This list of museums in Ontario, 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.
See also List of museums in Toronto for museums in the city of Toronto, which is part of the Golden Horseshoe region.
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Defunct museums
- Canada and the World Pavilion, Ottawa
- Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, closed in 2006
- Canadian Ski Museum, moved from Ottawa to Mont-Tremblant, Quebec in 2013
- Dairy Museum, Aylmer
- Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games, closed in 2009, collections now at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Guy Lombardo Museum, closed in 2007, London
- The Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls
- Revolution Frères Museum, Moosonee
- Seagram Museum, Waterloo
- Shania Twain Centre, Timmins, closed in 2013
See also
- Nature centres in Ontario
References
- Ontario Museum Association
