List of museums in Ontario

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.

See also List of museums in Toronto for museums in the city of Toronto, which is part of the Golden Horseshoe region.

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Name	Location	Census Division	Region	Type	Summary
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead	St. George	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, mid-19th century childhood farm home of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, founder of the Women's Institute
Agnes Etherington Art Centre	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Art	Operated by Queen's University, includes Canadian, European, Inuit and African art, decorative arts
Algonquin Provincial Park	Whitney	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Multiple	Includes the visitor center with exhibits about the area's natural and cultural history, and a logging museum
Alix Art Gallery	Sarnia	Lambton County	Southwestern	Art	website, includes paintings by the Group of Seven, contemporary and historically significant Canadian visual art and visual culture
Allan Macpherson House	Napanee	Lennox and Addington County	Eastern	Historic house	website, information, c.1830 period house, Georgian architecture built by Napanee's first postmaster and a prominent local figure, operated by the Lennox and Addington Historical Society
Ameliasburgh Historical Museum	Ameliasburgh	Prince Edward County	Central	Open air	information
Anderson Farm Museum	Lively	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Agriculture	Operated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, historic 1920s period farmhouse, barn and milk house
Annandale National Historic Site	Tillsonburg	Oxford	Southwestern	Historic house	1880s Victorian house known for its lavish Aesthetic art decorations
Arbor Gallery	Vankleek Hill	Prescott and Russell	Eastern	Art	website, contemporary art centre
Arkona Lions Museum	Arkona	Lambton County	Southwestern	Natural history	website, area Devonian fossils and First Nations artifacts
Arnprior & District Museum	Arnprior	Renfrew County	Eastern	Local history	website
Art Gallery of Algoma	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	Northeastern	Art	Visual art
Art Gallery of Hamilton	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Includes Canadian and European works
Art Gallery of Mississauga	Mississauga	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Emphasis on area artists and Canadian art
Art Gallery of Northumberland	Cobourg	Northumberland	Central	Art	website
Art Gallery of Peterborough	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Art	Focus is Canadian art
Art Gallery of Sudbury	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Art	Contemporary art
Art Gallery of Windsor	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Art	Significant works of art by local, regional and national artists
Artcite	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Art	website, artist-run contemporary and experimental art centre
Artery Gallery	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, curated and managed by the student Society of Fine Artists of the University of Waterloo
Artspace Peterborough	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Art	website, artist-run contemporary art centre
Arthur Child Heritage Museum	Gananoque	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Multiple	Area cultural and natural history, including 1000 Islands ecosystem, First Nations and early settlers, military and tourism exhibits, impact of the St. Lawrence River
Assiginack Museum Complex	Assiginack	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Open air	website, information, includes 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 history	website, includes collection of logging, mining and railroad heavy equipment
Atrium Gallery	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, works of local and regional artists, owned and operated by the City of Ottawa
Aylmer & District Museum	Aylmer	Elgin County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Backus Mill Heritage and Conservation Centre	Port Rowan	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Open air	Includes 19th century period buildings, a working historic grist mill and a nature centre
Backus-Page House Museum	Wallacetown	Elgin County	Southwestern	Historic house	Operated by the Tyrconnell Heritage Society, mid-19th century period house
Bala's Museum	Bala	Muskoka	Central	Biographical	Life of author Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables
Ball's Falls Centre for Conservation	Ball's Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Natural history	Ecology 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	Central	Natural history	information, information, area gems and minerals, operated by the Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club
Banting House National Historic Site	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Medical	Life of Sir Frederick Banting, doctor and co-discoverer of insulin
Barn Dance Historical Society Entertainment Museum	Wingham	Huron	Southwestern	Music	website, located inside the North Huron Museum, history of the barn dance radio show and its country music performers, information
Barnum House	Grafton	Northumberland	Central	Historic house	19th century period house, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Base Borden Military Museum	Borden	Simcoe County	Central	Military	History of CFB Borden, includes planes, tanks, uniforms, weapons
Bath Museum	Bath	Lennox and Addington County	Eastern	Local history	website
Battle Ground Hotel Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, 1850s 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 Grenville	Eastern	Military	60 foot stone lighthouse tower, site of the 1838 Battle of the Windmill
Battlefield House	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	1835 period house in park that was the site of the War of 1812 Battle of Stoney Creek
Beachville and District Museum	Beachville	Oxford County	Southwestern	Local history	website, includes Victorian period room displays, agriculture equipment and vehicles
Beaver River Museum	Beaverton	Durham Region	Central	History	website, operated 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 Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	1870s 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 County	Central	Scouting	website, open by appointment
Bellevue House National Historic Site	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Historic house	Late 1840s period home of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Benares Historic House	Mississauga	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, early 20th century period house spanning four family generations
Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site	Gravenhurst	Muskoka	Central	Biographical	Life and achievements of Dr. Henry Norman Bethune
Bethune-Thompson House	Williamstown	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Historic house	website, late 18th-century house, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Billings Estate National Historic Site	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Historic house	1828 home of early settler, costumed guides discuss city and region's history
Billy Bishop Home and Museum	Owen Sound	Grey County	Southwestern	Biographical	Late 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 Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, contemporary art gallery, part of University of Toronto Mississauga
Blockhouse Museum	Merrickville	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Transportation	website, history 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 District	Northeastern	Sports	Ice hockey history and memorabilia of Bobby Orr, located in the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts
Bonnechere Museum	Bonnechere	Renfrew County	Eastern	Multiple	website, local history, culture and natural history, including area Ordovician fossils, geology, First Nations artifacts, fur trade, timber industry
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum	Bothwell	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Industry	website, oil industry powerhouse and equipment, operated by the Bothwell-Zone & District Historical Society
Bowmanville Museum	Bowmanville	Durham Region	Central	Historic house	website, 1900-1930 period home reflecting the lifestyle of a wealthy merchant family, operated by the Clarington Museums
Boyd Heritage Museum	Bobcaygeon	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Local history	website
Bradley Museum	Mississauga	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website
Brant Museum and Archives	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, operated by the Brant Historical Society, period room and business displays
Brantford and Area Sports Hall of Recognition	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Sports	website, photographs and memorabilia of area sports figures, including Wayne Gretzky
Brocksden Country School Museum	Stratford	Perth County	Southwestern	Education	information, 19th century schoolhouse, open by appointment
Brockville Museum	Brockville	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Local history	website
Brubacher House	Waterloo	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, operated 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	Southwestern	Multiple	website, exhibits include local history, natural history, maritime, First Nations, agriculture, maritime, military and culture
Bruce Mines Museum	Bruce Mines	Algoma District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Bunker Military Museum	Cobalt	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Military	website, information, includes artifacts from the Boer War to the present day
Burlington Art Centre	Burlington	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Contemporary art centre, focus on visual art and crafts
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum	North Buxton	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	History	Historic buildings in Underground Railroad community
Bygone Days Heritage Village	Collingwood	Simcoe County	Central	Open air	website, mid 19th-century village buildings with authentic furnishings and artifacts
Bytown Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	History	City's early history and building of the Rideau Canal
