoric houseEdwardian era mansion, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternArtFocus is contemporary art by Franco-Ontarian artists
Gallery of Early Canadian Flight Wiarton Bruce County SouthwesternAviation website, features airplane models and photos, artist's prints, and posters of many of the historic moments in Canada's aviation history, located at Wiarton Airport
Gallery Stratford Stratford Perth CountySouthwesternArtExhibitions of local, national and international visual artists
Garrison Petawawa Museum Collection Petawawa Renfrew CountyEasternMilitarycomplex includes the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum about the history of The Canadian Airborne Regiment, and the CFB Petawawa Military Museum with exhibits about the history of CFB Petawawa
Georgian College Campus Gallery Barrie Simcoe CountyCentralArtpart of Georgian College in the Helen and Arch Brown Centre for Visual Art
Georgina Military Museum Keswick York Region Golden HorseshoeMilitaryfeatures the involvement of people of Georgina in Canadian wartime conflicts
Georgina Pioneer Village & Archives Keswick York Region Golden HorseshoeOpen airincludes a log house, church, schoolhouse, general store, train station, blacksmith shop and apothecary
Gibson Gallery Amherstburg Essex CountySouthwesternArtlocated in an 1896 former railroad station
Glanmore National Historic Site Belleville Hastings County CentralHistoric house1890s period mansion
Glengarry Pioneer Museum Dunvegan Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry EasternOpen airTwelve 19th-century wooden buildings (including the oldest still-functioning bar in Ontario) in a rural setting, with historic tools and artifacts, farm equipment and machinery, furniture, household items, clothing and fabrics
Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame Maxville Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry EasternSportsachievements of Glengarry County's athletes
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeArtcontemporary art
Gore Bay Museum Gore Bay Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternLocal historyalso art exhibits, operated by the Western Manitoulin Historical Society
Goulbourn Museum Stittsville OttawaEasternLocal historyincluding 19th and 20th century rural township life
Great War Flying Museum Brampton Peel Region Golden HorseshoeAviationFeatures flying replicas of World War I aircraft
Grey Roots Museum and Archives Georgian Bluffs Grey County SouthwesternLocal historyOpen air heritage village in summer
Griffin House (Ancaster) Ancaster HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseOwned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, 19th century period home, part of the Underground Railroad
Grimsby Museum Grimsby Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historytravelling exhibitions and a collection of local artefacts
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Grimsby Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeArtnon-profit public art gallery, featuring exhibitions of contemporary artwork
Guelph Civic Museum Guelph Wellington County SouthwesternLocal historyLocal and natural history
Guinness World Records Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeAmusement
Haileybury Heritage Museum Haileybury Timiskaming District NortheasternLocal historyincludes a streetcar, fire pumper, tugboat and caboose ,
Haldimand County Museum & Archives Cayuga Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeLocal history
Haliburton Highlands Museum Haliburton Haliburton County CentralLocal historyincludes local history museum, log barn and pioneer house
Haliburton Sculpture Forest Haliburton Haliburton County CentralArtOutdoor sculpture park
Halton County Radial Railway Milton Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeTransportIncludes electric streetcars, other railway vehicles, trolleybusses and buses
Halton Region Museum Milton Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal history
Hamilton Children's Museum Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeChildren'sinteractive, hands-on galleries encouraging learning through self-directed play
Hamilton Military Museum Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeMilitaryCanada's military history since the War of 1812; located on the ground of Dundurn Castle
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeTechnology19th century waterworks pumping station with two 45-foot (14 m) high, 70-ton steam engines
Hammond Museum of Radio Guelph Wellington CountySouthwesternMediaradios designed and manufactured in Canada, early radio and wireless artifacts, receivers and transmitters
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Museum Belleville Hastings CountyCentralMilitaryRegimental uniforms, history and memorabilia
Heritage House Museum Smiths Falls Lanark CountyEasternHistoric housemid-19th century period Victorian home
Heritage Schoolhouse Markham York Region CentralEducation19th century schoolhouse museum
Hermitage and Gatehouse Museum Ancaster HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoryHistory of the ruins of the 19th-century house
Highlands Cinemas and Movie Museum Kinmount Kawartha Lakes CentralMediasmall 5 screen movie theater and museum about movies, motion picture projectors and associated paraphernalia
Hillary House, The Koffler Museum of Medicine Aurora York Region Golden HorseshoeMedical19th-century house used as an office by three generations of doctors, features medical instruments, books, papers, household furnishings, and equipment dating from the early 19th to the late 20th century; operated by the Aurora Historical Society
Historic Cornwall Jail Cornwall Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternPrisonincludes cell blocks, common areas, exercise yard and visitation area
HMCS Haida National Historic Site Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeMaritime Tribal-class destroyer museum ship
Hoch Farm Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Renfrew CountyEasternHistoric house1910-1920s period farmhouse
Homer Watson House & Gallery Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtgallery in former home of artist Homer Watson
Homewood Museum Maitland Leeds and GrenvilleEasternHistoric house19th century stone house, one of Ontario’s oldest houses
