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 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 are not included.
NameTown/CityRegionTypeSummary
Abbott's Wildlife MuseumBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaNatural history
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 HarbourHistory, life of Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, who was killed in a local 1941 airplane crash
Barbour Heritage VillageNewtownOpen air, includes a schoolhouse, sealing interpretation center, fisherman's stage, theatre, art gallery, and visitor reception center
Battle Harbour Heritage PropertiesBattle HarbourOpen air, restored salt fish premises and community
Beaches Heritage CentreEastportArt, arts centre with art gallery, theater
Beckett Heritage HouseOld PerlicanAvalon PeninsulaHistoric house, mid-19th century - mid-20th century fishery homestead
Bell Island Mine MuseumBell IslandAvalon PeninsulaMining, artifacts, equipment and tour of iron ore mine
Blackhead One Room School and Church MuseumSt. John'sHistory, open by appointment, 1879 chapel that was originally constructed as a one-room school
Bird Cove Interpretation CentreBird CoveHistory, local history including pre-historic cultures, explorers and settlers
Bleak House MuseumFogoHistory, local history
Bonavista North Museum & GalleryWesleyvilleBonavista PeninsulaMultiple, local history, contemporary art gallery
Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation CentreBoyd's CoveFirst Nations, archeological artifacts and exhibits about the Beothuk settlers
Burin Heritage MuseumsBurinMultiple, 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 PeninsulaMaritime, lighthouse technology and lightkeepers' lifestyles
Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic SiteCape SpearMaritimeLighthouse and 1939 period keeper's residence
Carbonear Railway Station MuseumCarbonearAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history
Castle Hill National Historic SitePlacentiaHistoryFort ruins, exhibits on the fort and the fishing village
Christopher Pratt Art GalleryBay RobertsArt, located in the Western Union Cable Station building, works by artist Christopher Pratt and changing exhibits
Colony of Avalon Interpretation CentreFerrylandArchaeology, history and artifacts from the Province of Avalon, reproduction 17th century room with kitchen, archaeology dig site
Commissariat HouseSt. John'sHistoric house, 1830s period house built to supply the city's garrison
Conception Bay MuseumHarbour GraceAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history, pirates, aviation
Cupids MuseumCupidsHistory, local history and culture
Dildo Area Interpretation CentreDildoAvalon PeninsulaHistory, 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 HeadHistory, local history and culture
Durrell MuseumDurrellHistoryLocal history
Fishermen's MuseumPort de GraveAvalon PeninsulaMultiple, 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 PeninsulaHistory, local history
FluvariumSt. John'sNatural historyFreshwater ecosystems
French Shore Interpretation CentreConcheHistory, area history and culture, artifacts from shipwrecks
Gateway LabradorLabrador CityLabradorHistory, local history including aboriginal inhabitants, fur trading pioneers, mining, railroads, hydropower
Glovertown MuseumGlovertownHistoryLocal history
Green Family ForgeTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistory, historic working blacksmith shop
Hawthorne Cottage National Historic SiteBrigusHistoric house19th century period home of Arctic explorer Bob Bartlett, exhibits about his life and travels
Heart's Content Cable StationHeart's ContentAvalon PeninsulaMedia, , site of the end of Cyrus West Field's first Transatlantic telegraph cable
Hiscock HouseTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistoric house, 1910 period house
Hopedale Mission National Historic SiteHopedaleHistory, , local history, Moravian and Inuit artifacts from the 19th century
James J. O'Mara Pharmacy MuseumSt. John'sMedical, 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 RiverLabradorHistory, local history
Labrador Interpretation CentreNorth West RiverLabradorFirst Nations, founding peoples of Labrador, including Innu, Inuit, Metis and settlers; branch of The Rooms
Labrador Military MuseumHappy Valley-Goose BayLabradorAviation, items from the Canadian, American, Dutch, German, and British Air Forces
Labrador Straits MuseumL'Anse-au-LoupLabradorHistory, local history with a focus on domestic life and the role of women in communities
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic SiteL'Anse aux MeadowsLivingReconstructions of three Norse buildings, archaeological remains
Lester-Garland HouseTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistoric house, reconstructed 1819/1820 period brick house
Lifestyles Museum and CooperageVictoriaAvalon PeninsulaHistory, , blacksmith and cooper tools and equipment
Loder's Point PremisesSt. LewisLabradorHistory, local history and fishing industry heritage
Logger's Life Provincial MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorForestry, recreated 1920s logging camp; branch of The Rooms
Mary March Provincial MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorMultiple, local history, artifacts and culture of the Beothuk and other are settlers; branch of The Rooms
Mockbeggar PlantationBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaIndustry, 1939 period fishing plantation house, fish store, carpentry shop, cod liver oil factory
Musgrave Harbour Fisherman's MuseumMusgrave HarbourMaritime, fishing industry artifacts
Net Loft MuseumRigoletLabradorHistory, , local history, tools and equipment of the fishing industry
Newfoundland InsectariumReidvilleNatural historyMounted and live insect displays
Newfoundland Power Electrical MuseumVictoriaAvalon PeninsulaTechnology, former hydro power station and replica sawmill
Norstead: A Viking Village and Port of TradeL'Anse aux MeadowsLivingViking 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 PeninsulaTechnology, local history
Provincial Seamen's MuseumGrand BankMaritime, fishing industry and life along the coast; branch of The Rooms
Quidi Vidi BatterySt. John'sMilitary, artillery battery during the War of 1812
Railway Coastal MuseumSt. John'sRailway
Red Bay Community MuseumRed BayLabradorHistory, local history
Red Bay National Historic SiteRed BayLabradorHistory, , , 16th century whaling artifacts, archaeological finds
Road to Yesterday MuseumBay RobertsHistory, 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 PeninsulaHistory, , local history of the store, town's people and the fishing industry
Royal Canadian Legion Military MuseumGrand Falls-WindsorMilitary, , operated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary MuseumSt. John'sLaw enforcement, open by appointment
Royal Newfoundland Regiment MuseumPleasantvilleMilitary, history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Ryan Premises National Historic SiteBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaOpen air, 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
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art GalleryCorner BrookArt, part of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Torbay MuseumTorbayAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history
Trinity Interpretation CentreTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history
Trinity MuseumTrinityAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history
Twillingate MuseumTwillingateHistoryLocal history and culture
Whitbourne Heritage MuseumWhitbourneAvalon PeninsulaHistory, local history
White Elephant MuseumMakkovikLabradorHistory, local history
Willow Tree MuseumHant's HarbourAvalon PeninsulaHistory, , local history
Winterton Boat Building MuseumWintertonMaritime
Wireless Relay and Interpretation CentreFogoHistory, local history, in particular the old Fogo wireless station
Ye Matthew LegacyBonavistaBonavista PeninsulaMaritime, i5th Century replica of John Cabot's ship Matthew, exhibits about his voyage to Newfoundland