Caledonia Grand Trunk Station	Caledonia	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Railway	Features local railway artifacts, displays and an operating “G” scale model train
Callander Bay Heritage Museum	Callander	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	Multiple	website, located 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 Region	Golden Horseshoe	Natural history	website, butterfly conservatory with live butterflies, birds, plants and natural history exhibits
Cambridge Centre for the Arts	Cambridge	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, includes an art gallery
Cambridge Galleries	Cambridge	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, part of the Cambridge Public Library system with exhibition space at Queen's Square, Preston and Design at Riverside
Cambridge Sculpture Garden	Cambridge	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, outdoor sculpture garden
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Military	Regimental history and artefacts, located in Cartier Square Drill Hall
Campbellford Memorial Military Museum	Campbellford	Northumberland	Central	Military	information, information
Canada Agriculture Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Agriculture	Demonstration farm with live animals, tractors exhibit
Canada Aviation Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Aerospace	History of Canadian aviation, includes civilian and military aircraft
Canada Science and Technology Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Science	Exhibits include Canadian inventors and inventions, communications, digital networks, space exploration, railroads, canoes
Canada South Science City	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Science	Open to the public on weekends and summer
Canada's First Forestry Station	St. Williams	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Forestry	website, efforts to plant the area's forests
Canadian Automotive Museum	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Automobile	Features mostly Canadian-made cars, automotive history in Canada
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame	St. Marys	Perth County	Southwestern	Sports	Great players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada
Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	Northeastern	Aviation	History of bush flying and forest protection in Canada
Canadian Canoe Museum	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Maritime	Canoe collection and how the canoe defines the Canadian character and spirit
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery	Waterloo	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Historic and contemporary Canadian ceramic, glass and enamel art
Canadian Clock Museum	Deep River	Renfrew County	Eastern	Horology	website, heritage of Canada's many clock manufacturers and sellers from the early 19th century to the present
Canadian Drilling Rig Museum	Rainham Centre	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Industry	website, history of the early natural gas fields of Haldimand, Norfolk and Southern Ontario
Canadian Firefighters Museum	Port Hope	Northumberland	Central	Firefighting	website, includes vehicles, fire hydrants, working municipal fire alarm system, photo displays, helmets, turnout gear and tools of the trade
Canadian Football Hall of Fame	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Sports	Great achievements in Canadian football
Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace Defense	North Bay	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Military	website, evolution of air defence and the contributions Canadians have made, includes NORAD exhibit, located at CFB North Bay
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame	Oakville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Sports	Canada's golf heritage
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Medical	Honors Canadians who have contributed to the understanding of disease and improving the health of people
Canadian Military Heritage Museum	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Military	website, includes weapons, uniforms, medals, models, artifacts
Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization	Richmond Hill	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Religious	website, essence of Hinduism in North America
Canadian Museum of Nature	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Natural history	Galleries include fossils and dinosaurs, Canadian mammals and birds, water, rocks and minerals
Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame	Vaughan	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Sports	Achievements of top Canadian Footballers and Builders who have played and developed the game in Canadae
Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village	Kingsville	Essex County	Southwestern	Multiple	website, includes 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 War Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Military	Canada's military history, includes vehicles, weapons, uniforms, art, artillery, memorabilia
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Aerospace	Military aircraft
Cannington Historical Museum	Cannington	Durham Region	Central	Open air	website, includes two log houses, a railway station and caboose, a meeting hall, a driving shed
Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum	Carleton Place	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	website, local history, culture
Carleton University Art Gallery	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, part of Carleton University
Carman House Museum	Iroquois	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Living	information, information, 1835 period Loyalist house
Castle Kilbride	Baden	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	Late 19th century Victorian house
Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah	Sheguiandah	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Centennial Park	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Forestry	Features a museum and recreation of a 1910 logging camp, including train
Central Manatoulin Pioneer Museum	Mindemoya	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	History	information, information, operated by the Central Manitoulin Historical Society, includes a log home, blacksmith shop, barn and equipment, milk processing and butter making equipment, ice harvesting tools
Centrepointe Theatre Gallery	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	Works of local and regional artists, operated by the City of Ottawa
CFB Petawawa Military Museums	Petawawa	Renfrew County	Eastern	Military	website, complex 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
Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village	Pembroke	Renfrew County	Eastern	Open air	website, operated by the Ottawa Valley Historical Society
Chapleau Centennial Museum	Chapleau	Sudbury District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Chapple Museum	Chapple	Rainy River District	Northwestern	Local history	website
Chatham Railroad Museum	Chatham–Kent	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Railroad	website, early railroad equipment, located in a baggage car
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society	Chatham-Kent	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	African American	website, W.I.S.H. Centre features exhibits about area black history and historic sites
Chatham-Kent Museum	Chatham-Kent	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	History	website, local history
Chesley Heritage & Woodworking Museum	Chesley	Bruce County	Southwestern	History	information, local history and area woodworking industry
Chesterville & District Heritage Centre	Chesterville	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	History	information, local history
Chiefswood National Historic Site	Ohsweken	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, mid-19th century birthplace home of Pauline Johnson, a First Nations author and performer
Christ Church Community Museum	Lakefield	Peterborough County	Central	History	website, local history
City of Ottawa Art Galleries	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, art galleries owned and operated by the City of Ottawa, includes ASP, Barbara Ann Scott, Centrepointe Theatre, City Hall, Gallery 112, Karsh-Masson, Studio and Trinity galleries
Clark House	Powassan	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	Historic house	information, operated by the Powassan and Area Historical Society
Clarke Museum	Kirby	Durham Region	Central	History	website, operated 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	Eastern	History	website, historic artifacts including tools, clothing, kitchen and other household effects
Cobalt Firefighters Museum	Cobalt	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Firefighting	information
Cobalt Mining Museum	Cobalt	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Mining	website, silver mining
Cochrane Railway and Pioneer Museum	Cochrane	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Railway	information, information, include railroad, local history and Tim Horton exhibits
Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum	Coldwater	Simcoe County	Central	Open air	website, includes 1830s log cabin homestead with historic furnishings and household items, replica general store and post office, display barn, blacksmith shop, print shop, carriage house, slaughter house
Collingwood Museum	Collingwood	Simcoe County	Central	History	website, local history including early pioneer life, local settlers, traditional logging practices and pioneer settlement
Comber & District Historical Society Museum	Lakeshore	Essex County	Southwestern	History	information, local history
Commanda General Store Museum	Commanda	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	History	information, 1885 High Victorian store with counters, flooring and goods from 1885–1934
Copper Cliff Museum	Copper Cliff	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Historic house	Operated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, turn-of-the-20th-century log cabin mining family home
Cornwall Community Museum	Cornwall	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	History	information, local history
