Local Museums
AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE
Location: Queen's University
Telephone: 613-533-2190
E-mail: agnes@post.queensu.ca
URL: http://www.aeac.ca
Features: Canadian and European art, decorative arts (quilts, silver, costumes, glass) and
West African art.
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF ONTARIO ARCHIVES
Location: 90 Johnson Street
Telephone: 613-544-4774 ext. 28
E-mail: archives@ontario.anglican.ca
URL: www.ontario.anglican.ca
Features: Records of the Diocese of Ontario including parish registers from 1780 to
present.
BELLEVUE HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
Site Location: 35 Centre Street
Telephone: 613-545-8666
E-mail: bellevue.house@pc.gc.ca
URL: www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue
Features: House restored to the 1848-49 period conveying the domestic life of Canada's
first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Macdonald memorabilia is on display in the
Visitor Centre.
CATARAQUI ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Location: 611 Princess Street, Kingston, ON K7L 1E1
Telephone: 613-542-3483
E-mail: info@carf.info
URL: www.carf.info
Features: Depicts the 8000 year history of human occupation of the Kingston region.
FORT HENRY
Location: Junction of Highways 2 & 15, 1.6 km east of Kingston
Telephone: 613-542-7388
E-mail: fhchin@adan.kingston.net
URL: http://www.parks.on.ca/fort/
Features: British and Canadian military uniforms, arms, armaments, medals, militaria and
furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries.
FRONTENAC COUNTY SCHOOLS MUSEUM
Location: 414 Regent Street, Barriefield, ON K7K 5R1
Telephone: 613-544-9113
E-mail: fcschoolsmuseum@bellnet.ca
URL: www.fcsmuseum.com
Features: History of education in Ontario, social history of the Kingston area, replica
turn of the century schoolroom, extensive archives for those interested in genealogical or
historical research. Summer hours: Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Hours: September to June: 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon - Mondays and Wednesdays.
INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY HALL OF FAME MUSEUM
Location: 277 York Street, Kingston, ON K7L 4V6
Telephone: 613-544-2355
E-mail: info@ihhof.com
URL: www.ihhof.com
Features: Traces the origins and evolution of hockey on a worldwide scope.
KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL ARCHIVES
Location: Kathleen Ryan Hall, Queen's University
Telephone: 613-549-6666 ext. 4091
URL: www.kgh.kari.net
Features: Institutional records of the hospital from 1830 to 1990. Including records of
the Board of Governors, the professional administration, clinical departments and Nurses'
Alumnae Association.
KINGSTON SCOUT MUSEUM
Call to arrange a visit.
Location: 642 MacDonnell St., in 'Selby Hall'.
Telephone: 613-329-3456. You must call or email to arrange for a visit.
(Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, May 2008)
URL: www.kingstonscoutmuseum.ca
Email: bob@kingstonscoutmuseum.ca, linda@kingstonscoutmuseum.ca
Features: A place to experience the past and to welcome the future of Scouting in the
Kingston area.
MACLACHLAN WOODWORKING MUSEUM
Location: 2993 Highway 2E, 16 km east of Kingston
Telephone: 613-542-0543
Email: mwmuseum@cityofkingston.ca
URL: www.cityofkingston.ca/maclachlan/
Features: Interprets the role of wood and woodworking technology in the development of
Canada through exhibits, workshops, interactive programs and demonstrations.
MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON
Location: 55 Ontario Street
Telephone: 613-542-2261
E-mail: marmus@marmuseum.ca
URL: www.marmuseum.ca
Features: Ships, shipbuilding and ship operations emphasizing social history and
technology; also displayed is the 3,000-metric-ton icebreaker Alexander Henry.
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS MUSEUM
Location: 95 Craftsman Blvd. CFB Kingston, 1.5 km east of Highway 15 on Highway 2
Telephone: 613-541-5395
E-mail: Irwin.NL@forces.gc.ca
URL: www.c-and-e-museum.org
Features: Military communications technology from 1867 to present. Walter S. Alward Vimy
Ridge Memorial original sculptures and artwork from WWI onwards as well as a working
German Enigma machine.
MILLER MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
Location: Corner of Division & Union Streets
Telephone: 613-533-6767
E-mail: badham@geol.queensu.ca
URL: http://geol.queensu.ca/museum/
Features: World minerals from the 1890s to present day.
MODERN FUEL GALLERY
Location: 21A Queen Street
Telephone: 613-548-4883
E-mail: modernfuel@bellnet.ca
URL: www.modernfuel.org
Features: Artwork in a variety of media by regional artists. The 1848 limestone building
was the original home of the City of Kingston Gaslight Company.
MURNEY TOWER NATIONAL HISTORIC
Location: Corner of Barrie & King Streets
Telephone: 613-544-9925
E-mail: murneytower@home.com
URL: www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca/tower.html
Features: Explains how the Murney Tower works as a defensive. There are also exhibits of
social history and family life in the military.
MUSEUM OF HEALTH CARE AT KINGSTON
Location: Ann Baillie Building, Kingston General Hospital
Telephone: 613-548-2419
E-mail: museum@kgh.kari.net
URL: www.museumofhealthcare.ca
Features: Medical, surgical, and laboratory instruments used in the diagnosis and
treatment of patients in the 19th and 20th centuries.
PENITENTIARY MUSEUM
Location: 555 King Street West
Telephone: 613-530-3122
E-mail: FPM@cogeco.net
URL: www.penitentiarymuseum.ca
Features: 1833 to present. Artifacts include inmate hobbycrafts, contraband, punishment
and restraint devices, and uniforms.
PRINCESS OF WALES' OWN REGIMENTAL MUSEUM
Location: The Armoury, 100 Montreal Street
Telephone: 613-541-5885
Features: Archival materials record units and local military history.
PUMP HOUSE STEAM MUSEUM
Location: 23 Ontario Street
Telephone: 613-546-4696 or 613-542-2261
E-mail: phsmuseum@cityofkingston.ca
URL: www.steammuseum.ca
Features: Illustrates the relationship between steam and the 19th century through the
restored 1850 waterworks plant and a large model train display.
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Location: Kathleen Ryan Hall, Queen's University
Telephone: 613-533-2378
E-mail: archives@post.queensu.ca
URL: http://archives.queensu.ca
Features: Primarily Canadian documents including business records, faculty papers,
political parties, politicians, Queen's University, City of Kingston, Frontenac County,
Can-Lit papers, local families, Kingston General Hospital, etc.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE MUSEUM
Location: Royal Military College of Canada
Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext. 6652/6664
E-mail: mckenzie_r@rmc.ca
URL: www.rmc.ca/cam/mus/
Features: Displays relate to the military history of the naval dockyard and garrison, 1789-1870,
and the story of the RMC and its graduates, 1876 to present.
SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHIVES
Telephone: 613-544-4525
Email: archives@providence.ca
URL: www.providence.ca
Features: Dates from 1861 to present, including records and artifacts that document the
life and works of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul and Providence
Associates.
UNION GALLERY
Managing Director: Jocelyn Purdie
Location: 1st Floor Stauffer Library, Queen's University
Telephone: 613-533-3171
Fax: 613-533-6529
Email: ugallery@post.queensu.ca
URL: http://uniongallery.queensu.ca
Features: The Union Gallery features year round contemporary art exhibitions and related
events by students in the Queen's B.F.A. program and other professional artists from
inside and outside the Queen's community.
