This list of museums in Newfoundland and Labrador 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 Museum Bonavista Bonavista Peninsula Natural history information Admiralty House Museum Mount Pearl History Local history, wireless communication and Guglielmo Marconi, the tragedy of the S.S. Florizel and other shipwrecks and maritime artifacts Banting Interpretation Center Musgrave Harbour History website, life of Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, who was killed in a local 1941 airplane crash Barbour Heritage Village Newtown Open air website, includes a schoolhouse, sealing interpretation center, fisherman's stage, theatre, art gallery, and visitor reception center Battle Harbour Heritage Properties Battle Harbour Labrador Open air website, restored salt fish premises and community Beaches Heritage Centre Eastport Eastport Peninsula Art website, arts centre with art gallery, theater Beckett Heritage House Old Perlican Avalon Peninsula Historic house information, mid-19th century - mid-20th century fishery homestead Bell Island Mine Museum Bell Island Avalon Peninsula Mining website, artifacts, equipment and tour of iron ore mine Blackhead One Room School and Church Museum St. John's History information, open by appointment, 1879 chapel that was originally constructed as a one-room school Bird Cove Interpretation Centre Bird Cove Great Northern Peninsula History website, local history including pre-historic cultures, explorers and settlers Bleak House Museum Fogo History information, local history; built 1826-1827 as a merchant family house Bonavista North Museum & Gallery Wesleyville Bonavista Peninsula Multiple website, local history, contemporary art gallery Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation Centre Boyd's Cove First Nations website, archeological artifacts and exhibits about the Beothuk settlers Burin Heritage Museums Burin Burin Peninsula Multiple information, 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 Lighthouse Bonavista Bonavista Peninsula Maritime website, lighthouse technology and lightkeepers' lifestyles Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site Cape Spear Avalon Peninsula Maritime Lighthouse and 1939 period keeper's residence Carbonear Railway Station Museum Carbonear Avalon Peninsula History website, local history Castle Hill National Historic Site Placentia Avalon Peninsula History Fort ruins, exhibits on the fort and the fishing village Christopher Pratt Art Gallery Bay Roberts Avalon Peninsula Art website, located in the Western Union Cable Station building, works by artist Christopher Pratt and changing exhibits Colony of Avalon Interpretation Centre Ferryland Avalon Peninsula Archaeology website, history and artifacts from the Province of Avalon, reproduction 17th century room with kitchen, archaeology dig site Commissariat House St. John's Historic house website, 1830s period house built to supply the city's garrison Conception Bay Museum Harbour Grace Avalon Peninsula History website, local history, pirates, aviation Cupids Museum Cupids Avalon Peninsula History website, local history and culture Demasduit Regional Museum Grand Falls-Windsor Multiple website, local history, artifacts and culture of the Beothuk and other are settlers; branch of The Rooms. Formerly Mary March Provincial Museum. Dildo Area Interpretation Centre Dildo Avalon Peninsula History information, 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 Museum Cow Head Great Northern Peninsula History website, local history and culture Durrell Museum Durrell History Local history Fishermen's Museum Port de Grave Avalon Peninsula Multiple website, 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 Café Job's Cove Avalon Peninsula History information, local history Fluvarium St. John's Natural history Freshwater ecosystems French Shore Interpretation Centre Conche Great Northern Peninsula History website, area history and culture, artifacts from shipwrecks Gateway Labrador Labrador City Labrador History website, local history including aboriginal inhabitants, fur trading pioneers, mining, railroads, hydropower Glovertown Museum Glovertown History local history Green Family Forge Trinity Avalon Peninsula History website, historic working blacksmith shop Grenfell Campus Art Gallery Corner Brook Art website, part of Grenfell Campus, Memorial University Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site Brigus Avalon Peninsula Historic house 19th century period home of Arctic explorer Bob Bartlett, exhibits about his life and travels Heart's Content Cable Station Heart's Content Avalon Peninsula Media website, information, site of the end of Cyrus West Field's first Transatlantic telegraph cable Hiscock House Trinity Avalon Peninsula Historic house website, 1910 period house Hopedale Mission National Historic Site Hopedale Labrador History information, information, local history, Moravian and Inuit artifacts from the 19th century James J. O'Mara Pharmacy Museum St. John's Medical website, operated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board, 