Horseless Carriage Museum Fenelon Falls Kawartha Lakes CentralAutomobileearly automobiles and truck, engines and other memorabilia
Humphrey Museum Seguin Parry Sound DistrictNortheasternHistory1870s log schoolhouse with displays of pioneer history, also known as Seguin Township Museum
Huron County Museum Goderich Huron SouthwesternLocal historyfurniture, agriculture, salt industry, area art and military displays
Huron Historic Gaol Goderich Huron SouthwesternPrisonCounty jail from 1841 until 1972, courtrooms and early 20th century period governor's house
Huronia Museum Midland Simcoe CountyCentralMultipleIncludes the 16th century period Huron Oendat Village, native art and archaeological collections, contemporary art gallery, local history and maritime exhibits, period room and general store displays
Hutchison House Museum Peterborough Peterborough County CentralLivingoperated by the Peterborough Historical Society, depicts 19th century life in Ontario
Hymers Museum Kakabeka Falls Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternHistorylocal history and area's settlers, exhibits include mining, logging, farming, one-room schools, and the village's first church
Ignace Tourist and Information Centre Ignace Kenora DistrictNorthwesternLocal historyalso known as the Dennis Smyk Heritage Centre, features the history of the area
Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum Ingersoll Oxford SouthwesternHistoryincludes replica 20th-century cheese factory, a barn, local sports hall of fame, a working blacksmith shop and the Ingersoll Community Museum
Ireland House Burlington Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric househomestead furnished for three periods: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s
Iron Bridge Historical Museum Iron Bridge Algoma DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Iroquois Falls Pioneer Museum Iroquois Falls Cochrane DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Jack Seabrook's Farm Museum Mindemoya Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternAgriculturetractors, farm equipment and tools
Jet Aircraft Museum London Middlesex CountySouthwesternAviationFocus is Canadian Forces jet aircraft
John Freeman Walls Historic Site Lakeshore Essex CountySouthwesternOpen air20-acre (81,000 m2) historical site that features historic buildings and was part of the Underground Railroad
John R. Park Homestead and Conservation Area Harrow Essex CountySouthwesternHistoric house1850s house and farm buildings
Joseph Brant Museum Burlington Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyreconstructed early 19th century home of Joseph Brant features local history exhibits
Kanata Civic Art Gallery Kanata OttawaEasternArtexhibits and promotes the sale of original works of art by its members
Kawartha Art Gallery Lindsay Kawartha Lakes CentralArt
Kawartha Settlers' Village Bobcaygeon Kawartha Lakes CentralOpen airhistoric homes and buildings from 1830 to 1915
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Stratton Rainy River DistrictNorthwesternFirst NationsExhibits about the culture of the Ojibway people, tours of Manitou mounds
Keith M. Boyd Museum Russell Prescott and RussellEasternLocal historyoperated by the Russell Historical Society
Killarney Museum Killarney Sudbury District NortheasternLocal history
King Township Museum King City York Region Golden HorseshoeLocal historyLocated in a historic railroad station and church
Kingsville Historical Park Kingsville Essex CountySouthwesternMilitaryincludes the Charlie Campbell Museum of local military history and artifacts, and a restored 19th century range light
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtemphasis is contemporary art
Komoka Railway Museum Komoka Middlesex CountySouthwesternRailwayhoused in a 19th-century Canadian National Railway station, railroad artifacts and memorabilia
Lake of the Woods Museum Kenora Kenora District NorthwesternLocal historythemes include First Nations, fur traders, pioneer life, area industries and development
Lambton Heritage Museum Lambton Lambton CountySouthwesternMultiplelocal history, pressed glass, agriculture equipment, antique vehicles and engines, late 19th century pioneer home, school and blacksmith shop
Lanark and District Museum Lanark Lanark CountyEasternLocal history
Lang Pioneer Village Museum Peterborough Peterborough County CentralLiving19th century pioneer village
Latcham Art Centre Stouffville York Region CentralArtcontemporary art and education programs
Laura Secord Homestead Queenston Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseearly 19th century period home of Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives Napanee Lennox and Addington County EasternLocal historyOperated by Lennox and Addington County
Lincoln Museum & Cultural Centre Beamsville Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseDepicts early lives of the Loyalists and Pennsylvania Mennonites, includes 1835 period historic house with textiles and weaving displays, and a 1908 period schoolhouse
Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeEthniccollection and preservation of materials related to the lives, activities, history and culture of Lithuanians in Canada
Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum New Liskeard Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternLocal historylocal history and pioneer life in the area from the 1880s through the 1940s
Little Schoolhouse and Museum South Baymouth Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternLocal historylocal history and one room school exhibits
Lockmaster's House Museum Chaffey's Lock Leeds and GrenvilleEasternTransportationlocal history exhibits, history of the Rideau Canal, located in a historic lockmaster's house
London Children’s Museum London Middlesex CountySouthwesternChildren's
L'Orignal Jail L'Orignal Prescott and RussellEasternPrisonTours of the prison built in the 1820s and decommissioned in 1998
Lorne Scots Regimental Museum Brampton Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeMilitaryRegimental memorabilia
Lost Villages Museum Long Sault Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternOpen airFeatures buildings, photos and memorabilia of The Lost Villages; complex includes a general store, train station, log house, barber shop, school, church and home
