List of museums in Newfoundland and Labrador

This list of museums in Newfoundland and Labrador, 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.

Name Town/City Region Type Summary
Abbott's Wildlife MuseumBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaNatural historyinformation
Admiralty House MuseumMount PearlHistoryLocal history, wireless communication and Guglielmo Marconi, the tragedy of the S.S. Florizel and other shipwrecks and maritime artifacts
Banting Interpretation CenterMusgrave HarbourHistorywebsite, life of Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, who was killed in a local 1941 airplane crash
Barbour Heritage VillageNewtownOpen airwebsite, includes a schoolhouse, sealing interpretation center, fisherman's stage, theatre, art gallery, and visitor reception center
Battle Harbour Heritage PropertiesBattle HarbourLabradorOpen airwebsite, restored salt fish premises and community
Beaches Heritage CentreEastportEastport PeninsulaArtwebsite, arts centre with art gallery, theater
Beckett Heritage HouseOld PerlicanAvalon PeninsulaHistoric houseinformation, mid-19th century - mid-20th century fishery homestead
Bell Island Mine MuseumBell IslandAvalon PeninsulaMiningwebsite, artifacts, equipment and tour of iron ore mine
Blackhead One Room School and Church MuseumSt. John'sHistoryinformation, open by appointment, 1879 chapel that was originally constructed as a one-room school
Bird Cove Interpretation CentreBird CoveGreat Northern PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history including pre-historic cultures, explorers and settlers
Bleak House MuseumFogoHistoryinformation, local history
Bonavista North Museum & GalleryWesleyvilleBonavista PeninsulaMultiplewebsite, local history, contemporary art gallery
Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation CentreBoyd's CoveFirst Nationswebsite, archeological artifacts and exhibits about the Beothuk settlers
Burin Heritage MuseumsBurinBurin PeninsulaMultipleinformation, includes 1910 Bank of Nova Scotia Museum with local history and culture exhibits, 1920 Reddy Heritage House with period furnishings and the Burin Cottage Hospital Exhibit
Cape Bonavista LighthouseBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaMaritimewebsite, lighthouse technology and lightkeepers' lifestyles
Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic SiteCape SpearAvalon PeninsulaMaritimeLighthouse and 1939 period keeper's residence
Carbonear Railway Station MuseumCarbonearAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history
Castle Hill National Historic SitePlacentiaAvalon PeninsulaHistoryFort ruins, exhibits on the fort and the fishing village
Christopher Pratt Art GalleryBay RobertsAvalon PeninsulaArtwebsite, located in the Western Union Cable Station building, works by artist Christopher Pratt and changing exhibits
Colony of Avalon Interpretation CentreFerrylandAvalon PeninsulaArchaeologywebsite, history and artifacts from the Province of Avalon, reproduction 17th century room with kitchen, archaeology dig site
Commissariat HouseSt. John'sHistoric housewebsite, 1830s period house built to supply the city's garrison
Conception Bay MuseumHarbour GraceAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history, pirates, aviation
Cupids MuseumCupidsAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history and culture
Dildo Area Interpretation CentreDildoAvalon PeninsulaHistoryinformation, local history, archaeological artifacts from Maritime Archaic Indians, Dorset Eskimo, recent Indians and Beothuk; interpretation of the 19th Century cod fish hatchery
Dr. Henry N Payne Community MuseumCow HeadGreat Northern PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history and culture
Durrell MuseumDurrellHistoryLocal history
Fishermen's MuseumPort de GraveAvalon PeninsulaMultiplewebsite, includes exhibits on life and work of the Newfoundland inshore fisherman, Porter House, a typical fisherman's home, and a one-room school
Flambro Head Museum and CaféJob's CoveAvalon PeninsulaHistoryinformation, local history
FluvariumSt. John'sNatural historyFreshwater ecosystems
French Shore Interpretation CentreConcheGreat Northern PeninsulaHistorywebsite, area history and culture, artifacts from shipwrecks
Gateway LabradorLabrador CityLabradorHistorywebsite, local history including aboriginal inhabitants, fur trading pioneers, mining, railroads, hydropower
Glovertown MuseumGlovertownHistorylocal history
Green Family ForgeTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, historic working blacksmith shop
Grenfell Campus Art GalleryCorner BrookArtwebsite, part of Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
Hawthorne Cottage National Historic SiteBrigusAvalon PeninsulaHistoric house19th century period home of Arctic explorer Bob Bartlett, exhibits about his life and travels
Heart's Content Cable StationHeart's ContentAvalon PeninsulaMediawebsite, information, site of the end of Cyrus West Field's first Transatlantic telegraph cable
Hiscock HouseTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistoric housewebsite, 1910 period house
Hopedale Mission National Historic SiteHopedaleLabradorHistoryinformation, information, local history, Moravian and Inuit artifacts from the 19th century
James J. O'Mara Pharmacy MuseumSt. John'sMedicalwebsite, operated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board, 1895 drug store with equipment