Correctional Service of Canada Museum Canada's Penitentiary Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Prison	History of Kingston Penitentiary and other correctional centres (website), history of Canada's penitentiary system
Cottonwood Mansion	Selkirk	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, late 19th century Victorian mansion
Country Heritage Park	Milton	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Agriculture	Formerly the Ontario Agricultural Museum, over 30 buildings depict agriculture and rural life over 170 years
Craigleith Heritage Depot	Blue Mountains	Grey County	Central	History	website, information, local history and information centre
Crawford Lake Conservation Area	Campbellville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	First Nations	Features reconstructed 15th century Iroquoian village and interpretive programs
Criminals Hall of Fame	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Wax	Wax figures of notorious criminals, from mobsters to serial killers
Crull Rock Collection	Balmertown	Kenora District	Northwestern	Natural history	information, information, display of rocks and mineral specimens from around the world including local gold samples, located in the municipal office, part of the Red Lake Museum collection
Cumberland Heritage Village	Cumberland	Ottawa	Eastern	Living	website, 1920-1930s rural village
Currency Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Numismatic	Operated by the Bank of Canada, features the National Currency Collection
Delhi Tobacco Museum and Heritage Centre	Delhi	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Local history	website, includes the agricultural and cultural development of the area
Diefenbunker Museum	Carp	Ottawa	Eastern	Military	Cold War bunker for the Canadian government
Dionne Quints Museum	North Bay	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Biographical	Birthplace and childhood home of the Dionne quintuplets
Discovery North Bay	North Bay	Nipissing District	Northeastern	History	website, formerly the North Bay Area Museum, local history
Discovery Harbour	Penetanguishene	Simcoe County	Central	Open air	website, recreated 19th century community with replica ships and smaller vessels, historic buildings, and an original officers' quarters
Discovery House Museum	Sarnia	Lambton County	Southwestern	History	website, local history
Donald Hughes Annex Museum	Ailsa Craig	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Local history	website, operated by the North Middlesex Historical Society
Doon Heritage Village	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Living	1914 rural life
Dorothy’s House Museum	Port Hope	Northumberland	Central	Historic house	website, operated by the East Durham Historical Society, 19th century Victorian worker's cottage, open seasonally
Dorset Heritage Museum	Dorset	Muskoka	Central	History	website, local history including early pioneer life, local settlers, traditional logging practices and pioneer settlement
Dryden & District Museum	Dryden	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	website
Dufferin County Museum and Archives	Rosemont	Simcoe County	Central	Multiple	website, local history exhibits, reconstructed 1918 pioneer home, art exhibits, collectibles
Duke Hunt Museum	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	History	website, originally known as the Paipoonge Museum, located in Oliver Paipoonge, early settler household artifacts, community life
Dundas Museum	Dundas	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	History	website, local history
Dundurn Castle	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	40 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	Southwestern	Art	website
Dynamic Earth	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Mining	Geology and mining for nickel and gold
Ear Falls Museum	Ear Falls	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	information, area's aboriginal peoples, gold mining and lumbering industries and transportation
Edinburgh Square Heritage and Cultural Centre	Cayuga	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	Includes original 1857 jail cell and gypsum mining exhibits
Edison Museum (Ontario)	Vienna	Elgin County	Southwestern	Biographical	website, home on land of Thomas Edison's parents former home, features Edison authentic artifacts and furniture
Eldon House	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Historic house	19th century period mansion and gardens
Elgin County Museum	St. Thomas	Elgin County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Elgin County Railway Museum	St. Thomas	Elgin County	Southwestern	Railway	Railroad engines, cars and equipment, located in 1913 former Michigan Central Railroad locomotive shops
Elgin Military Museum	St. Thomas	Elgin County	Southwestern	Military	Canadian military history of Elgin County and its residents
Elliot Lake Nuclear and Mining Museum	Elliot Lake	Algoma District	Northeastern	Mining	website, area'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	Central	Local history	website
Englehart & Area Museum	Englehart	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Local history	website, also art exhibits
Erland Lee Museum	Stoney Creek	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	Late 19th century period Victorian home, recognized as the birthplace of the first Women's Institutes
Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	Northeastern	Historic house	website, 19th century period house and summer kitchen, and turn-of-the-20th-century blockhouse and gardens
Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum	McGregor	Essex County	Southwestern	Agriculture	website, antique engines, tractors and farm machinery
Eva Brook Donly Museum	Simcoe	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Historic house	Victorian period house, also gallery of local art and history
Fairfield Museum (Ontario)	Thamesville	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Local history	website
Fairfield-Gutzeit House	Bath	Lennox and Addington County	Eastern	Historic house	information, information, Victorian period house
Fanshawe Pioneer Village	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Living	19th century village with over 30 original and replica buildings on 46 acres (190,000 m2)
Farmtown Park	Stirling	Hastings County	Central	Agriculture	website, previously 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 Region	Golden Horseshoe	Theme Collections	10,000 historical garments and accessories dating from the mid 18th century to the present website
Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum	Ancaster	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	website, local history and art exhibits
First Hussars Museum	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Military	website, artifacts and memorabilia of the 1st Hussars, open by appointment
Flour Mill Museum	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Historic house	Operated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, early 20th-century house and log cabin
Forest City Gallery	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Art	website, artist-run centre for contemporary practices in visual/media arts, performance, literature and music
Forest-Lambton Museum	Forest	Lambton County	Southwestern	Local history	website, 1890s period rooms, local history, natural history, military and doll displays
Fort Erie	Fort Erie	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Military	Restored War of 1812 period fort
Fort Erie Historical Museum	Ridgeway	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, housed in the 1874 Bertie Township Hall
Fort Erie Railroad Museum	Ridgeway	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Railway	website, features a steam engine, historic railway station, area railroad history and artifacts
Fort Frances Museum	Fort Frances	Rainy River District	Northwestern	Local history	website, includes 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 Region	Golden Horseshoe	Military	Restored War of 1812 period fort with living history demonstrations
Fort Henry National Historic Site	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Military	19th-century British military fortress with costumed interpreters
Fort Malden National Historic Site	Amherstburg	Essex County	Southwestern	Military	Restored 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 District	Northeastern	Military	Ruins of War of 1812 fort, exhibits about the site's military history
Fort Wellington National Historic Site	Prescott	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Military	Restored 1846 period fort with living history demonstrators
Fort William Historical Park	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Living	Reconstructed 1815 fur trading post
Forwarders' Museum	Prescott	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Transportation	information, history of the forwarding of goods in the area before the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Founders' Museum & Pioneer Village	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Open air	website, pioneer village with buildings from different periods, located in Oliver Paipoonge
Foyer Gallery	Kanata	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	Artist-run gallery for regional art, located in the Nepean Sportsplex
Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Ethnic	website, trades and traditions of pioneers, antique musical instruments and the daily life of the first French-Canadian settlers information], heritage of the Franco-Ontarian settlers
Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery	Markham	York Region	Central	Art	Located in the historic house of artist Frederick Varley
Frontenac County Schools Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Education	website, one-room rural school house in the 1900-1930 era
Fulford Place	Brockville	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Historic house	Edwardian era mansion, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Art	Focus is contemporary art by Franco-Ontarian artists
Gallery 101	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, artist-run contemporary art centre
Gallery of Early Canadian Flight	Wiarton	Bruce County	Southwestern	Aviation	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 County	Southwestern	Art	Exhibitions of local, national and international visual artists