Louis Tussaud's Waxworks Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeWaxfull-size figures of celebrities, historic figures and movie characters
Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum Lucan Middlesex CountySouthwesternLocal historyexhibits feature area settlers and the infamous Donnelly tragedy
Lynde House Museum and Warren General Store Whitby Durham CountyCentralGardens and local history
Macaulay Heritage Park Picton Prince Edward County CentralHistoric houseincludes 1850s period home, historic church with local history museum
Mackenzie Printery & Newspaper Museum Queenston Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMediareconstructed home of rebel publisher William Lyon Mackenzie, displays of 500 years of printing technology
MacLachlan Woodworking Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternTechnology19th century life and technology, especially woodworking
MacLaren Art Centre Barrie Simcoe CountyCentralArtmostly contemporary art exhibits, with a replica of Rodin's The Thinker outside
Madonna House Apostolate Combermere Renfrew CountyEasternHistoryCatholic Christian community, includes the Pioneer Museum with historic tools, household items and agriculture equipment
Maidstone Bicentennial Museum Lakeshore Essex CountySouthwesternLocal historyincludes a collection of WW1 Naval and Army artifacts, and exhibits of Rum Running, the War of 1812 and others
Maison Macdonell-Williamson House Chute-à-Blondeau Prescott and RussellEasternHistoric houseowned by Ontario Heritage Trust, operated by the Friends of the Macdonell-Williamson House, early 19th-century house
Marathon District Museum Marathon Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternLocal history
Marie Dressler House Cobourg Northumberland CentralBiographicalhome of actress Marie Dressler, small museum
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMaritimeExhibits include shipbuilding, boat building, shipping, life of a sailor, marine art, natural history and ecology of the Great Lakes, and the museum ship CCGS Alexander Henry
Mariners Park Museum Milford Prince Edward County CentralOpen airArtifacts include many from more than 50 shipwrecks in the area
Markham Museum Markham York Region CentralOpen airBuildings include houses, barns, sheds, train station, schoolhouse, general store, church, blacksmith, harness shop, saw mill and cider mill
Marten River Provincial Park Marten River Nipissing DistrictNortheasternForestryFeatures a replica 19th-century logging camp
Maryboro Lodge Fenelon Falls Kawartha Lakes CentralLocal historyalso known as the Fenelon Museum
Massey Area Museum Massey Sudbury District NortheasternLocal historyincludes early 20th century general store display, First Nations artifacts, period rooms, lumbering, farming, mining and mineral displays
Mather-Walls House Kenora Kenora DistrictNorthwesternHistoric houseturn-of-the-20th-century period house, owned by Ontario Heritage Trust, operated in the summer by the Lake of the Woods Historical Society ,
Mattawa Museum Mattawa Nipissing DistrictNortheasternLocal historyoperated by the Mattawa and District Historical Society
McCrae House Guelph Wellington CountySouthwesternHistoric houseLate 19th century period home of poet John McCrae
McDougall Cottage Waterloo Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric housemid-19th-century Scottish labourer's home
McDougall Mill Museum Renfrew Renfrew CountyEasternLocal historylocated in a former stone grist mill
McFarland House (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario) Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseearly 19th century period house
McIntosh Gallery London Middlesex CountySouthwesternArtpart of the University of Western Ontario
McMaster Museum of Art Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeArtPart of McMaster University, changing exhibits of historical, modern and contemporary art in five galleries
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Kleinburg York RegionGolden HorseshoeArtFeatures paintings by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, and First Nations and Inuit artists
Meaford Museum Meaford Grey County SouthwesternLocal history
Middleville and District Museum Middleville Lanark CountyEasternLocal historylocated in an 1860s stone school house
Military Communications and Electronics Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMilitaryHistory of military communications
Miller Museum of Geology Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternNatural historypart of Queen's University, rocks, minerals, fossils, area geology
Milner Heritage House Chatham-KentChatham-KentSouthwesternHistoric houseturn-of-the-20th-century lifestyle of a successful industrialist and his family
Minden Hills Cultural Centre Minden Hills Haliburton County CentralMultipleincludes the Agnes Jamieson Gallery with a collection of works by André Lapine; the Minden Hills Museum with historic buildings including a schoolhouse, church, pioneer log home, blacksmith shop, logging camp, agriculture and local history exhibits; and R.D. Lawrence Place with exhibits about the nature activities and writings of RD Lawrence
Mission House Museum & Gallery Combermere Renfrew CountyEasternMultiplelocal history and art
Mississagi Lighthouse Little Current Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternMaritime
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum Almonte Lanark County EasternTextileshistory of the area's textile industry, modern fiber arts exhibits, textile processes and equipment
Modern Fuel Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternArtartist-run contemporary art centre
Moore Museum Mooretown Lambton CountySouthwesternOpen air includes local history exhibits, church, school, fire hall, log cabin, railroad station, Victoria cottage, agriculture hall, blacksmith shop
Morningstar Mill St. Catharines Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeOpen airincludes historic working grist mill, turbine shed, blacksmith shop, millers house, icehouse, sawmill and barn
Movieland Wax Museum of the Stars Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeWaxEntertainment history
