Museums in Ontario

A free museum of Toronto’s untold music history hidden inside a drugstore.

The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.

A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.

One of Whitby's first homes is now a showcase of the lifestyle of early Canadian families.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

Take a ride on antique streetcars from across Canada.

In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.