Check out this list with many of the top museums to visit in Canada. Each Canadian museum review contains Linda’s pick of the exhibits, an overview of the museum and its collection, Linda’s road trip tips for the destination, who should visit the museum and how to visit, and plan, your trip to the museum.
Top Rated Museums in Canada
- Chinatown in Montreal: A Fascinating Historic Site
Chinatown in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is one of the country’s oldest Chinese neighborhoods. From its 4 decorative gates to its historic designation to its reputation as a culinary hub, there’s lots to see and do. - Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame Museum Review
Baseball fans will learn lots about the sport’s history in Morden, Manitoba, Canada. The museum covers everyone from coaches and players to teams and builders. - TD Gallery of Indigenous Art: Free Toronto Museum
Artwork from the TD Gallery of Indigenous Art introduced North Americans to these carvings of bone, walrus, & soapstone. See a selection of Inuit art at this free gallery in Toronto. - Tour The Biosphere: Montreal’s Environment Museum
Discover the past, present, and future of sustainable living at The Biosphere museum in Montreal, Canada. This geodesic structure was built for the 1967 World’s Fair. - Maple Creek’s Intriguing Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre
Learn more about “The Old Cowtown of Maple Creek,” Saskatchewan, with a visit to the Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre. From a Charlie Russell print collection to mounted policing history, you’ll find lots of intriguing stories. - Discover the Amazing Canada Science and Technology Museum
Ottawa’s Canada Science and Technology Museum is a highly interactive, engaging museum featuring hundreds of artifacts from Canada’s science and technology heritage. - Plains of Abraham Museum & Battlefield Park: Quebec City
The museum provides a highly interactive dive into the history of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Battlefield Park in Quebec City, Canada. - Canadian Museum of History: National Museum in Gatineau, Quebec
The Canadian Museum of History covers 15,000 years including extensive exhibits dedicated to Canada’s First Peoples through European settlement and growth into a country. - Canada’s Little-Known Cold War Museum: the Diefenbunker
The Diefenbunker Museum outside Ottawa, Ontario, was built to house the government in the event of a Cold War nuclear attack. The four underground levels archive 32 years of military use. - Little Known Saskatchewan Transportation History: Moose Jaw WDM Museum
Saskatrchewan is big, so people have used many transportation modes to get around. From cars to snowplanes and trains to horsedrawn cutters, the Western Development Museum Moose Jaw curates the province’s transportation history. - Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Review
Canada’s largest museum, ROM, explores natural history and world cultures, providing interactive learning experiences such as the Bat Cave. Visit the Royal Canadian Museum in Toronto, Ontario. - Astonishing Evolution of Shoes: Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto
Shoes have been making fashion statements for centuries! The Bata Shoe Museum covers 4,500 years of shoes from every culture in the world. - Amazing Giant Bison, Beaver, Mammoths & More: Yukon Beringia Museum in Whitehorse
Giant ancient animals tell the story of life in Beringia, the Yukon landmass of the last ice age. Over 50 Yukon fossils are featured in the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse. - Toronto Police Museum & Discovery Centre: Two Centuries of Law Enforcement History
The Toronto Police Museum is a popular Ontario attraction. Learn about the evolution of policing from the 1888 call boxes to modern forensics. - Royal Saskatchewan Museum & World’s Largest T-Rex Dinosaur
See the world’s largest T. rex dinosaur at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. Its five galleries all have impressive artwork to bring the displays to life. - New Iceland Heritage Museum: Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
From Icelandic Rocks! to life inside an Icelandic settlement, there’s lots to learn at the New Iceland Heritage Museum. It’s situated in Gimli on the shore of Lake Winnipeg 55 miles from Winnipeg, Manitoba. - Art Gallery of Ontario: Art Museum in Toronto, Ontario
From the 300+ works from the Group of 7 and Tom Thomson to model ships covering 350 years of maritime history, this art museum has a lot to see. The Art Museum of Ontario is in Toronto. - Robinson Roadhouse & Robinson Flag Station: Yukon Ghost Town
The Klondike Gold Rush in 1896 and the later Wheaton Mining District claims resulted in a railway being built between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Robinson Flag Station and Robinson Roadhouse once served that line, but are now abandoned. - Watson Lake Sign Post Forest Historic Site: Watson Lake, Yukon
The Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake, Yukon, may be one of the most popular roadside stops on the Alaska Highway. It started in 1942 with one sign and has grown to 100,000+ signs! - Medalta Museum: Ceramic Arts in Medicine Hat, Alberta
The Medalta Museum is an industrial museum with displays of stonewear from crockery to hotel ware to historic equipment from the manufacturing process. It’s located in Medicine Hat, Alberta. - Yukon Transportation Museum: Whitehorse, Yukon