Murney Tower Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMilitarymid-19th century martello tower with period exhibits
Murray L. Moore Hydro Museum Pembroke Renfrew CountyEasternSciencealso known as the Pembroke Hydro Museum, operated by Ottawa River Power
Museum of Northern History Kirkland Lake Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternSportsAt the Sir Harry Oakes Chateau, exhibits of the inner workings of some of the richest mines in Canadian history
Museum London London Middlesex CountySouthwesternMultipleArt and local history
Museum of Dufferin Mulmur Dufferin CountyCentralMultiplelocal history exhibits, reconstructed 1918 pioneer home, art exhibits, collectibles
Museum of Health Care Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMedicalNursing and history of health care
Museum of Northern History Kirkland Lake Timiskaming DistrictNortheasternMultipleLocated in the Sir Harry Oakes Chateau, owned by Ontario Heritage Trust, historic house with exhibits about Harry Oakes and area mining, local history, area wildlife and local art exhibits
Museum of Ontario Archaeology London Middlesex CountySouthwesternArchaeologyPart of the University of Western Ontario, Ontario's prehistoric past, adjacent reconstructed Neutral Nation village
Museum of Vision Science Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeMedicalPart of the University of Waterloo, history of vision science, housed in the School of Optometry
Museum on the Boyne Alliston Simcoe CountyCentralLocal historyincludes 1851 log cabin and an 1858 English barn with agriculture equipment
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc Strathroy-Caradoc Middlesex CountySouthwesternLocal historylocated in 34 Frank which is also home to Strathroy Public Library and The Art Space gallery
Museum of Temporary Art Victoria Road City of Kawartha LakesCentralArthoused in a restored Victorian general store, the MTA is a museum of the imagination including collage, painting, evolving installations and found object assemblages
Muskoka Steamships and Discovery Centre Gravenhurst Muskoka CentralMaritimeincludes history of area steamships, wooden boats and luxury hotels, antique and wooden boat models, toys and Muskoka memorabilia
Muskoka Heritage Place Huntsville MuskokaCentralMultipleincludes the Muskoka Museum, Muskoka Pioneer Village and the Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway Society's Portage Flyer Train
Muskoka Lakes Museum Port Carling MuskokaCentralLocal historyfeatures artifacts and history of Muskoka District
Myrtleville House Museum Brantford County of BrantGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseoperated by the Brant Historical Society, restored 1837 homestead with furnishings from 140 years of family life
Nancy Island Historic Site Wasaga Beach Simcoe CountyCentralMilitaryincludes artifacts from the 18th century schooner HMS Nancy, exhibits on the War of 1812 and a lighthouse
Naismith Museum Almonte Lanark CountyEasternBiographicalLife of basketball inventor James Naismith
National Air Force Museum of Canada Trenton Hastings CountyCentralAviationFormerly known as the RCAF Memorial Museum, Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and artifacts
Nepean Museum Nepean OttawaEasternLocal history
Net Shed Museum Meldrum Bay Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternMaritimeseafaring and fishing history of the region
Niagara Apothecary Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMedicalowned by Ontario Heritage Trust, operated by the Ontario College of Pharmacists, a restored 1869 pharmacy
Niagara Artists Centre St. Catharines Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeArtartist-run contemporary art centre
Niagara Children's Museum Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden Horseshoeactivities for children's imaginations
Niagara Falls Art Gallery Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeArt
Niagara Falls History Museum Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyformerly the Lundy's Lane Historical Museum, features exhibits on the War of 1812
Niagara Historical Museum Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal history
Niagara Military Heritage Centre Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMilitaryHistory and artifacts of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Region Golden Horseshoe Artfeatures regional art
Niagara Scouting Museum Niagara Falls Niagara Region Golden Horseshoe Scoutingcontains a display of badges, uniforms, and other items related to Scouting
Nipissing Township Museum Nipissing Parry Sound DistrictNortheasternLocal historyincludes pioneer artifacts, reconstructed homes, log church
No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum Dunnville Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeAviationhistory of the No.6 Service Flying Training School in WW II
Norfolk Arts Centre Simcoe Norfolk County SouthwesternArtalso known as Lynnwood National Historic Site, located in the 1851 Lynnwood House
Norfolk County Archives & Eva Brook Donly Museum Simcoe Norfolk County SouthwesternHistoric houseVictorian period house, also gallery of local art and history
North Huron Museum Wingham Huron SouthwesternLocal history
North Lanark Regional Museum Appleton Lanark CountyEasternLocal historyincludes replicas of a country store and a pioneer log cabin
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum Capreol Greater SudburyNortheasternRailwayRailroad cars, equipment, artifacts and memorabilia
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternSportssports heritage of Northwestern Ontario
Nor'Westers and Loyalist Museum Williamstown Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternHistorystory of Sir John Johnson and Loyalist followers who settled in town during the American Revolution in 1784, and the North West Company
Norwich and District Museum Norwich Oxford SouthwesternOpen airincludes 1889 Quaker Meeting House, a blacksmith shop, an 1830s saltbox farmhouse, a turn-of-the-20th-century Quaker schoolhouse, and two barns with agricultural and dairy farming displays and equipment
O'Hara Mill Homestead Madoc Hastings CountyCentralOpen airincludes 19th century saw mill, 1850 period house, carpenter shop, blacksmith shop, storage sheds, schoolhouse, covered bridge, period livestock barn, mill pond and walking trails and log house