Georgian College Campus Gallery	Barrie	Simcoe County	Central	Art	website, part of Georgian College in the Helen and Arch Brown Centre for Visual Art
Georgina Military Museum	Keswick	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Military	website
Georgina Pioneer Village & Archives	Keswick	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Open air	website, includes a log house, church, schoolhouse, general store, train station, blacksmith shop, apothecary
Gibson Gallery	Amherstburg	Essex County	Southwestern	Art	website, located in an 1896 former railroad station
Glanmore National Historic Site	Belleville	Hastings County	Central	Historic house	website, 1890s period mansion
Glengarry Pioneer Museum	Dunvegan	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Open air	Twelve 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	Eastern	Sports	website, achievements of Glengarry County's athletes
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, contemporary art
Gore Bay Museum	Gore Bay	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Local history	information, information, also art exhibits, operated by the Western Manitoulin Historical Society
Goulbourn Museum	Stittsville	Ottawa	Eastern	Local history	website, including 19th and 20th century rural township life
Governor General's Foot Guards Regimental Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Military	History of the regiment
Great War Flying Museum	Brampton	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Aviation	Features flying replicas of World War I aircraft
Grey Roots Museum and Archives	Georgian Bluffs	Grey County	Southwestern	Local history	Open air heritage village in summer
Griffin House (Ancaster, Ontario)	Ancaster	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	Owned and operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, 19th century period home, part of the Underground Railroad
Grimsby Museum	Grimsby	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website
Grimsby Public Art Gallery	Grimsby	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website
Guelph Civic Museum	Guelph	Wellington County	Southwestern	Local history	Local and natural history
Guinness World Records	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Amusement
Haileybury Heritage Museum	Haileybury	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Local history	website, information, includes a streetcar, fire pumper, tugboat and caboose
Haldimand County Museum & Archives	Cayuga	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Local history
Haliburton Highlands Museum	Haliburton	Haliburton County	Central	Local history	website, includes local history museum, log barn, pioneer house
Haliburton Sculpture Forest	Haliburton	Haliburton County	Central	Art	Outdoor sculpture park
Halton County Radial Railway	Milton	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Transport	Includes electric streetcars, other railway vehicles, trolleybusses and buses
Halton Region Museum	Milton	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history
Hamilton Children's Museum	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Children's	website
Hamilton Military Museum	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Military	Canada's military history since the War of 1812; located on the ground of Dundurn Castle
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Technology	website, 19th century waterworks pumping station with two 45-foot (14 m) high, 70-ton steam engines
Hammond Museum of Radio	Guelph	Wellington County	Southwestern	Media	website, radios designed and manufactured in Canada, early radio and wireless artifacts, receivers and transmitters
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Museum	Belleville	Hastings County	Central	Military	Regimental uniforms, history and memorabilia
Heritage House Museum	Smiths Falls	Lanark County	Eastern	Historic house	information, Facebooks site, mid-19th century period Victorian home
Heritage Schoolhouse	Markham	York Region	Central	Education	website, 19th century schoolhouse museum
Hermitage and Gatehouse Museum	Ancaster	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	History	History of the ruins of the 19th-century house
Highlands Cinemeas and Movie Museum	Kinmount	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Media	website, small 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 Horseshoe	Medical	19th-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 Glengarry	Eastern	Prison	website, includes cell blocks, common areas, exercise yard and visitation area
HMCS Haida National Historic Site	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Maritime	Tribal class destroyer museum ship
Hoch Farm	Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards	Renfrew County	Eastern	Historic house	information, 1910-20s period farmhouse
Hockey Heritage North	Kirkland Lake	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Sports	Artifacts of local ice hockey history
Homer Watson House & Gallery	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, gallery in home of artist Homer Watson
Homewood Museum (Maitland, Ontario)	Maitland	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Historic house	website, 1800 stone house, operated by Ontario Heritage Trust
Horseless Carriage Museum	Fenelon Falls	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Automobile	website, early automobiles and truck, engines, memorabilia
Humphrey Museum	Seguin	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	History	website, 1870s log schoolhouse with displays of pioneer history, also known as Seguin Township Museum
Huron County Marine Museum	Goderich	Huron	Southwestern	Maritime	website, lifestyle and culture of those who made a living on Lake Huron, open seasonally, included with admission to the Huron County Museum or Huron Historic Gaol
Huron County Museum	Goderich	Huron	Southwestern	Local history	website, furniture, agriculture, salt industry, area art and military displays
Huron Historic Gaol	Goderich	Huron	Southwestern	Prison	County jail from 1841 until 1972, courtrooms and early 20th century period governor's house
Huronia Museum	Midland	Simcoe County	Central	Multiple	Includes 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	Central	Living	website, operated by the Peterborough Historical Society, depicts 19th century life in Ontario
Hymers Museum	Kakabeka Falls	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	History	information, local history and area's settlers, exhibits include mining, logging, farming, one-room schools, and the village's first church
Ignace Heritage Centre	Ignace	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	website, adjoins the Ignace Public Library
Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum	Ingersoll	Oxford	Southwestern	History	website, includes replica 20th-century cheese factory, a barn, local sports hall of fame, a working blacksmith shop and the Ingersoll Community Museum
Innisville Museum	Innisville	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	information
International Hockey Hall of Fame	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Sports	History of ice hockey
Ireland House	Burlington	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, homestead furnished for three periods: 1850s, 1890s and 1920s
Iron Bridge Museum	Iron Bridge	Algoma District	Northeastern	Local history	information
Iroquois Falls Pioneer Museum	Iroquois Falls	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Jack Seabrook's Farm Museum	Mindemoya	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Agriculture	website, tractors, farm equipment and tools
Jet Aircraft Museum	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Aviation	Focus is Canadian Forces jet aircraft
John Freeman Walls Historic Site	Lakeshore	Essex County	Southwestern	Open air	20-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 County	Southwestern	Historic house	website, 1850s house and farm buildings
Jolley's Riding Toy Museum	Meaford	Grey County	Southwestern	Toy	information, includes over 300 antique bicycles, tricycles, children’s wagons, scooters, pedal cars, hand cars, kiddie cars, ride-on vehicles, horses and sleds
Jordan Historical Museum of the Twenty	Jordan	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	Depicts early lives of the Loyalists and Pennsylvania Mennonites, includes 1835 period historic house with textiles and weaving displays, and a 1908 period schoolhouse
Joseph Brant Museum	Burlington	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, reconstructed early 19th century home of Joseph Brant features local history exhibits
Joseph Schneider Haus	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	Early 19th century period homestead
Kanata Civic Art Gallery	Kanata	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website,
Karsh-Masson Gallery	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, municipal art gallery
Kawartha Settlers' Village	Bobcaygeon	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Open air	website, historic homes and buildings from 1830–1915
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung	Stratton	Rainy River District	Northwestern	First Nations	Exhibits about the culture of the Ojibway people, tours of Manitou mounds
Keith M. Boyd Museum	Russell	Prescott and Russell	Eastern	Local history	website, operated by the Russell Historical Society
Killarney Museum	Killarney	Sudbury District	Northeastern	Local history	information
King Township Museum	King City	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	Located in a historic railroad station and church
Kingston Archaeological Centre	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Archaeology	website, history of the human occupation of Eastern Ontario over the past 8000 years
Kingston Scouting Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Scouting	website, open by appointment
Kingsville Historical Park	Kingsville	Essex County	Southwestern	Military	website, includes the Charlie Campbell Museum of local military history and artifacts, and a restored 19th century range light
Kintail School	Lucknow	Bruce County	Southwestern	Education	information, late 19th-century schoolhouse
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, emphasis is contemporary art
Komoka Railway Museum	Komoka	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Railway	website, housed in a 19th-century Canadian National Railway station, railroad artifacts and memorabilia
