Canadian Museum of Nature
http://www.nature.ca/
Official website of the Canadian Museum of Nature. Follow the links from the main page to the collections. This museum houses some of the finest Canadian mineral specimens and has an excellent mineralogical display.

Canmore Museum and GeoSciences Centre
http://www.cmags.org/default.htm
This museum, located in Canmore, Alberta, has exhibits on the coal mining era between 1886 and 1979, and offers geoscience programs for schools.

Courtney & District Museum and Paleontology Centre
http://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/
This museum is located in Courtenay, British Columbia, and contains many interesting fossils found on Vancouver Island and elsewhere.

Fundy Geological Museum
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fgm/
Official home page of the Fundy Geological Museum located in Parsborro, Nova Scotia. Includes a list of upcoming events, news and activities organized by the museum.

Lake Témiscamingue Fossil Centre
http://www.avalonworlds.com/rlcst/index2.html
The Lake Témiscamingue Fossil Centre in Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Québec, focusses on the Ordovician-Silurian period (from 505 to 400 million years ago). This website provides information on how life on Earth was like at that time. Includes animations of geological processes.

Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature
http://www.manitobamuseum.mb.ca/
Official home page of the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. One of Canada's nicest museums. The Earth History Gallery has dinosaur replicas and other interesting fossils on display. There is also a informative section on mining and prospecting.

Morden District Museum
http://www.mordenmuseum.com/
This museum located in Morden, Manitoba, and is the only one of its kind in Canada that can boast such a comprehensive display of marine reptile fossils. Explore 80 million years of history. Click here for information about the museum and activites offered.

Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines
http://www.mmmtm.qc.ca/
Website of the Mineralogical and Mining Museum of Thetford Mines, Quebec.

Museum of Natural Sciences
at the University of Saskatchewan
http://www.usask.ca/geology/museum.html
This museum, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is designed to outline evolution throughout geological time. It provides an integrated learning environment, with displays of living plants, animals, fossils, rocks and minerals. The museum serves as a valuable teaching resource for university and school students. Featured at this museum is the outstanding Ford Mineral Collection of Canadian and world-wide mineral specimens.

The Nova Scotia Museum
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/
Front end to all museum websites in Nova Scotia. A good place to start if you are looking for information on fossils and minerals from Atlantic Canada.

Pacific Museum of the Earth
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/public/museum/
The Pacific Mineral Museum and the former M.Y. Williams Geological Museum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver merged in June 2003 to form the new Pacific Museum of the Earth. This museum features 42 exhibits, including exceptional minerals specimens from Canada and around the world. Visit this website for more information and announcements on special exhibits and events.

Le petit musée minéralogique de l'UQAC - New!
http://mineraux.uqac.ca
Canada's newest mineralogical museum opened 2002 in Chicoutimi, Québec. This museum houses the Corneau Mineral Collection, which was donated to the museum by Mario Corneau. Minerals in the collection are from Québec and include well crystallized cubanite, grossular, epidote, vesuvianite, analcime, almandine, among others. The website includes photos and geological maps showing the areas where the province's fine mineral occur.

Provincial Museum of Alberta
http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/
One of Canada's most popular museums. This Museum offers a full range of exhibitions and activities for every age level and interest.

RockWalk Park
http://www.rockwalkpark.com/
RockWalk Park is a geological park located in Haileybury, Ontario. This outdoor museum is used for school trips and educating mining students about rocks and minerals. Visit the website for more information and for online educational resources.

Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/
Official website of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The earth science gallery features many fine Canadian and world-wide mineral specimens and gemstones.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum
http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/home.html
This museum is located in Regina, Saskatchewan. Travel through three and a half billion years of Saskatchewan’s geological and fossil history and discover everything from volcanoes and gold to dinosaurs and glaciers.

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, is the world's leading museum for dinosaur fossils and dinosaur research.

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