Oak Hall Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseView the mansion's restored Great Hall reception area, the dining room and the living room, and a collection of Niagara Falls art
Oakville Museum Oakville Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyhistoric estate and grounds with local history exhibits
Oil Museum of Canada Oil Springs Lambton CountySouthwesternIndustrypetroleum industry artifacts, site of the first commercial oil well in North America
Old Brittania Schoolhouse Mississauga Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeEducation19th century one room schoolhouse
Olde Gaol Museum Lindsay Kawartha Lakes CentralHistorylocal and Canadian history set in a jail building dating back to the 1860s, operated by the Victoria County Historical Society
Old Mill Heritage Centre and Post Office Museum Kagawong Manitoulin DistrictNortheasternMultipleincludes the Kagawong Museum with exhibits on local history, agriculture, military, early sawmills, commercial shipping and fishing, a historic post office museum display, and an art gallery
Old Stone Mill Delta Leeds and GrenvilleEasternMill1810 stone grist mill and adjacent Museum of Industrial Technology with exhibits of early industries of the region including early agricultural equipment
Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin Golden Lake Renfrew CountyEasternFirst Nationsalso known as The Algonquin Way Cultural Centre, heritage of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation
Ontario Provincial Police Museum Orillia Simcoe CountyCentralLaw enforcementhistory of the Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Regiment Museum Oshawa Durham Region CentralMilitaryHistory of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC), includes uniforms, over 80 military vehicles, medals, arms and photographs
Original Hockey Hall of Fame Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternSportsHistory of ice hockey
Orillia Museum of Art & History Orillia Simcoe CountyCentralMultipleart and local history
Oshawa Museum Oshawa Durham Region CentralHistoric houseIncludes late 19th century Victorian Henry House, local history exhibits
Osgoode Township Museum Osgood Township OttawaEasternLocal history
Owen Sound Community Waterfront Heritage Centre Owen Sound Grey County SouthwesternTransporthoused in a Canadian former National Railway Station on the Owen Sound waterfront, focus is the area's maritime, rail and industrial past
Paddy Walker House Kincardine Bruce County SouthwesternLocal history
Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum Palmerston Wellington County Southwestern Railroad
Park House Museum Amherstburg Essex CountySouthwesternHistoric house1850s period house and local history exhibits
Parkwood Estate Oshawa Durham Region CentralHistoric houseEarly 20th-century mansion and estate gardens
Paris Museum and Historical Society Paris County of BrantGolden HorseshoeLocal historyarchives the heritage of Paris, Ontario and the surrounding area
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives Brampton Peel RegionGolden HorseshoeMultipleLocal history museum, art gallery
Pelee Island Heritage Centre Pelee Island Essex CountySouthwesternMultiplelocal history and natural history
Penetanguishene Centennial Museum Penetanguishene Simcoe CountyCentralLocal history
Perth Legion Hall of Remembrance Perth Lanark CountyEasternMilitary
Perth Museum (Matheson House) Perth Lanark CountyEasternLocal historyIncludes four 19th century period rooms of the Roderick Matheson house
Petawawa Research Forest Visitor Centre Petawawa Renfrew CountyEasternForestryforestry and natural history exhibits, demonstration forest
Petawawa Heritage Village Petawawa Renfrew CountyEasternLivingmid-19th century rural Ontario village
Peterborough Lift Lock Peterborough Peterborough County CentralTransportationConstruction and workings of the Trent Canal
Peterborough Museum & Archives Peterborough Peterborough County CentralLocal Historyfocus on history local to the Peterborough area
Petroglyphs Provincial Park Woodview Peterborough County CentralFirst NationsHistory and spiritual significance of the park's petroglyphs
Petrolia Discovery Petrolia Lambton CountySouthwesternIndustryearly days of the boom of the petroleum industry
Pickering Museum Village Pickering Durham Region CentralOpen air19th century village
Pinhey's Point Historic Site Dunrobin OttawaEasternHistoric house19th century estate home and park
Polar Bear Habitat Cochrane Cochrane DistrictNortheasternOpen airincludes the Hunta Museum with period business displays and antiques, the Cochrane Classic Riders Snowmobile Museum, a blacksmith shop, doctor's office, farm house, general store, service station and schoolhouse
Port Burwell Marine Museum and Historic Lighthouse Port Burwell Elgin CountySouthwesternMaritimeLighthouse, area maritime and shipbuilding history
Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum Port Colborne Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeOpen airincludes historic houses, blacksmith shop, a lighthouse with maritime exhibits, historic vehicles, two mid-19th century log houses
Port Dover Harbour Museum Port Dover Norfolk CountySouthwesternMaritimelocal fishing industry, shipping, sailing, shipwrecks and maritime heritage
Presqu'ile Provincial Park Brighton Northumberland CentralMaritimeIncludes the Lighthouse Interpretive Centre and a nature centre
Prince Township Museum Prince Algoma DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Princess of Wales' Own Regiment Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMilitaryhistory and artifacts of The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, located in the armoury
Princeton District Museum Princeton Oxford CountySouthwesternLocal historylocal history and art exhibits
Proctor House Museum Brighton Northumberland CentralHistoric house
Pump House Steam Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternTechnologyformer water pumping station, exhibits on engines, railroads, steam launch boat and science
R. Tait McKenzie Memorial Museum Mississippi Mills Lanark CountyEasternArtLocated in the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, life and works by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie
Railcar Museum Moosonee Cochrane DistrictNortheasternHistory
Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre Haliburton Haliburton County CentralArtlocated in Haliburton's rail station, featuring contemporary Canadian art, craft and music by local and regional artists
Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario Smiths Falls Lanark CountyEasternRailwayHistoric railway station with railroad locomotives, cars, artifacts and memorabilia
Rainy River District Women's Institute Museum Emo Rainy River DistrictNorthwesternLocal historylocal history and pioneer life
Rainy River Railroad Heritage Museum Rainy River Rainy River DistrictNorthwesternRailwayexhibits displayed inside a restored railway passenger car, also features a caboose, restored steam engine and local history exhibits
Raisin River Heritage Centre St. Andrews Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternLocal historyoperated by the Cornwall Township Historical Society
Rayside-Balfour Museum Azilda Greater SudburyNortheasternLocal historyOperated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, local history, agriculture, culture
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre Red Lake Kenora DistrictNorthwesternLocal historythemes include Aboriginal history, gold mining, fur trade, immigration, art exhibits
Reuben R. Sallows Gallery Goderich HuronSouthwesternArtchanging exhibits of early 20th century photographs
Richmond Hill Heritage Centre Richmond Hill York Region CentralLocal historyExhibits in an 1840s period cottage
Rideau Canal Visitor Centre Smiths Falls Lanark CountyEasternTransportationcanal history and heritage
Rideau District Museum Westport Leeds and GrenvilleEasternLocal history
Ridge House Museum Ridgetown Chatham-KentSouthwesternHistoric house1875 period historic house
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeAmusement
RiverBrink Art Museum Queenston Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeArtHistoric house with 18th- and 19th-century Canadian paintings, sculpture and decorative art
Robert Langen Art Gallery Waterloo Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtoperated by the Wilfrid Laurier University, focus is contemporary Canadian art
Robert McLaughlin Gallery Oshawa Durham Region CentralArtFocus is modern and contemporary Canadian art
Rock Legends Wax Museum Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeWax
Rodman Hall Art Centre St. Catharines Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeArtpart of Brock University
Ron Morel Memorial Museum Kapuskasing Cochrane DistrictNortheasternRailroadhoused in a steam locomotive, two passenger cars and a caboose, railroad artifacts and model railroad display, also local history exhibits
Ronathahon:ni Cultural Centre Akwesasne Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternFirst Nationsmanaged by Native North American Traveling College, culture and history of the Mohawk Nation
Rose House Museum Waupoos Prince Edward County CentralHistoric houseearly 19th-century house with furnishings from 5 generations
Ross Museum Whitewater Region Renfrew CountyEasternHistoryincludes period room and business displays, household items, farming tools, logging equipment
Rotunda Gallery Kitchener Waterloo Region Golden HorseshoeArtmunicipal art gallery located in Kitchener City Hall
Royal Botanical Gardens Burlington Halton Region Golden HorseshoeNatural historyFeatures exhibits about plants, nature and science
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 72 Museum Pembroke Renfrew CountyEasternMilitaryopen by request and for special events, local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Regiment Museum London Middlesex CountySouthwesternMilitaryRegimental history and artifacts
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeMilitaryRegimental history, open by appointment
Royal Military College of Canada Museum Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternMilitaryLocated in Fort Frederick, history of the college and the naval history of the site
Rydal Bank Community Hall and Church Plummer Additional Algoma DistrictNortheasternLocal history
Ruthven Park National Historic Site Cayuga Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeHistoric house19th-century mansion estate
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons Midland Simcoe CountyCentralLivingRecreated 17th-century French Jesuit mission headquarters and Wendat Huron inhabitants
Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre Bowmanville Durham Region CentralLocal historyoperated by the Clarington Museums, features exhibits about Dominion Organ and Piano Company, a large doll and toy collection, and changing history exhibits
Sault Ste. Marie Museum Sault Ste. Marie Algoma DistrictNortheasternLocal historyfacilitated by the Sault Ste. Marie & 49th Field Regiment R.C.A. Historical Society
Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site Sault Ste. Marie Algoma DistrictNortheasternTransportVisitor center, guided tours of the canal locks
Schneider Haus Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseEarly 19th century period homestead
School House Museum Deep River Renfrew CountyEasternLocal historyhistory of Laurentian Hills
School On Wheels Railcar Museum Clinton HuronSouthwesternEducationhistoric school car that traveled the region to bring education to children
Science North Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternSciencefocuses on geological sciences
Scout Museum Kingston Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternScoutingscouting artifacts from the 1920s to 2000
Scugog Shores Museum Port Perry Durham Region CentralOpen airmid-to-late 19th century village, Ojibway Heritage Interpretive Lands about the natural and cultural history of the Scugog Watershed prior to European settlement
Secrets of Radar Museum London Middlesex CountySouthwesternMilitaryStory of the more than 6,000 Canadian World War II veterans who were recruited into a top-secret project during World War II involving radar
Serbian Heritage Museum Windsor Essex County SouthwesternLocal HistoryFeatures artifacts from Serbia, mainly from Serbian diaspora in the region.