Lake of the Woods Museum	Kenora	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	website, themes include First Nations, fur traders, pioneer life, area industries and development
Lambton Heritage Museum	Lambton	Lambton County	Southwestern	Multiple	website, local history, pressed glass, agriculture equipment, antique vehicles and engines, late 19th century pioneer home, school, blacksmith shop
Lanark and District Museum	Lanark	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	information
Lang Pioneer Village Museum	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Living	19th century pioneer village
Latcham Gallery	Stouffville	York Region	Central	Art	website
Laura Secord Homestead	Queenston	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, early 19th century period home of Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
Laurier House National Historic Site	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Historic house	Home of two prime ministers
Lennox and Addington County Museum	Napanee	Lennox and Addington County	Eastern	Local history	Operated by the Lennox and Addington Historical Society
Library and Archives Canada	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Library	Art and history exhibits from its collections
Lincoln and Welland Regimental Museum	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Military	History and artifacts of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
Lindsay Gallery	Lindsay	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Art	website
Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada	Mississauga	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Ethnic	website
Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum	New Liskeard	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Local history	website, local history and pioneer life in the area from the 1880s through the 1940s
Little Schoolhouse and Museum	South Baymouth	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Local history	information, information, local history and one room school exhibits
Lockmaster's House Museum	Chaffey's Lock	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Transportation	website, local history exhibits, history of the Rideau Canal, located in a historic lockmaster's house
London Regional Children’s Museum	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Children's
L'Orignal Jail	L'Orignal	Prescott and Russell	Eastern	Prison	Tours of the prison built in the 1820s and decommissioned in 1998
Lorne Scots Regimental Museum	Brampton	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Military	Regimental memorabilia
Lost Villages Museum	Long Sault	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Open air	Features 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 Region	Golden Horseshoe	Wax	website
Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum	Lucan	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Macaulay Heritage Park	Picton	Prince Edward County	Central	Historic house	website, includes 1850s period home, historic church with local history museum
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre	Guelph	Wellington County	Southwestern	Art	Exhibits of contemporary and historical art, craft and design
Mackenzie Printery & Newspaper Museum	Queenston	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Media	website, also website, reconstructed home of rebel publisher William Lyon Mackenzie, displays of 500 years of printing technology
MacLachlan Woodworking Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Technology	website, 19th century life and technology, especially woodworking
MacLaren Art Centre	Barrie	Simcoe County	Central	Art
Madonna House Apostolate	Combermere	Renfrew County	Eastern	History	Catholic Christian community, includes the Pioneer Museum with historic tools, household items and agriculture equipment
Mahoney Dolls House Gallery	Fort Erie	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Toy	website, features over 140 doll houses from 1780–1995
Maidstone Bicentennial Museum	Lakeshore	Essex County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Maison Macdonell-Williamson House	Chute-à-Blondeau	Prescott and Russell	Eastern	Historic house	website, owned by Ontario Heritage Trust, operated by the Friends of the Macdonell-Williamson House, early 19th-century house
Marathon District Museum	Marathon	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Local history	information
Marie Dressler House	Cobourg	Northumberland	Central	Biographical	website, home of actress Marie Dressler, small museum
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Maritime	Exhibits 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	Central	Open air	information
Markham Museum	Markham	York Region	Central	Open air	Buildings include houses, barns, sheds, train station, schoolhouse, general store, church, blacksmith, harness shop, saw mill, cider mill
Marten River Provincial Park	Marten River	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Forestry	Features replica 19th-century logging camp
Maryboro Lodge	Fenelon Falls	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Local history	website, also known as the Fenelon Museum
Massey Area Museum	Massey	Sudbury District	Northeastern	Local history	website, includes early 20th century general store display, First Nations artifacts, period rooms, lumbering, farming, mining and mineral displays
Mather-Walls House	Kenora	Kenora District	Northwestern	Historic house	website, information, turn-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 District	Northeastern	Local history	website, operated by the Mattawa and District Historical Society, information
McCrae House	Guelph	Wellington County	Southwestern	Historic house	Late 19th century period home of poet John McCrae
McDougall Cottage	Waterloo	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, mid-19th-century Scottish labourer's home
McDougall Mill Museum	Renfrew	Renfrew County	Eastern	Local history	website, located in a former stone grist mill
McFarland House (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario)	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, early 19th century period house
McIntosh Gallery	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Art	website, part of the University of Western Ontario
McMaster Museum of Art	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Part of McMaster University, changing exhibits of historical, modern and contemporary art in five galleries
McMichael Canadian Art Collection	Kleinburg	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Features paintings by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, and First Nations and Inuit artists
Meaford Museum	Meaford	Grey County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Memory Junction Railway Museum	Brighton	Northumberland	Central	Railway	Located in a former railway station, includes a locomotive, railroad cars, equipment, memorabilia
Middleville and District Museum	Middleville	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	information
Military Communications and Electronics Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Military	History of military communications
Miller Museum of Geology	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Natural history	website, part of Queen's University, rocks, minerals, fossils, area geology
Milner House	Chatham-Kent	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Historic house	website, turn-of-the-20th-century lifestyle of a successful industrialist and his family
Minden Hills Cultural Centre	Minden Hills	Haliburton County	Central	Multiple	website, includes 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 County	Eastern	Multiple	website, local history and art
Mississagi Lighthouse	Little Current	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Maritime	website
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum	Almonte	Lanark County	Eastern	Textile	website, history of the area's textile industry, modern fiber arts exhibits, textile processes and equipment
Modern Fuel	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Art	website, artist-run contemporary art centre
Moore Museum	Mooretown	Lambton County	Southwestern	Open air	website, includes local history exhibits, church, school, fire hall, log cabin, railroad station, Victoria cottage, agriculture hall, blacksmith shop
Morningstar Mill	St. Catharines	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Open air	website, includes historic working grist mill,turbine shed, blacksmith shop, millers house, icehouse, sawmill and barn
Movieland Wax Museum of the Stars (Ontario)	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Wax	website
MS Norgoma	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	Northeastern	Maritime	Canadian package freighter and passenger ferry museum ship
Murney Tower	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Military	mid-19th century martello tower with period exhibits
Murray L. Moore Hydro Museum	Pembroke	Renfrew County	Eastern	Science	website, also known as the Pembroke Hydro Museum, operated by Ottawa River Power
Muséoparc Vanier Museopark	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Local history	website, local history of Vanier and the Francophone heritage of Ottawa
Museum in the Square	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, operated by the Brant Historical Society, collection of decorative and fine arts
Museum London	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Multiple	Art, local history
Museum of Classical Antiquities	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Archaeology	website, teaching collection of the University of Ottawa, pottery and artifacts of daily life from ancient Greek and Roman civilizations dating from the 7th century BC to the 7th century AD
Museum of Health Care	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Medical	Nursing and history of health care
Museum of Northern History	Kirkland Lake	Timiskaming District	Northeastern	Multiple	Located 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, local art exhibits
Museum of Ontario Archaeology	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Archaeology	Part of the University of Western Ontario, Ontario's prehistoric past, adjacent reconstructed Neutral Nation village
Museum of Vision Science	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Medical	Part of the University of Waterloo, history of vision science, housed in the School of Optometry
