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This list of museums in Saskatchewan 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 in Saskatchewan. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Museums

Name Town/City Region Type Summary
Abernethy Nature-Heritage Museum Abernethy Southeast Multiple Area cultural and natural history
Addison Sod House Kindersley West Central Historic house Pioneer sod house and farmstead
Alameda & District Heritage Museum Alameda Southeast Local history
Allan Community Heritage Museum Allan East Central Local history
Allen Sapp Gallery Battleford West Central Art website, works by Canadian Cree artist Allen Sapp and other First Nation and Inuit artists
Alex Youck School Museum Regina Regina Education One room schoolhouse, operated by the Regina Public Schools
Allie Griffin Art Gallery Weyburn Southeast Art Monthly exhibitions by local, regional, and provincial artists and craftspeople, operated by the Weyburn Arts Council in the lower level of Weyburn Public Library
Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre Herschel West Central Multiple website, local history, fossils, First Nations culture, natural history
Arcola Museum Arcola Southeast History Furnished log house built by one of the early settlers; organ from a closed church; steam car
Art Gallery of Regina Regina Regina Art website, emphasis on Saskatchewan artists, located in the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Southwest Art website
Assiniboia & District Museum Assiniboia Southwest Local history website
Athol Murray College Archives & Museum Wilcox Southwest History History of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Avonlea Heritage Museum Avonlea Southwest Local history website, local history, pioneer artifacts
Al Mazur Memorial Heritage Park Hudson Bay East Central Open air website, includes 1909 period village, John Deere tractor collection, tea house with large collection of cups and saucers, logging artifacts, train station and railroad, blacksmith shop
Bateman Historical Museum Bateman Southwest Local history History of the ghost town, open on request
Batoche National Historic Site Batoche West Central Living Remains of historic village, depicts lifestyles of the Métis of Batoche between 1860 and 1900
Bengough & District Museum Bengough Southwest Local history website
Benson-Hingley Military Museum Humboldt East Central Military Located at the Royal Canadian Legion, features military artifacts, photos, medals, models, memorabilia; formerly known as the Bill Benson Military Museum
Big Bear Trail Museum Loon Lake Northern Local history
Big Muddy Nature Centre & Museum Big Beaver Southwest Natural history Adjacent to Big Beaver Regional Park
Big River Memorial Museum Big River Northern Local history
Biggar Museum Biggar West Central Multiple website, local history exhibits and art gallery
Birch Hills & District Museum Birch Hills East Central Local history information, local history, agriculture equipment, operated by the Birch Hills & District Historical Society
Blaine Lake Public Library and Museum Blaine Lake West Central Local history website, located in a former railway station
Blumenfeld & District Heritage Site Prelate Southwest Local history website, local history of pioneers and area churches, located in the St. Peter & St. Paul Blumenfeld Church
Borden & District Historical Museum Borden West Central Local history information
Bresaylor Heritage Museum Bresaylor West Central Local history information
Briercrest & District Museum Briercrest Southeast Local history information
Broadview Historical Museum Broadview Southeast Local history Features a one-room schoolhouse, a 1913 Canadian Pacific Railway Caboose, a reconstructed sod house, the Delorme family's one-room log cabin
Brock Municipal Museum Brock West Central Local history information
Cabri & District Museum Cabri Southwest Local history information
Canada's Only Toy & Autograph Museum Canora East Central Toy website, toys and autographed photos
Cannington Manor Victorian Village Kenosee Lake Southeast Living Late 19th century Victorian village in Cannington Manor Provincial Park
Canwood Museum Canwood Northern Local history information
Canora Station House Museum Canora East Central Railway CN Rail memorabilia, pioneer artifacts, local art
Central Butte District Museum Central Butte Southwest Local history information
Chapel Gallery North Battleford West Central Art website, local art
Chaplin Nature Centre Chaplin Natural history website, area natural history, shore birds, brine shrimp and mining industry
Children's Discovery Museum on the Saskatchewan Saskatoon West Central Children's website
Choiceland Museum Choiceland Northern Local history information
Civic Museum of Regina Regina Southeast Local history website, city's history, formerly called Regina Plains Museum
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site Claybank Southwest Industry Historic clay brick-making factory
Clayton McLain Memorial Museum Cut Knife West Central Local history website, information
Climax Community Museum Climax Southwest Local history information
Coronach District Museum Coronach Southwest Local history website
Country Craft Shoppe & Homestead Museum Hodgeville Southwest Local history information
Cudworth Museum Cudworth East Central Local history information, information, located in a former railway station
Cupar Heritage Museum Cupar Southeast Local history website
Deep South Pioneer Museum Ogema Southwest Open air website, pioneer village and farm yard
Diefenbaker Canada Centre Saskatoon West Central History Part of the University of Saskatchewan, Canadian history and culture, life of John G. Diefenbaker, Canada's 13th Prime Minister
Diefenbaker House Prince Albert Northern Historic house Pioneer homestead, operated by the Prince Albert Historical Society
Doc's Town Heritage Village Swift Current Southwest Open air website, early 20th century small prairie town