Sharon Temple National Historic Site Sharon York Region Golden HorseshoeOpen airStory of the Children of Peace and the early settlers of East Gwillimbury; features the Sharon Temple (1825–1832), the Doan House (1819), David Willson's Study (1829), an 1850s Log House and other buildings on 4.5 acres of park land; operated by the Sharon Temple Museum Society
Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum Clarksburg Grey County SouthwesternHistoryearly Black pioneer families
Sibbald Point Provincial Park Sutton York Region CentralLocal historyFeatures the Sibbald Memorial Museum, a historic house and local history museum (summer months only)
Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre Cobourg Northumberland County EasternLocal history, Historic Bldg.Cobourg history told in annually changing exhibits and outdoor model railway - Victoria Day weekend to Thanksgiving
Simcoe County Museum Minesing Simcoe CountyCentralLocal historylocal history and culture, church, schoolhouse, railway station, farm equipment
Sioux Lookout Museum Sioux Lookout Kenora DistrictNorthwesternLocal historylocated on the second floor of the Sioux Lookout Heritage Railway Station
Sir John Johnson Manor House Williamstown Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternHistoric houselate 18th century home of Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet
Ska-Nah-Doht Village and Museum Mount Brydges Middlesex CountySouthwesternFirst Nationsrecreated longhouse village of 1,000 years ago and museum with archaeological artifacts
Sky Harbour Gallery Goderich Huron SouthwesternAviationlocated at Goderich Airport, airport history in WW II, county aviation history
Society for the Preservation of Canada's Nuclear Heritage Deep River Renfrew CountyEasternNuclear Science and TechnologyCanadian nuclear history from Ernest Rutherford to the present, including: research and development; CANDU; medical and isotope applications; mining; radioactive waste management; and accelerators amongst others
Sombra Museum Cultural Centre Sombra Lambton CountySouthwesternLocal historyincludes Victorian period home and log cabin
South Grey Museum Flesherton Grey County SouthwesternLocal history
Sovereign House Bronte Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric houseoperated by the Bronte Historical Society, 19th century period house
Spencerville Mill Spencerville Leeds and GrenvilleEasternMillstone grist mill and gardens
St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre St. Catharines Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeMultiplecity's history, history and impact of the Welland Canal, Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum, the Underground Railroad and African Canadian heritage
St. Edmunds Township Museum Tobermory Bruce County SouthwesternHistorylocal and maritime history, also late 19th century log house open by request
St. Jacobs Mill St. Jacobs Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeMultipleincludes the Maple Syrup Museum, St. Jacobs Quilt Gallery, electricity exhibit, Home Hardware exhibit, model train exhibit
St. Joseph Island Museum St. Joseph Island Algoma DistrictNortheasternOpen aircomplex includes a log cabin, church, school, barn, store
St. Joseph Museum Zurich HuronSouthwesternLocal historyoperated by the St. Joseph Historical Society
St. Marys Museum St. Marys Perth CountySouthwesternLocal history
St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre St. Thomas Elgin CountySouthwesternArt
Stanhope Heritage Discovery Museum Stanhope Haliburton County CentralLocal historyfeatures pioneer history and artifacts, and includes a log chute
Stephen Leacock Museum Orillia Simcoe CountyCentralHistoric housesummer home of author and humorist Stephen Leacock, includes exhibits on his life and writings, and a gallery of Canadian writers and art
Stones 'n Bones Museum Sarnia Lambton CountySouthwesternNatural historyfossils, minerals, gemstones, artifacts, shells, butterflies, insects, antlers, horns, dinosaurs
Stratford Perth Museum Stratford Perth CountySouthwesternLocal history
Sturgeon River House Museum Sturgeon Falls Nipissing DistrictNortheasternLocal historyIncludes fur trading, pioneers, blacksmith shop and ice house
Swords and Ploughshares Museum Kars OttawaEasternMilitaryFocus is the Citizen Soldier (the Militiaman and Reservist) at peace and at war, features many military trucks and vehicles
Sudbury Region Police Museum Sudbury Greater SudburyNortheasternLaw enforcement
Teeterville Pioneer Museum Teeterville Norfolk CountySouthwesternHistorycomplex includes a log house, smoke house, wayside church, drive barn and early Windham and area artifacts
Thames Art GalleryChatham-KentChatham-KentSouthwesternArt
Thames Valley Museum School Norwich Oxford SouthwesternEducationearly 20th century rural schoolhouse
Thamesville Old Town Hall Museum Thamesville Chatham-KentSouthwesternLocal history
Thelma Miles Historical Museum Matheson Cochrane DistrictNortheasternLocal history
THEMUSEUM Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeMultipleFormerly the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, interactive exhibits for children, changing exhibits of culture, art, history, science
Thomas House (Oakville, Ontario) Oakville Halton RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric house1830-1840s period pioneer home, operated by the Oakville Historical Society
Thorold Museum Thorold Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyfeatures the Lock 7 Viewing Centre
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternArtContemporary First Nations art
Thunder Bay Historical Museum Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternLocal history
Thunder Bay Military Museum Thunder Bay Thunder Bay DistrictNorthwesternMilitaryNorthwestern Ontario military history, includes regimental memorabilia of The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
Timber Village Museum Blind River Algoma DistrictNortheasternForestrylumbering and logging tools, artifacts and equipment
Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre Timmins Cochrane DistrictNortheasternMultiplelocal history and art, recreated 1930's miner's home
