Museums
Museums of Canada
806 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum84museums
Military museum45museums
Open-air museum34museums
Aviation museum20museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
1Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Art museum · 1860
1.02M visitors8 famous works
2National Gallery of Canada
Lowertown, Ontario
1880
237k visitors12 famous works
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3Art Gallery of Ontario
Baldwin Village, Ontario
Art museum · 1900
322k visitors11 famous works
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4Royal Ontario Museum
Discovery District, Ontario
Museum of culture · 1912
1.31M visitors4 famous works
5Canadian Museum of History
Lowertown, Ontario
History museum · 1856
1.3M visitors
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6Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Drumheller, Alberta
Paleontological museum · 1985
400k visitors
7Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Greektown, British Columbia
1947
200k visitors1 famous works
8Montréal Insectarium
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Quebec
Natural history museum · 1990
350k visitors
9Montreal Science Centre
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Science museum · 2000
764k visitors
10Royal British Columbia Museum
Victoria, British Columbia
1886
350k visitors
12Pointe-à-Callière Museum
Ville-Marie, Quebec
History museum · 1992
527k visitors
14Canadian Railway Museum
Saint-Constant, Quebec
Railway museum · 1961
47k visitors1 famous works
15Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Art museum · 1964
54k visitors
18Canadian Centre for Architecture
Ville-Marie, Quebec
1979
68k visitors
19Telus Spark Science Centre
Calgary, Alberta
Science museum · 2011
380k visitors
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21Telus World of Science
Edmonton, Alberta
Science center · 1984
530k visitors
23Mendel Art Gallery
Central Business District, Saskatchewan
Art museum · 1964
180k visitors
24Manitoba Children's Museum
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Children's museum · 1986
135k visitors
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25The Power Plant
Old Toronto, Ontario
Art museum · 1987
130k visitors
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26Wallaceburg and District Museum
Wallaceburg, Ontario
1984
1M visitors
28Village Historique Acadien
Bertrand, New Brunswick
Open-air museum
90k visitors
30Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Natural history museum · 2002
40k visitors
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31London Regional Children's Museum
London, Ontario
Children's museum · 1975
100k visitors
32Arthur Child Heritage Museum of the 1000 Islands
Gananoque, Ontario
Heritage centre
30k visitors
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34Canada Science and Technology Museum
Overbrook, Ontario
Science museum · 1967
348k visitors1 famous works
41International Hockey Hall of Fame
Williamsville, Ontario
1943
1,500 visitors
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42Canadian Children's Museum
Lowertown, Ontario
Children's museum · 1986
500k visitors
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48Beaverbrook Art Gallery
North Devon, New Brunswick
Art museum · 1959
25k visitors1 famous works
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51Odette Sculpture Park
Windsor, Ontario
Sculpture garden
1 famous works
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52Bank of Canada Museum
Ottawa, Ontario
1980
53Vancouver Maritime Museum
Greektown, British Columbia
Maritime museum · 1959
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54Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père
Pointe-au-Père, Quebec
1980
60k visitors
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57Muttart Conservatory
Edmonton, Alberta
1976
58Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Kingston, Ontario
Art museum · 1957
1 famous works
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59Reynolds Museum
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
1992
1 famous works
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 84 |
| Military museum | 45 |
| Open-air museum | 34 |
| Aviation museum | 20 |
| Historic house museum | 19 |
| History museum | 18 |
| Railway museum | 17 |
| Interpretation centre | 17 |
| Heritage railway | 13 |
| Science museum | 11 |
| Local museum | 11 |
| Heritage centre | 10 |
| Sculpture garden | 9 |
| Natural history museum | 8 |