3 cities · 4 museums
Best Museums in Canada
Independent visitor guides with admission, hours, and collection highlights.
Quick answer
World Museum Guide covers 4 museums in Canada across 3cities — including Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Museum of History, National Gallery of Canada — with admission prices, opening hours, and highlights for each. Check each guide for current prices and free days.
Planning your visit
How many museums are in Canada?
World Museum Guide covers 4 museums in Canada .
What are the best museums in Canada?
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Museum of History, National Gallery of Canada, Royal Ontario Museum.
Are museums in Canada free?
Admission varies — see individual museum pages for prices and free days.
Browse by city
Toronto
Art Gallery of Ontario
One of North America's largest art museums, redesigned by Frank Gehry — home to the world's largest collection of Henry Moore sculptures and the largest public collection of Canadian art.
Gatineau
Canadian Museum of History
Canada's most visited museum — across the river from Parliament Hill, with the Grand Hall's Pacific Northwest totem poles, Canadian history galleries, and Douglas Cardinal's curvilinear architecture.
Ottawa
National Gallery of Canada
Canada's national art museum in a Moshe Safdie glass-and-granite building overlooking Parliament Hill — Canadian, Indigenous, European, and contemporary art including Maman by Louise Bourgeois.
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum opened in 1914 and now holds more than 13 million objects across 40 galleries. Its 2007 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal — five interlocking aluminum and glass prisms — has become a Toronto landmark.