Tom Thomson Art Gallery Owen Sound Grey County SouthwesternArtfeatures a large collection of memorabilia and works from Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Treasure Chest Museum Paisley Bruce County SouthwesternHistoryantiques and collectibles, tools, household items, lamps, machinery, glassware, crockery, furniture
Tree Museum Gravenhurst Muskoka CentralArtoutdoor sculpture gallery
True North Gallery Waterdown Wentworth CountySouthernArtfeatures original art and limited edition prints by artist-musicians including David Bowie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and many others. Located in and operated by the owners of True North Records
Tweed and Area Heritage Centre Tweed Hastings CountyCentralLocal history
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site Dresden Chatham-KentSouthwesternOpen airComplex includes home of Josiah Henson, former U.S. slave whose life story was the inspiration for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Union Gallery Kingston Frontenac CountyEasternArtpart of Queen's University, contemporary art
United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre Adolphustown Lennox and Addington County EasternHistoryhistory of the United Empire Loyalist settlers in the late 18th century
University of Waterloo Art Galleries Waterloo Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeArtpart of the University of Waterloo
Upper Canada Village Morrisburg Stormont, Dundas and GlengarryEasternLiving1860s period village with over 40 buildings
Uxbridge Historical Centre Uxbridge Durham Region CentralLocal history
Vankleek Hill Museum Vankleek Hill Prescott and RussellEasternLocal historyoperated by the Vankleek Hill & District Historical Society
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Bowmanville Durham Region CentralArt
Waba Cottage Museum and Gardens White Lake Renfrew CountyEasternHistoric housebelongings of Archibald McNab, the founder of McNab Township, with historic log church and schoolhouse
Wallaceburg Museum Wallaceburg Chatham-KentSouthwesternLocal history
Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum Waterford Norfolk CountySouthwesternLocal historysocial history of Waterford and Old Townsend as well as Norfolk County agriculture
Waterloo County Gaol and Governor's House Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric siteformer jail and governor's house with historic and archaeological exhibits in the lobby
Waterloo Region Museum Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyRegional history and culture including First Nation's peoples, European settlement, manufacturing heyday, high tech sector, entrance to Doon Heritage Village
Watson's Mill Manotick OttawaEasternMill19th century flour grist mill
Waverley Place Bowmanville Durham Region CentralHistoric houseFormerly the Bowmanville Museum. A 1900-1930 period home reflecting the lifestyle of a wealthy merchant family, operated by the Clarington Museums
Welland Historical Museum Welland Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historylocated in a former Carnegie library building
Wellington County Museum and Archives Fergus Wellington CountySouthwesternMultiplelocal history, decorative arts and art
Wellington Heritage Museum Wellington Prince Edward County CentralLocal history
West Parry Sound District Museum Parry Sound Parry Sound DistrictNortheasternLocal historyalso known as Museum on Tower Hill, local history, themes include trapping, First Nations, shipping, logging, agriculture and cottaging, features a fire tower to climb
Westfield Heritage Village Rockton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeOpen airOver 30 historic buildings on a 3.4 square kilometres (840 acres) site
Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum Vandorf York Region CentralHistorycomplex includes an 1880s period farmhouse, 19th century schoolhouse, log cabin, and local history museum
White Water Gallery North Bay Nipissing DistrictNortheasternArtcontemporary visual art
Whitehern Historic House and Garden Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeHistoric housemid-19th century urban estate with elements from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods
Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost & Historic House Wilberforce Haliburton County CentralMedicalsite of the first Red Cross Outpost Hospital in Ontario
Willoughby Historical Museum Niagara Falls Niagara RegionGolden HorseshoeLocal historyhistory of the community of Willoughby
Wilno Heritage Park Wilno Renfrew CountyEasternEthnicincludes the Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen, Kashubian and Polish heritage
Wilson MacDonald Memorial School Museum Selkirk Haldimand CountyGolden HorseshoeEducation1925 period one room schoolhouse, exhibits about poet Wilson MacDonald
Windsor Sculpture Park Windsor Essex CountySouthwesternArtOutdoor sculpture park
Windsor's Community Museum Windsor Essex CountySouthwesternLocal historyLocated downtown in the François Baby House, features artifacts and documents important to the history of Windsor and Essex County
Windsor Wood Carving Museum Windsor Essex CountySouthwesternArtcarved wood art (possibly closed)
Woodchester Villa Bracebridge Muskoka CentralHistoric houseLate 19th century octagon house with local history exhibits
Woodland Cultural Centre Brantford County of Brant Golden Horseshoe First Nationshistory, culture and art of the Anishinaabe and Onkwehon:we
Woodside National Historic Site Kitchener Waterloo RegionGolden HorseshoeHistoric house1890s Victorian childhood home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Woodstock Art Gallery Woodstock Oxford SouthwesternHistoryChanging exhibits and permanent display of works by Florence Carlyle
Woodstock Museum Woodstock Oxford SouthwesternLocal history
Workers Arts & Heritage Centre Hamilton HamiltonGolden HorseshoeMultipleart, culture and heritage of working people in Canada
Youngtown Rock N Roll Museum Omemee Kawartha Lakes CentralMusiccelebration of music from the '50s, '60s and '70s, with large collection of Neil Young and Beatles memorabilia

Defunct museums

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