Learn about the challenging terrain of the North and the machines that conquered it at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse. #museums #travel - Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site: Claybank, Saskatchewan
The Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site is an historic Saskatchewan attraction. It’s one of North America’s best-preserved brick-manufacturing sites. - Soo Line Historical Museum & Historic Site: Weyburn, Saskatchewan
The Soo Line Historical Museum in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, is home to Canada’s largest private silver collection. Exhibits also include artifacts from the Weyburn Mental Hospital. #history #museums #travel - Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is just outside Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. This open air museum features a huge Allis Chalmers & Case IH tractor collection, and much more! - Bell Barn Museum: Historic Round Barn in Indian Head, Sskatchewan
The Bell Barn Museum in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, is home to a round, stone barn from 1882. The museum curates the area history and preserves some artifacts. - Campbell House Museum – 1820s Toronto, Ontario
The Campbell House Museum is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1822, it’s the oldest remaining house from the Town of York site. - Museum of Northern British Columbia: Indigenous Art & History in Prince Rupert, British Columbia
The Museum of Northern British Columbia is in Prince Rupert. Its collection focuses on the Indigenous art and history of the area’s First Nations. - Heritage Village: Museum in Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Heritage Village museum is located in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. It recreates a small town of the early 1900s in an open air collection of buildings and artifacts. - Museum Of Illusions Toronto: Mind-Bending Exhibits
The Toronto Museum of Illusions has 80+ interactive displays. Visit this Canadian attraction to learn fun science facts. - Fred Light Museum: Battleford, Saskatchewan
Battleford, Saskatchewan, is home to the Fred Light Museum. Its collection includes nearly 400 historic guns from flintlocks to bayonets, along with school and store collections and vintage fire trucks. - Toronto’s First Post Office Museum & National Historic Site: Ontario
Toronto’s First Post Office Museum is in downtown Toronto, Canada. Discover many crazy facts about early postal history in Canada. - Hockey Hall of Fame: Museum of Ice Hockey History in Toronto, Ontario
Ice hockey is Canada’s national winter sport and a favorite of over one-third of Canadians. The Hockey Hall of Fame Museum in Toronto, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, features exhibits honoring legendary players like Hayley Wickenheiser and Maurice (Rocket) Richard. The museum also offers interactive experiences and a retail store. Visitors can expect to spend 2-3 hours exploring the extensive displays. - Museum of Ingenuity: Ski-Doo Snowmobile Museum in Valcourt, Quebec
Valcourt, Quebec’s Museum of Ingenuity celebrates the innovations of J. Armand Bombardier and the company that was his legacy. See his original shop, tracked vehicles, and snowmobiles. - The Bastion: Designated Historic Place, Nanaimo, British Columbia
The Bastion is 36-foot high structure built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1853 as a trade fort. The exterior is its original timbers and the interior has been restored to the 1853 – 1862 period. - Vancouver Island Military Museum: Nanaimo, British Columbia
The Vancouver Island Military Museum is in Nanaimo, BC. Lodged in an historic octagon-shaped building, it has 25+ major exhibits and displays. - Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site: Agricultural History in Inglis, Manitoba
There are 5 historic, fully-preserved grain elevators at the Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site in Inglis, Manitoba, Canada. The interiors are open in some, along with lots of artifacts and signage to explain how they operated. - Cannington Manor Provincial Historic Park: Rich Lifestyles in 1880s Saskatchewan
Discover how young English squires lived, while pioneers were breaking the land, with a visit to Cannington Manor. There’s a small museum as well as restored site buildings. - National Doukhobor Heritage Village: Veregin, Saskatchewan
Many Doukhobor people came to Saskatcewan in the early 1900s to escape religious persecution in Russia. Visit their historic settlement in Veregin. - Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site: Drumheller, Alberta
Visit an historic Alberta coal mining site operational until 1974 in Drumheller. Lots of fun activities from a train ride to archeology tour. - Casa Loma: Historic 98 Room House Museum in Toronto, Ontario
Casa Loma is an historic home built like a castle. All three floors are furnished with original pieces and open to the public, as are the towers. - Manitoba Agricultural Museum: Rare Historic Farm Machines in Austin, Manitoba
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is on the Trans-Canada Hwy. It has over 500 pieces of vintage farm machinery and an open air museum.
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