Museum on the Boyne	Alliston	Simcoe County	Central	Local history	website, includes 1851 log cabin and an 1858 English barn with agriculture equipment
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc	Strathroy-Caradoc	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Local history	website, located 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 Lakes	Central	Art	website, housed in an restored Victorian general store, the MTA is a museum of the imagination including collage, painting, evolving installations and found art assemblages
Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre	Gravenhurst	Muskoka	Central	Maritime	website, includes history of area steamships, wooden boats and luxury hotels, antique and wooden boat models, toys and Muskoka memorabilia
Muskoka Heritage Place	Huntsville	Muskoka	Central	Multiple	website, includes the Muskoka Museum, Muskoka Pioneer Village and the Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway Society's Portage Flyer Train
Muskoka Lakes Museum	Port Carling	Muskoka	Central	Local history
Myrtleville House Museum	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, operated by the Brant Historical Society, restored 1837 homestead with furnishings from 140 years of family life
Nancy Island Historic Site	Wasaga Beach	Simcoe County	Central	Military	website, information, includes artifacts from the 18th century schooner HMS Nancy, exhibits on the War of 1812 and a lighthouse
Naismith Museum	Almonte	Lanark County	Eastern	Biographical	Life of basketball inventor James Naismith
National Air Force Museum of Canada	Trenton	Hastings County	Central	Aviation	Formerly known as the RCAF Memorial Museum, Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and artifacts
National Gallery of Canada	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	Collections include Canadian, European, Asian art from the Indian subcontinent, Tibet and China, contemporary art, photography, sculpture, indigenous art from around the world
Nepean Fine Arts League Gallery	Nepean	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website
Nepean Museum	Nepean	Ottawa	Eastern	Local history
Net Shed Museum	Meldrum Bay	Manitoulin District	Northeastern	Maritime	information, information, seafaring and fishing history of the region
Niagara Apothecary	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Medical	website, owned by Ontario Heritage Trust, operated by the Ontario College of Pharmacists, restored 1869 pharmacy
Niagara Artists Centre	St. Catharines	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, artist-run contemporary art centre
Niagara Children's Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Children's	website
Niagara Falls Art Gallery	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website
Niagara Falls History Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, formerly the Lundy's Lane Historical Museum, features exhibits on the War of 1812
Niagara Historical Museum	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website
Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, features regional art
Niagara Scouting Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Scouting	website, open by appointment
Nipissing Township Museum	Nipissing	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	Local history	website, website, includes pioneer artifacts, reconstructed homes, log church
No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum	Dunnville	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Aviation	website, history of the No.6 Service Flying Training School in WW II
Norfolk Arts Centre	Simcoe	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Art	website, another website, also known as Lynnwood Arts Centre, located in the 1851 Lynnwood House
North American Black Historical Museum	Amherstburg	Essex County	Southwestern	African American	Focus is the Underground Railroad, black history in Canada, includes 19th-century church and log cabin
North Hastings Heritage Museum	Bancroft	Hastings County	Central	Local history	information
North Huron Museum	Wingham	Huron	Southwestern	Local history	website
North Lanark Regional Museum	Appleton	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	information, includes replicas of a country store and a pioneer log cabin
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum	Capreol	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Railway	Railroad cars, equipment, artifacts and memorabilia
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Sports	Area's sports heritage
Nor'Westers and Loyalist Museum	Williamstown	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	History	website, story 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	Southwestern	Open air	website, includes 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 County	Central	Open air	website, includes 19th century saw mill, 1850 period house, carpenter shop, blacksmith shop, storage sheds, schoolhouse and log house
Oak Hall	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	View the mansion's restored Great Hall reception area, the dining room and the living room, and a collection of Niagara Falls art
Oakville Galleries	Oakville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website
Oakville Museum	Oakville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, historic estate and grounds with local history exhibits
Odette Sculpture Park	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Art	Outdoor sculpture park
Oil Museum of Canada	Oil Springs	Lambton County	Southwestern	Industry	website, petroleum industry artifacts, site of the first commercial oil well in North America
Old Brittania Schoolhouse	Mississauga	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Education	website, 19th century one room schoolhouse
Olde Gaol Museum	Lindsay	Kawartha Lakes	Central	History	website, information, local 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 District	Northeastern	Multiple	information, information, includes 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 Grenville	Eastern	Mill	website, 1810 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 County	Eastern	First Nations	website, also known as The Algonquin Way Cultural Centre, heritage of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation
Ontario Provincial Police Museum	Orillia	Simcoe County	Central	Law enforcement	website, history of the Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Regiment Museum	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Military	History of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC), includes uniforms, over 80 military vehicles, medals, arms, photographs
Orillia Museum of Art & History	Orillia	Simcoe County	Central	Multiple	website, art and local history
Orval Berry Museum	Frankford	Hastings County	Central	Local history	information
Oshawa Community Museum	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Historic house	Includes late 19th century Victorian Henry House, local history exhibits
Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Military	Features large collection of military vehicles
Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum	Osgood Township	Ottawa	Eastern	Local history	website
Ottawa Art Gallery	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, contemporary and 20th-century art
Ottawa School of Art Galleries	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art
Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Sports	website, located in the Canadian Tire Centre
Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum	Owen Sound	Grey County	Southwestern	Transport	website, housed in a former Canadian National Railway Station on the Owen Sound waterfront, focus is the area's maritime, rail and industrial past
Paddy Walker House	Kincardine	Bruce County	Southwestern	Local history
Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum	Palmerston	Wellington County	Southwestern	Railroad
Park House Museum	Amherstburg	Essex County	Southwestern	Historic house	1850s period house and local history exhibits
Parks Canada Discovery Center, Hamilton	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	website, history and natural history exhibits on Canada's national parks and historic sites
Parkwood Estate	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Historic house	Early 20th-century mansion and estate gardens
Paris Museum and Historical Society	Paris	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives	Brampton	Peel Region	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	Local history museum, art gallery
Pelee Island Heritage Centre	Pelee Island	Essex County	Southwestern	Multiple	website, local history and natural history
Penetanguishene Centennial Museum	Penetanguishene	Simcoe County	Central	Local history	website
Personal Computer Museum	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	Technology	Personal computers and artifacts, open on select days
Perth Legion Hall of Remembrance	Perth	Lanark County	Eastern	Military	information
Perth Museum	Perth	Lanark County	Eastern	Local history	Includes four 19th century period rooms of the Roderick Matheson House
Petawawa Research Forest Visitor Centre	Petawawa	Renfrew County	Eastern	Forestry	website, forestry and natural history exhibits, demonstration forest
Petawawa Heritage Village	Petawawa	Renfrew County	Eastern	Living	website, mid-19th century rural Ontario village
Peterborough Lift Lock	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Transportation	Construction and workings of the Trent Canal
Peterborough Museum & Archives	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Art	Focus is Canadian art
Petroglyphs Provincial Park	Woodview	Peterborough County	Central	First Nations	History and spiritual significance of the park's petroglyphs
Petrolia Discovery	Petrolia	Lambton County	Southwestern	Industry	website, early days of the boom of the petroleum industry
Pickering Museum Village	Pickering	Durham Region	Central	Open air	website, 19th century village
Pinhey's Point Historic Site	Dunrobin	Ottawa	Eastern	Historic house	19th century estate home and park
Polar Bear Habitat and Heritage Village	Cochrane	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Open air	website, includes 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, schoolhouse, farm implement dealer and more
