Online Resources for Canadian Heritage

Museums and other cultural institutions

Institutions - Canada

National institutions

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
http://www.civilization.ca

Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmce.asp

Canadian War Museum
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwme.asp

Canadian Postal Museum
http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/cpme.asp

Virtual Storehouse: the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/analogue/index.htm

The AMUSE Project: The 3rd Dimension. A new way of seeing in cyberspace
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/amuse/

Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation
http://www.technomuses.ca/

Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/

Canada Aviation Museum
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/

Canada Agriculture Museum
http://www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/

Canadian Museum of Nature
http://www.nature.ca/

National Gallery of Canada
http://national.gallery.ca/

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
http://www.cmcp.gallery.ca

The Portrait Gallery of Canada
http://www.portraits.gc.ca/

Bank of Canada Currency Museum
http://www.currencymuseum.ca/
More detail at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/bank/english/index.htm

Canadian Heritage Information Network
http://www.chin.gc.ca/

Canadian Conservation Institute
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/

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Newfoundland

The Newfoundland Museum
http://www.nfmuseum.com/

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Museum
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/

Sherbrooke Village
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/sv/

Acadian Museum, West Pubnico, N.S.
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/paulined/pubnico/english.htm

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New Brunswick

Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton
http://www.umoncton.ca/maum/

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Prince Edward Island

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Quebec

Musée du Québec
http://www.mdq.org/english/index.htm

Museum of Civilization
http://www.mcq.org/index_en.html

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
http://www.mnba.qc.ca/

McCord Museum
http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/

Canadian Centre for Architecture
http://cca.qc.ca/

Musée Pointe-à-Callière
http://www.pacmuseum.qc.ca/index.aspx?lang=EN-CA

Quebec Air and Space Museum
http://www.aerovision.org/

Gilles Villeneuve Museum
http://www.villeneuve.com/intro.htm

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/index.html

Musée de la mer de Pointe-au-Père
http://www.cnipap.qc.ca/musee-mer/

Musée Marius-Barbeau
http://www.museemariusbarbeau.com/

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Ontario

Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/

MZTV Museum of Television
http://www.mztv.com/

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
http://www.marmus.ca/marmus/MMuseum.html

Battlefield House Museum
http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca

McMichael Canadian Art Collection
http://www.mcmichael.com/

Westfield Heritage Centre
http://www.westfieldheritage.ca/

Sharon Temple Historic Site and Museum
http://www.sharontemple.ca/

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
http://www.warplane.com/

Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum
http://www.rcafmuseum.on.ca/

Hogarth House Museum of Antique Arms and Armour
http://www.hogarth.com/

Ontario Provincial Police Museum
http://www.gov.on.ca/opp/museum/english/

The Buxton Historic Site and Museum
http://www.ciaccess.com/~jdnewby/

Huronia Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/huronia/HURONIA.HTM

Scugog Shores Historical Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/scugog/welcome.htm

The Sir Harry Oakes Chateau Museum of Northern History
http://www.museumsnorth.org/kirkland_lake/

Woodland Cultural Centre
http://www.woodland-centre.on.ca/

The Museum for Textiles
http://www.museumfortextiles.on.ca/

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
http://www.cshof.ca/pages/aboutus.intro.php

Pickering Museum Village
http://www.cityofpickering.com/museum/

Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives
http://www.pcma.ca/

The Canadian Canoe Museum
http://www.canoemuseum.net/default.asp

Museum of Health Care
http://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/

Museum and Archive of Games, University of Waterloo
http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/index.html

Upper Canada Village Heritage Park
http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/

Nepean Museum
http://www.nepeanmuseum.on.ca/

Billings Estate Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/billings/

Diefenbunker - Canada's Cold War Museum
http://www.diefenbunker.ca/

Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cumberland/

North Bay Area Museum
http://www.heritagenorthbay.com/

Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives
http://www.lennox-addington.on.ca/government/Info/muse.html

Canadian Clock Museum
http://www.canclockmuseum.ca/

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Manitoba

Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature
http://www.manitobamuseum.mb.ca/home.html

Mennonite Heritage Village Museum, Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
http://www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com/

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
http://www.airmuseum.ca/homebase.html

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Saskatchewan

The Virtual Keeping House: A First Nations Gallery
http://www.sicc.sk.ca/keepinghouse/index.html

The Notukeu Museum and Archaeology On-line
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/notukeu/

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Alberta

The Provincial Museum of Alberta
http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca

Glenbow
http://www.glenbow.org/
Western Canada's foremost centre of history and art

University of Alberta Virtual Museums
http://www.museums.ualberta.ca/welcome.htm

Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/luxton/

Fort Edmonton Park
http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/comm_services/city_op_attractions/fort/index.html

Museum of the Regiments
http://www.museumoftheregiments.ca/

The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum
http://www.lermuseum.org/ler/whats_new/index.php

Naval Museum of Alberta
http://www.navalmuseum.ab.ca/

The Nanton Lancaster Society and Air Museum
http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
http://www.whyte.org/

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British Columbia

Royal British Columbia Museum
http://rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca/

British Columbia Archives
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm

Maritime Museum of British Columbia
http://mmbc.bc.ca/

Museum of Anthropology, the University of British Columbia
http://www.moa.ubc.ca/

Simon Fraser University of Archaeology and Ethnology
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/index.htm

Fort Steele Heritage Town
http://www.fortsteele.bc.ca/

'Ksan Historical Village and Museum
http://www.ksan.org/

Point Ellice Collection of Household Victoriana
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/peh/

Canadian Museum of Flight collection
http://www.canadianflight.org/index01.htm

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Yukon

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Northwest Territories

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
http://www.pwnhc.ca/

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Nunavut

Kitikmeot Heritage Society
http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/

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Virtual museums

Virtual Museum of Canada
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/

Virtual Museum of Labrador
http://www.labradorvirtualmuseum.ca/

Musée virtuel de la Nouvelle-France
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/vmnfe.asp

Virtual Maritime Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/maritime_museum/estart.html

Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
http://www.metismuseum.ca/main.php

Secwepemc Nation Virtual Museum
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/secwepemc/

Virtual Museum of Nunavut
http://www.gov.nu.ca/cley/english/vmuseum/vmuseum.htm

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