List of museums in New Brunswick
Introduction This '''list of museums in New Brunswick, 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. Name Photograph Town/City County Type Summary 8th Hussars Regimental Museum  -  Sussex  Kings   Military   History of the regiment Aberdeen Cultural Centre   Moncton  Westmorland   Art    Agricultural Museum of New Brunswick   Sussex  Kings  History   website, local history including agricultural equipment, housewares, military memorabilia, railway display Albert County Museum   Hopewell Cape  Albert   History  Prime Minister R.B. Bennett Commemorative Centre; Tom Collins - Axe Murderer; 8 original buildings in their original locations featuring 22 themed galleries; Local history, historic household artifacts, antiques, a gaol (jail), agricultural equipment, shipbuilding;   website Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery   Florenceville  Carleton   Art   website Atlantic Salmon Museum   Doaktown  Northumberland   Sports    website, salmon fishing and natural history of salmon Barbour's General Store   Saint John  Saint John   History   19th-century Victorian period general store Beaubears Island Interpretive Centre   Beaubears Island  Northumberland   History   website, local history Beaverbrook Art Gallery   Fredericton  York   Art   Includes 19th- and 20th-century Canadian artists, works by some important European artists Bonar Law Provincial Historic Site   Five Rivers  Kent   Historic house    information, 1870s period home of Bonar Law Boultenhouse Heritage Centre   Sackville  Westmorland   History    website, local history, operated by the Tantramar Heritage Trust Campbell Carriage Factory Museum   Middle Sackville  Westmorland  Industry    website, 19th-century horse-drawn carriage "factory" and equipment, operated by the Tantramar Heritage Trust Campobello Public Library and Museum   Campobello Island  Charlotte   History   website, local history Canadian Military Engineers Museum   Oromocto  Sunbury   Military    website, work and role of the Canadian Military Engineers in Canada, located at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Cape Jourimain Nature Centre   Cape Jourimain  Westmorland  Natural history  Area natural and cultural history Carleton County Historical Society   Woodstock  Carleton  History  Local history Carleton Martello Tower   Saint John Saint John  Military  Includes restored powder magazine, restored barracks room and exhibits about the fort Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum   Boiestown  Northumberland  Industry   Forestry industry camp Charles Connell House   Woodstock  Carleton  History  Local history displays, operated by the Carleton County Historical Society Charlotte County Museum   St. Stephen  Charlotte  History   Facebook site, local history Chocolate Museum   St. Stephen  Charlotte  Food  History and manufacturing of chocolate and candy and the Ganong Bros. company Clair Historical Site   Clair  Madawaska   Historic house    information, managed by the Société Historique de Clair Colville House  Sackville   Westmorland  Biographical    website, home and works of artist Alex Colville, on campus of Mount Allison University Currie House Museum   Fredericton Junction  Sunbury   History   Facebook site, local history Cyr Historical House   Saint-Basile  Madawaska  Historic house   information, 1820s period house Doak Historic Site   Doaktown  Northumberland  Historic house  Open in summer, early 19th-century period home with weaving studio Du Réel au Miniature  Railroad Interpretation Center   Edmundston  Madawaska  Railway   website, railroad equipment, miniature train layout of New Brunswick Éco-musée de l’Huître   Caraquet  Gloucester   Multiple    informatio, oyster farming industry, local history and culture Église historique de Barachois   Grand-Barachois  Westmorland  Multiple    information, 1824 Acadian church with art, culture and history exhibits; also known as the Msgr. Camille-André-LeBlanc Museum Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site  ,Aulac  Westmorland  Military  Site of two notable 18th-century battles Fortin du Petit Sault Blockhouse   Edmundston  Madawaska  Military   information, reconstructed 1841 blockhouse Fredericton Region Museum   Fredericton  York  History   Local history Fundy Trail Interpretive Centre   Fundy-St. Martins  Saint John  History    website, area history of the logging, fishing and shipbuilding communities Grand Manan Museum   Grand Manan Island  Charlotte  Multiple   website, local and natural history, features large display of over 300 different species of birds, the island's geology, and maritime artifacts Gaskin Museum of Marine Life   Grand Manan Island  Charlotte   Natural history   website, operated by the Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station, marine mammals Grand Falls Museum   Grand Falls  Victoria   History  information, local history Herman J. Good V.C