Port Burwell Marine Museum and Historic Lighthouse	Port Burwell	Elgin County	Southwestern	Maritime	Lighthouse, area maritime and shipbuilding history
Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum	Port Colborne	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Open air	website, includes historic houses, blacksmith shop, a lighthouse with maritime exhibits, historic vehicles, two mid-19th century log houses
Port Dover Harbour Museum	Port Dover	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Maritime	website, local fishing industry, shipping, sailing, shipwrecks and maritime heritage
Presqu'ile Provincial Park	Brighton	Northumberland	Central	Maritime	Includes the Lighthouse Interpretive Centre and a nature center
Prince Township Museum	Prince	Algoma District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Princess of Wales' Own Regiment Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Military	website, history and artifacts of The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, located in the armoury
Princeton District Museum	Princeton	Oxford County	Southwestern	Local history	website, local history and art exhibits
Proctor House Museum	Brighton	Northumberland	Central	Historic house	website
Pump House Steam Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Technology	website, former water pumping station, exhibits on engines, railroads, steam launch boat, science
R. Tait McKenzie Memorial Museum	Mississippi Mills	Lanark County	Eastern	Art	Located in the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, life and works by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie
Railcar Museum (Moosonee, Ontario)	Moosonee	Cochrane District	Northeastern	History	information
Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre	Haliburton	Haliburton County	Central	Art	website
Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario	Smiths Falls	Lanark County	Eastern	Railway	Historic railway station with railroad locomotives, cars, artifacts and memorabilia
Rainy River District Women's Institute Museum	Emo	Rainy River District	Northwestern	Local history	information, information, local history and pioneer life
Rainy River Railroad Heritage Museum	Rainy River	Rainy River District	Northwestern	Railway	information, exhibits 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 Glengarry	Eastern	Local history	website, information, operated by the Cornwall Township Historical Society
Rayside-Balfour Museum	Chelmsford	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Local history	Operated by Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums, local history, agriculture, culture
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre	Red Lake	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	website, themes include Aboriginal history, gold mining, fur trade, immigration, art exhibits
Reuben R. Sallows Gallery	Goderich	Huron	Southwestern	Art	website, changing exhibits of early 20th century photographs
Richmond Hill Heritage Centre	Richmond Hill	York Region	Central	Local history	Exhibits in an 1840s period cottage
Rideau Canal Visitor Centre	Smiths Falls	Lanark County	Eastern	Transportation	website, canal history and heritage
Rideau District Museum	Westport	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Local history	website
Rideau Hall	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Historic house	Tours of the official residence of the Governor General of Canada
Ridge House Museum	Ridgetown	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Historic house	website, 1875 period historic house
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Amusement
RiverBrink Art Museum	Queenston	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	Historic house with 18th- and 19th-century Canadian paintings, sculpture and decorative art
Riverview Miniature Village	Peterborough	Peterborough County	Central	Commodity	website, display of miniature buildings of Peterborough and the Kawartha area
Robert Langen Art Gallery	Waterloo	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, operated by the Wilfrid Laurier University, focus is contemporary Canadian art
Robert McLaughlin Gallery	Oshawa	Durham Region	Central	Art	Focus is modern and contemporary Canadian art
Rock Legends Wax Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Wax	website
Rodman Hall Art Centre	St. Catharines	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, part of Brock University
Ron Morel Memorial Museum	Kapuskasing	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Railroad	information, information, includes 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 Glengarry	Eastern	First Nations	website, formerly known as North American Traveling College, culture and history of the Mohawk Nation
Rose House Museum	Waupoos	Prince Edward County	Central	Historic house	information, early 19th-century house with furnishings from 5 generations
Ross Museum	Whitewater Region	Renfrew County	Eastern	History	website, includes period room and business displays, household items, farming tools, logging equipment
Rotunda Gallery	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, municipal art gallery located in Kitchener City Hall
Royal Botanical Gardens	Burlington	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Natural history	Features exhibits about plants, nature and science
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 72 Museum	Pembroke	Renfrew County	Eastern	Military	website, information, open by request and for special events, local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Regiment Museum	London	Middlesex County	Southwestern	Military	Regimental history and artifacts
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Military	Regimental history, open by appointment
Royal Military College of Canada Museum	Kingston	Frontenac County	Eastern	Military	Located in Fort Frederick, history of the college and the naval history of the site
Rydal Bank Community Hall and Church	Plummer Additional	Algoma District	Northeastern	Local history
Ruthven Park National Historic Site	Cayuga	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, 19th-century mansion estate
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons	Midland	Simcoe County	Central	Living	Recreated 17th-century French Jesuit mission headquarters and Wendat Huron inhabitants
Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre	Bowmanville	Durham Region	Central	Local history	website, operated 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 District	Northeastern	Local history	website
Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma District	Northeastern	Transport	Visitor center, guided tours of the canal locks
School House Museum	Deep River	Renfrew County	Eastern	Local history	website, history of Laurentian Hills
School On Wheels Railcar Museum	Clinton	Huron	Southwestern	Education	website, historic school car that traveled the region to bring education to children
Science North	Sudbury	Greater Sudbury	Northeastern	Science
Scugog Shores Heritage Center and Archives	Port Perry	Durham Region	Central	Multiple	website, local First Nations history and local history, changing exhibits of local history, art, culture
Scugog Shores Museum	Port Perry	Durham Region	Central	Open air	website, mid-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 County	Southwestern	Military	Story 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 Centre of Windsor	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Ethnic	website, display of Serbian culture and history
Sharon Temple National Historic Site	Sharon	York Region	Golden Horseshoe	Open air	Story 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	Southwestern	History	website, early Black pioneer families
Shenkman Arts Centre	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	Art	website, includes the Trinity Art Gallery with works of local and regional artists, the Dust Evans Gallery of the Gloucester Pottery School, and the Ottawa School of Art Orléans Campus Gallery
Sibbald Point Provincial Park	Sutton	York Region	Central	Local history	Features the Sibbald Memorial Museum, a historic house and local history museum
Simcoe County Museum	Minesing	Simcoe County	Central	Local history	website, local history and culture, church, schoolhouse, railway station, farm equipment
Sioux Lookout Museum	Sioux Lookout	Kenora District	Northwestern	Local history	website, located on the second floor of the Sioux Lookout Heritage Railway Station
Sir John Johnson Manor House	Williamstown	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Historic house	information, late 18th century home of Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet
Ska-Nah-Doht Village and Museum	Mount Brydges	Middlesex County	Southwestern	First Nations	website, recreated longhouse village of 1,000 years ago and museum with archaeological artifacts
Sky Harbour Gallery	Goderich	Huron	Southwestern	Aviation	website, located at Goderich Airport, airport history in WW II, county aviaion history
Sombra Museum Cultural Centre	Sombra	Lambton County	Southwestern	Local history	website, includes Victorian period home and log cabin
South Grey Museum	Flesherton	Grey County	Southwestern	Local history	website
South of 60 Arts' Centre	Barry's Bay	Renfrew County	Eastern	Art
Southwestern Ontario Heritage Village	Essex	Essex County	Southwestern	Open air	website, 19th-century and early 20th-century buildings including log cabins, a general store, barber/cobbler shop, church, school, and a transportation museum with antique and classic cars, wagons, trucks, motorcycles, and other memorabilia
Sovereign House	Bronte	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, operated by the Bronte Historical Society, 19th century period house
Spencerville Mill	Spencerville	Leeds and Grenville	Eastern	Mill	website, stone grist mill
Spruce Lane Farmhouse	Oakville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	turn-of-the-20th-century farmhouse with costumed interpreters, located in Bronte Creek Provincial Park, which also includes a nature centre and children's farm
St. Catharines Museum	St. Catharines	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	website, city's history, history and impact of the Welland Canal, Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum, the Underground Railroad and African Canadian heritage
St. Edwards Township Museum	Tobermory	Bruce County	Southwestern	History	website, local and maritime history, also late 19th century log house open by request