1895 drug store with equipment Johnson Geo Centre St. John's Natural history Geology of the earth and the province, including volcanoes, earthquakes, rainstorms, climate changes, impact on humans Labrador Heritage Museum North West River Labrador History information, local history Labrador Interpretation Centre North West River Labrador First Nations website, founding peoples of Labrador, including Innu, Inuit, Metis and settlers; branch of The Rooms Labrador Military Museum Happy Valley-Goose Bay Labrador Aviation information, items from the Canadian, American, Dutch, German, and British Air Forces Labrador Straits Museum L'Anse-au-Loup Labrador History website, local history with a focus on domestic life and the role of women in communities Lamaline Heritage Museum Lamaline Burin Peninsula History website, local history, 1929 tidal wave disaster L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site L'Anse aux Meadows Great Northern Peninsula Living Reconstructions of three Norse buildings, archaeological remains Lawn Heritage Museum Lawn Burin Peninsula History website, local history Lester-Garland House Trinity Avalon Peninsula Historic house website, reconstructed 1819/1820 period brick house Lifestyles Museum and Cooperage Victoria Avalon Peninsula History website, information, blacksmith and cooper tools and equipment Loder's Point Premises St. Lewis Labrador History information, local history and fishing industry heritage Logger's Life Provincial Museum Grand Falls-Windsor Forestry website, recreated 1920s logging camp; branch of The Rooms Mockbeggar Plantation Bonavista Bonavista Peninsula Industry website, 1939 period fishing plantation house, fish store, carpentry shop, cod liver oil factory Musgrave Harbour Fisherman's Museum Musgrave Harbour Maritime website, fishing industry artifacts Net Loft Museum Rigolet Labrador History , information, local history, tools and equipment of the fishing industry Newfoundland Insectarium Reidville Natural history Mounted and live insect displays Newfoundland Power Electrical Museum Victoria Avalon Peninsula Technology information, former hydro power station and replica sawmill Norstead: A Viking Village and Port of Trade L'Anse aux Meadows Great Northern Peninsula Living Viking era port of trade village North Atlantic Aviation Museum Gander Aviation Historic aircraft and the history of aviation in the province Point Amour Lighthouse L'Anse Amour Labrador Maritime Mid 19th-century lighthouse, exhibits on the maritime history of the Labrador Straits Pouch Cove Museum Pouch Cove Avalon Peninsula Technology website, local history Provincial Seamen's Museum Grand Bank Burin Peninsula Maritime website, fishing industry and life along the coast; branch of The Rooms Quidi Vidi Battery St. John's Military website, artillery battery during the War of 1812 Railway Coastal Museum St. John's Railway Red Bay Community Museum Red Bay Labrador History website, local history Red Bay National Historic Site Red Bay Labrador History website, information, information, 16th century whaling artifacts, archaeological finds Road to Yesterday Museum Bay Roberts Avalon Peninsula History website, turn-of-the-20th-century store and business displays, local history, located in the Western Union Cable Station building The Rooms St. John's Multiple Includes the Rooms Art Gallery Rorke Store Carbonear Avalon Peninsula History website, information, local history of the store, town's people and the fishing industry Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum Grand Falls-Windsor Military information, information, operated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Police Museum St. John's Law enforcement website, open by appointment Royal Newfoundland Regiment Museum Pleasantville Military information, history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Ryan Premises National Historic Site Bonavista Bonavista Peninsula Open air website, 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 Site St. John's Multiple Exhibits about the fort site and a Marconi wireless station Torbay Museum Torbay Avalon Peninsula History website, local history Trinity Interpretation Centre Trinity Avalon Peninsula History website, local history Trinity Museum Trinity Avalon Peninsula History website, local history Twillingate Museum Twillingate History Local history and culture Whitbourne Heritage Museum Whitbourne Avalon Peninsula History information, local history White Elephant Museum Makkovik Labrador History website, local history Willow Tree Museum Hant's Harbour Avalon Peninsula History information, information, local history Winterton Boat Building Museum Winterton Avalon Peninsula Maritime website Wireless Relay and Interpretation Centre Fogo History information, local history, in particular the old Fogo wireless station Ye Matthew Legacy Bonavista Bonavista Peninsula Maritime website, i5th Century replica of John Cabot's ship Matthew, exhibits about his voyage to Newfoundland
References
Museum Association of Newfoundland & Labrador