Branch No.18 Royal Canadian Legion War Museum   Bathurst  Gloucester   Military    information Historic Beaverbrook House   Miramichi  Northumberland  Historic house   website, late 19th-century Victorian home of Lord Beaverbrook Historic Museum of Tracadie   Tracadie-Sheila  Gloucester   History   website, local history, features exhibits about 19th-century medical care of leprosy patients John Fisher Memorial Museum   Kingston  Kings   History   website, local history Joseph B. Michaud Blacksmith Museum   Saint-François-de-Madawaska  Madawaska  History    information, historic blacksmith shop and tools Keillor House Museum   Dorchester  Westmorland  Historic house   website, mid-19th-century period house, operated by the Westmorland Historical Society Kings County Museum   Hampton  Kings   History    website, local history Kings Landing Historical Settlement   Prince William  York  Living  Recreation of a New Brunswick town from the period of 1780-1910 Loyalist House   Saint John  Saint John  Historic house   Early 19th-century house, operated by the New Brunswick Historical Society Lutz Mountain Heritage Museum   Moncton  Westmorland   History    website, local history, located in an 1883 meeting house MacDonald Farm Historic Site   Oak Point-Bartibog Bridge  Northumberland  Historic house   website, 1820s period house with costumed guide, farm animals Maison Pascal-Poirier   Shediac  Westmorland   Multiple    information, historic house with exhibits about Acadian senator Pascal Poirier, and an art gallery Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame   Three Rivers  Westmorland   Automotive    website, includes race cars, antique vehicles, motorcycles, gocarts, snowmobiles McAdam Railway Station   McAdam  York  Railway and Architecture  Provincial and national heritage railway station, includes museum and special events venue Metepenagiag Heritage Park   Red Bank  Northumberland  First Nations   website, history and culture of the Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation Middle Island Irish Historical Park   Miramichi  Northumberland  Ethnic   website, area's Irish immigrants and culture Minto Museum and Information Centre  Minto  Queens  History   website, local history Miramichi History Museum   Miramichi  Northumberland  Natural History   A collection of wildlife, artifacts, local and provincial heritage. Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre   Miramichi  Northumberland  Natural history   website, salmon hatchery tours Moncton Museum   Moncton  Westmorland  History   Local history Monro Heritage Centre   Strait Shores  Westmorland  History    website, local history Monument Lefebvre National Historic Site   Memramcook  Westmorland  Ethnic   Acadian history and culture MR21 - Digital Cathedral   Moncton  Westmorland  Ethnic    website Acadian and local history, culture and cathedral heritage Musée Acadien   Moncton  Westmorland  Ethnic    website, part of Université de Moncton, Acadian heritage and culture Musée Acadien de Caraquet   Caraquet  Gloucester   History    website, local history and culture of the Acadian PeninsulaMusée de Kent   Bouctouche  Kent   History    website, local history, Acadian culture, history of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception Musée de l'automobile   Saint-Jacques  Madawaska  Automobile   information, antique cars Musée de Memramcook   Memramcook  Westmorland  History   website, local history Musée des papes  (Pope Museum)   Grande-Anse  Gloucester   Religious    information, history of Catholicism and the Pope Musée des Pionniers de Grand-Digue   Grande-Digue  Kent  History   information, local history, pioneer artifacts Musée Forestier de Kedgwick   Kedgwick  Restigouche   Forestry   website, logging camp displaying forestry industry between the 1930s and 1960s Musée historique du Madawaska   Edmundston  Madawaska  History    website, operated by the Université de Moncton in Edmundston, local history and an art gallery Nepisiquit Centennial Museum and Cultural Centre   Bathurst  Gloucester   Multiple    website, local history and art gallery New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Centre   Shippagan  Gloucester   Maritime   website, aquarium, maritime and fishing industry museum New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum   Minto  Queens   History   website, artifacts and history of the WWII internment camp New Brunswick Military History Museum   Oromocto  Sunbury   Military    website, history of CFB Gagetown and the military presence in Oromocto New Brunswick Mining and Mineral Interpretation Centre   Petit-Rocher  Gloucester   Mining   information,  information New Brunswick Museum   Saint John  Saint John  Multiple   Art, decorative arts, natural history, New Brunswick history, industry and culture New Brunswick Railway Museum   Hillsborough  Albert   Railway  Railroad equipment and artifacts New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame   Fredericton  York  Sports    New Denmark Memorial Museum   New Denmark  Madawaska  History  information, local history Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur Heritage Room   Moncton  Westmorland  Religious    website,  information, artifacts, history and art of the Congregation of Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur Old Bank Museum   Riverside-Albert  Albert  History   information Old Carleton County Court House   Woodstock Carleton  History  Mid-19th-century historic courthouse, operated by the Carleton County Historical Society Old Government House   Fredericton  York  Historic house   Historic residence of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, open for tours Owens Art Gallery   Sackville  Westmorland   Art    website, part of Mount Allison University Petitcodiac War Museum   Three Rivers  Westmorland  Military   information Potato World   Florenceville-Bristol  Carleton  Food   website, potato history, farming, industry and impact in the region Quaco Museum   Fundy-St. Martins  Saint John  History    website, local historyQuartermain Earth Science Center   Fredericton  York  Science   website, Showcases local geology and other geological topics as interactive exhibits. Queens County Heritage   Arcadia  Queens   Multiple   website, includes local history exhibitions in the 1786 Tilley House, A National Historic Site, the 1836 Queens County Court House, a Provincial Historic Site, and the historic 1818 Anthony Flower House Museum & Gallery with art and family history. Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph Museum   Saint-Basile  Madawaska  Medical   website, includes instruments and apparatus used in the hospital or the pharmacy Restigouche Regional Museum   Dalhousie  Restigouche   History   information, local history Richibucto River Museum   Five Rivers  Kent  History    information, local history Roosevelt Campobello International Park   Campobello Island  Charlotte  Historic house  Features the 1920s period Roosevelt Cottage and visitor center exhibits about the Franklin D. Roosevelt family and their visits to the island Ross Memorial Museum   St. Andrews  Charlotte  Art  Historic 19th-century mansion with a collection of furniture and decorative arts St. Andrews Blockhouse National Historic Site   St. Andrews  Charlotte  Military   website, restored early 19th-century blockhouse with exhibits St. James Textile Museum   Dorchester  Westmorland  Textile   website, historic textiles, textile-making tools and a loom, carpenter's and blacksmith's tools, operated by the Westmorland Historical Society St. Michaels Museum   Miramichi  Northumberland   History   website, local history and culture Saint-Isidore Museum   Hautes-Terres  Gloucester   History   information, local history Saint John Arts Centre   Saint John  Saint John  Art   website, includes several galleries Saint John Firefighters' Museum   Saint John  Saint John  Firefighting   information Saint John Jewish Historical Museum   Saint John  Saint John  Ethnic  Jewish history and culture in Saint John and New Brunswick School Days Museum   Fredericton  York  Education    website, history of education in New Brunswick Science East   Fredericton  York  Science    Sheriff Andrews House   St. Andrews  Charlotte  Historic house   information, early 19th-century house with costumed interpreters Shogomoc Historical Railway Site   Florenceville-Bristol  Carleton  Railway   website, restored CPR railway station, artifacts and three railroad cars Southern Victoria Historical Museum   Southern Victoria  Victoria   History    information, local history Struts Gallery   Sackville  Westmorland   Art    website Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre   St. Andrews  Charlotte  Art   website, art exhibits and natural history programs Tabusintac Memorial Library and Museum   Tabusintac  Northumberland  History    website, local history Tankville School Museum   Tankville  Westmorland  Education   information,  information, early 20th-century period schoolhouse Thomas Williams House   Moncton  Westmorland  Historic house    website, late 19th-century Victorian period house Village Historique Acadien   New Bandon  Gloucester   Living   Features over 40 buildings, portrays life of the Acadians between 1770 and 1939 Walls Historic Site (Canada)   Miramichi River Valley  Northumberland  Historic house   information Wild Salmon Nature Centre   St. Andrews  Charlotte  Natural history   website, biology, research, issues affecting salmon, angling heritage and art, operated by the Atlantic Salmon Federation William Henry Steeves House Museum   Hillsborough  Westmorland   Historic house   website, mid-19th-century period home of politician William Henry Steeves W.S. Loggie Cultural Centre   Miramichi  Northumberland History   information
See also *Nature centres in New Brunswick
References * Association Museums of New Brunswick