Johnson Geo CentreSt. John'sNatural historyGeology of the earth and the province, including volcanoes, earthquakes, rainstorms, climate changes, impact on humans
Labrador Heritage MuseumNorth West RiverLabradorHistoryinformation, local history
Labrador Interpretation CentreNorth West RiverLabradorFirst Nationswebsite, founding peoples of Labrador, including Innu, Inuit, Metis and settlers; branch of The Rooms
Labrador Military MuseumHappy Valley-Goose BayLabradorAviationinformation, items from the Canadian, American, Dutch, German, and British Air Forces
Labrador Straits MuseumL'Anse-au-LoupLabradorHistorywebsite, local history with a focus on domestic life and the role of women in communities
Lamaline Heritage MuseumLamalineBurin PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history, 1929 tidal wave disaster
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic SiteL'Anse aux MeadowsGreat Northern PeninsulaLivingReconstructions of three Norse buildings, archaeological remains
Lawn Heritage MuseumLawnBurin PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history
Lester-Garland HouseTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistoric housewebsite, reconstructed 1819/1820 period brick house
Lifestyles Museum and CooperageVictoriaAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, information, blacksmith and cooper tools and equipment
Loder's Point PremisesSt. LewisLabradorHistoryinformation, local history and fishing industry heritage
Logger's Life Provincial MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorForestrywebsite, recreated 1920s logging camp; branch of The Rooms
Mary March Provincial MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorMultiplewebsite, local history, artifacts and culture of the Beothuk and other are settlers; branch of The Rooms
Mockbeggar PlantationBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaIndustrywebsite, 1939 period fishing plantation house, fish store, carpentry shop, cod liver oil factory
Musgrave Harbour Fisherman's MuseumMusgrave HarbourMaritimewebsite, fishing industry artifacts
Net Loft MuseumRigoletLabradorHistoryinformation, information, local history, tools and equipment of the fishing industry
Newfoundland InsectariumReidvilleNatural historyMounted and live insect displays
Newfoundland Power Electrical MuseumVictoriaAvalon PeninsulaTechnologyinformation, former hydro power station and replica sawmill
Norstead: A Viking Village and Port of TradeL'Anse aux MeadowsGreat Northern PeninsulaLivingViking era port of trade village
North Atlantic Aviation MuseumGanderAviationHistoric aircraft and the history of aviation in the province
Point Amour LighthouseL'Anse AmourLabradorMaritimeMid 19th-century lighthouse, exhibits on the maritime history of the Labrador Straits
Pouch Cove MuseumPouch CoveAvalon PeninsulaTechnologywebsite, local history
Provincial Seamen's MuseumGrand BankBurin PeninsulaMaritimewebsite, fishing industry and life along the coast; branch of The Rooms
Quidi Vidi BatterySt. John'sMilitarywebsite, artillery battery during the War of 1812
Railway Coastal MuseumSt. John'sRailway
Red Bay Community MuseumRed BayLabradorHistorywebsite, local history
Red Bay National Historic SiteRed BayLabradorHistorywebsite, information, information, 16th century whaling artifacts, archaeological finds
Road to Yesterday MuseumBay RobertsAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, turn-of-the-20th-century store and business displays, local history, located in the Western Union Cable Station building
The RoomsSt. John'sMultipleIncludes the Rooms Art Gallery
Rorke StoreCarbonearAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, information, local history of the store, town's people and the fishing industry
Royal Canadian Legion Military MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorMilitaryinformation, information, operated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Police MuseumSt. John'sLaw enforcementwebsite, open by appointment
Royal Newfoundland Regiment MuseumPleasantvilleMilitaryinformation, history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Ryan Premises National Historic SiteBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaOpen airwebsite, restored merchant's premises with exhibits about: inshore, Labrador, international and seal fisheries; traditional Newfoundland outport furniture; local history museum about the inshore fishing community
Signal Hill National Historic SiteSt. John'sMultipleExhibits about the fort site and a Marconi wireless station
Torbay MuseumTorbayAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history
Trinity Interpretation CentreTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history
Trinity MuseumTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistorywebsite, local history
Twillingate MuseumTwillingateHistoryLocal history and culture
Whitbourne Heritage MuseumWhitbourneAvalon PeninsulaHistoryinformation, local history
White Elephant MuseumMakkovikLabradorHistorywebsite, local history
Willow Tree MuseumHant's HarbourAvalon PeninsulaHistoryinformation, information, local history
Winterton Boat Building MuseumWintertonAvalon PeninsulaMaritimewebsite
Wireless Relay and Interpretation CentreFogoHistoryinformation, local history, in particular the old Fogo wireless station
Ye Matthew LegacyBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaMaritimewebsite, i5th Century replica of John Cabot's ship Matthew, exhibits about his voyage to Newfoundland

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