St. Jacobs Mill	St. Jacobs	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	website, includes the Maple Syrup Museum, St. Jacobs Quilt Gallery, electricity exhibit, Home Hardware exhibit, model train exhibit
St. Joseph Island Museum	St. Joseph Island	Algoma District	Northeastern	Open air	website, complex includes a log cabin, church, school, barn, store
St. Joseph Museum	Zurich	Huron	Southwestern	Local history	website, operated by the St. Joseph Historical Society
St. Marys Museum	St. Marys	Perth County	Southwestern	Local history	website
St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre	St. Thomas	Elgin County	Southwestern	Art	website
Stanhope Heritage Discovery Museum	Stanhope	Haliburton County	Central	Local history	website, includes log chute
Stephen Leacock Museum	Orillia	Simcoe County	Central	Historic house	website, summer home of author and humorist Stephen Leacock, includes exhibits on his life and writings, and a gallery of Canadian writers and art
Stonechurch Museum of Art	Quinte West	Hastings County	Central	Art	website, works by Dennis Noble
Stones 'n Bones Museum	Sarnia	Lambton County	Southwestern	Natural history	website, fossils, minerals, gemstones, artifacts, shells, butterflies, insects, antlers, horns, dinosaurs
Stratford Perth Museum	Stratford	Perth County	Southwestern	Local history	website
Sturgeon River House Museum	Sturgeon Falls	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Local history	Includes fur trading, pioneers, blacksmith shop and ice house
Swords and Ploughshares Museum	Kars	Ottawa	Eastern	Military	Focus 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 Sudbury	Northeastern	Law enforcement	information
Teeterville Pioneer Museum	Teeterville	Norfolk County	Southwestern	History	website, complex includes a log house, smoke house, wayside church, drive barn and early Windham and area artifacts
Thames Art Gallery	Chatham-Kent	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Art	website
Thames Valley Museum School	Norwich	Oxford	Southwestern	Education	website, early 20th century rural schoolhouse
Thamesville Old Town Hall Museum	Thamesville	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Local history	website
Thelma Miles Historical Museum	Matheson	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Local history	website
THEMUSEUM	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	Formerly the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, interactive exhibits for children, changing exhibits of culture, art, history, science
Thomas House (Oakville, Ontario)	Oakville	Halton Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	website, 1830-1840s period pioneer home, operated by the Oakville Historical Society
Thorold & Beaverdams Historical Society Museum	Thorold	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website
Thunder Bay Art Gallery	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Art	Contemporary First Nations art
Thunder Bay Historical Museum	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Local history
Thunder Bay Military Museum	Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay District	Northwestern	Military	website, area's military history, includes regimental memorabilia of The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
Timber Village Museum	Blind River	Algoma District	Northeastern	Forestry	website, lumbering and logging tools, artifacts and equipment
Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre	Timmins	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Multiple	website, local history and art, recreated 1930's miner's home
Timmins Underground Gold Mine Tour	Timmins	Cochrane District	Northeastern	Mining	website, tour and artifacts
Tom Thomson Art Gallery	Owen Sound	Grey County	Southwestern	Art	website, features a large collection of memorabilia and works from Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Treasure Chest Museum	Paisley	Bruce County	Southwestern	History	website, antiques and collectibles, tools, household items, lamps, machinery, glassware, crockery, furniture
Tree Museum	Gravenhurst	Muskoka	Central	Art	website, outdoor sculpture gallery
Tweed and Area Heritage Centre	Tweed	Hastings County	Central	Local history	website
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site	Dresden	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Open air	Complex 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 County	Eastern	Art	website, part of Queen's University, contemporary art
United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre	Adolphustown	Lennox and Addington County	Eastern	History	website, history of the United Empire Loyalists settlers in the late 18th century
University of Waterloo Art Galleries	Waterloo	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Art	website, part of the University of Waterloo
Upper Canada Village	Morrisburg	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	Eastern	Living	1860s period village with over 40 buildings
Uxbridge Historical Centre	Uxbridge	Durham Region	Central	Local history	website
Vankleek Hill Museum	Vankleek Hill	Prescott and Russell	Eastern	Local history	website, operated by the Vankleek Hill & District Historical Society
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington	Bowmanville	Durham Region	Central	Art	website
Waba Cottage Museum and Gardens	White Lake	Renfrew County	Eastern	Historic house	website, also historic log church and log schoolhouse
Wallaceburg and District Museum	Wallaceburg	Chatham-Kent	Southwestern	Local history
Waterford Heritage & Agricultural Museum	Waterford	Norfolk County	Southwestern	Local history	website, social history of Waterford and Old Townsend as well as Norfolk County agriculture
Waterloo County Gaol and Governor's House	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic site	website, former jail and governor's house with historic and archaeological exhibits in the lobby
Waterloo Region Museum	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	Regional history and culture including First Nation's peoples, European settlement, manufacturing heyday, high tech sector, entrance to Doon Heritage Village
Watson's Mill	Manotick	Ottawa	Eastern	Mill	19th century flour grist mill
Welland Historical Museum	Welland	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, located in a former Carnie library
Wellands Canal Centre	St. Catharines	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Transportation	website, construction, engineering, operations and impact of the Welland Canal
Wellington County Museum and Archives	Fergus	Wellington County	Southwestern	Multiple	website, local history, decorative arts and art
Wellington Heritage Museum	Wellington	Prince Edward County	Central	Local history	information
West Parry Sound District Museum	Parry Sound	Parry Sound District	Northeastern	Local history	website, also 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	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Open air	Over 30 historic buildings on a 3.4 square kilometres (840 acres) site
Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum	Vandorf	York Region	Central	History	website, complex includes an 1880s period farmhouse, 19th century schoolhouse, log cabin, and local history museum
White Water Gallery	North Bay	Nipissing District	Northeastern	Art	website, contemporary visual art
Whitehern Historic House and Garden	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	mid-19th century urban estate with elements from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods
Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost & Historic House	Wilberforce	Haliburton County	Central	Medical	website, site of the first Red Cross Outpost Hospital in Ontario
Willoughby Historical Museum	Niagara Falls	Niagara Region	Golden Horseshoe	Local history	website, history of the community of Willoughby
Wilno Heritage Park	Wilno	Renfrew County	Eastern	Ethnic	website, include the Polish Kashub Heritage Museum & Skansen, Kashubian and Polish heritage
Wilson MacDonald Memorial School Museum	Selkirk	Haldimand County	Golden Horseshoe	Education	information, 1925 period one room schoolhouse, exhibits about poet Wilson MacDonald
Windsor's Community Museum	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Local history
Windsor Wood Carving Museum	Windsor	Essex County	Southwestern	Art	website, carved wood art
Woodchester Villa	Bracebridge	Muskoka	Central	Historic house	Late 19th century octagon house with local history exhibits
Woodland Cultural Centre	Brantford	County of Brant	Golden Horseshoe	First Nations	website, history, culture and art of the Anishinaabe and Onkwehon:we
Woodside National Historic Site	Kitchener	Waterloo Region	Golden Horseshoe	Historic house	1890s Victorian childhood home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Woodstock Art Gallery	Woodstock	Oxford	Southwestern	History	website, changing exhibits and permanent display of works by Florence Carlyle
Woodstock Museum	Woodstock	Oxford	Southwestern	Local history	website
Woodstock Peace Lighthouse	Woodstock	Oxford	Southwestern	Religious	website, Christian icon art, operated by the Studite Fathers
Workers Arts & Heritage Centre	Hamilton	Hamilton	Golden Horseshoe	Multiple	website, art, culture and heritage of working people in Canada
Workers' History Museum	Ottawa	Ottawa	Eastern	History	website, workers’ history and heritage, changes surrounding working culture, working people, and the workplace in all sectors of the economy in the National Capital Region and Ottawa Valley
Youngtown Rock N Roll Museum	Omemee	Kawartha Lakes	Central	Music	website, celebration of music from the '50s, '60s and '70s, with large collection of Neil Young and Beatles memorabilia

Defunct museums

• Canada and the World Pavilion, Ottawa
• Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, closed in 2006
• Canadian Ski Museum, moved from Ottawa to Mont-Tremblant, Quebec in 2013
• Dairy Museum, Aylmer
• Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games, closed in 2009, collections now at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Guy Lombardo Museum, closed in 2007, London
• The Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls
• Revolution Frères Museum, Moosonee
• Seagram Museum, Waterloo
• Shania Twain Centre, Timmins, closed in 2013

See also

• Nature centres in Ontario

References

• Ontario Museum Association