Dodsland & District Museum Dodsland West Central Local history information
Doukhobor Dugout House Blaine Lake West Central Living website, Doukhobor settler life
Dr. Ernest Luthi Heritage Home Punnichy Southeast Art information
Duck Lake Interpretive Centre Duck Lake West Central Local history website, located in a former North-West Mounted Police jail, First Nations, Métis and pioneer history, culture and traditions
Dunlop Art Gallery Regina Southeast Art Facility of the Regina Public Library, visual art in contemporary culture
Dysart & District Museum Dysart Southeast Local history information
E. A. Rawlinson Centre Prince Albert Northern Art website, arts and culture centre, includes the Mann Art Gallery and the Olive and John G. Diefenbaker Theatre
Eastend Historical Museum Eastend Southwest Local history website, local history, historic buildings
Elbow Museum Elbow Southwest Local history information
Elrose Museum Elrose West Central Local history information, information
Esterhazy Community Museum Esterhazy Southeast Local history information
Estevan Art Gallery & Museum Estevan Southeast Multiple website, art gallery and seasonal historical and law enforcement museum, NWMP Wood End Post Historical Site
Evolution of Education Museum Prince Albert Northern Education Early 20th century one room schoolhouse, operated by the Prince Albert Historical Society
Farwell's Trading Post Maple Creek Southwest History
F. T. Hill Museum Riverhurst Southwest History information, website, collections include guns, Indian artifacts, pioneer tools, implements, furniture and clothing, harnesses and saddles, Saskatchewan license plates, area fossils
Fifth Parallel Gallery Regina Southeast Art website, part of the University of Regina
Foam Lake Museum Foam Lake East Central Local history information
Fort Battleford National Historic Site Battleford West Central History Restored late 19th century North-West Mounted Police fort
Fort Carlton Provincial Park Duck Lake West Central Open air Recreated 19th century fur trading post
Fort Pelly Livingston Museum Pelly East Central Local history website
Fort Qu'Appelle Museum Fort Qu'Appelle Southeast Local history information
Fort Walsh Maple Creek Southwest Military Restored 19th century fort and townsite
Frank Cameron Museum Wynyard East Central Local history information
Fred Light Museum Battleford West Central Local history website
Frenchman Butte Museum Frenchman Butte West Central Local history information, historic buildings
General Store Memories, Museum and Antiques Blaine Lake West Central History information, information, antiques, collectibles, and local history
Gervais Wheels Museum Alida Southeast History information, artifacts; music boxes; gramophones; North American automobiles
Glaslyn & District Museum Glaslyn Northern Local history information, local history and railway artifacts
Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Yorkton East Central Art website
Goodsoil Historical Museum Goodsoil Northern Local history information, local history and pioneer buildings
Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery Saskatoon West Central Art website, part of the University of Saskatchewan
Government House Regina Southeast History Provincial history, life around 1900
Grand Coteau Heritage & Culture Centre Shaunavon Southwest Multiple website, includes an art gallery, natural history displays, local history and period room and business displays, library branch
Gravelbourg & District Museum Gravelbourg Southwest Local history website
Great Sandhills Museum Sceptre Southwest Local history website, local history, period room and business displays
Grenfell Museum Grenfell Southeast Historic house website, Victorian period house, local history displays
Gull Lake Museum Gull Lake Southwest Local history information
Harris Museum Harris West Central Local history information
Hepburn Museum of Wheat Hepburn West Central Agriculture information, located in a grain elevator, also local history
Herbert CPR Train Station Museum Herbert Southwest Railway information, also local history
Heritage Hazenmore Museum Hazenmore Southwest Local history information
Heritage of Hope Museum Denzil West Central Local history information
Hudson Bay Museum Hudson Bay East Central Local history website, local history, period room and business displays
Humboldt & District Museum Humboldt East Central Multiple website, local history, period room and business displays, changing exhibits of art, photography and culture
Humboldt Area Vintage & Antique Club Humboldt East Central Agriculture Includes antique tractors, a 1918 steam engine, threshing machines, farm implements, a 1930s period house, barn and shop
Humboldt Station East Central History information
Indian Head Museum Indian Head Southeast Local history website, includes firehall, school, 1880s cottage, 1930s garage, military display
Ituna & District Museum Ituna East Central Local history information
Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre Maple Creek Southwest Multiple website, local history, period room and business displays, art gallery
Kaposvar Historic Site Esterhazy Southeast History information, historic church, history of Hungarian and Slovak settlers
Kelliher & District Museum Kelliher Southeast Local history information, local history, period business displays and antiques
Kellross Heritage Museum Kelliher East Central Local history information
Kenderdine Art Gallery Saskatoon West Central Art website, part of the University of Saskatchewan
Kincaid Museum Kincaid Southwest Local history information
Kindersley Plains Museum Kindersley West Central Local history information
Kinistino & District Pioneer Museum Kinistino East Central Local history website, information
Kipling Museum Kipling Southeast Open air website, includes 1903 furnished heritage home, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, dental office, service station, church, antique machinery
Kisbey Museum Kisbey Southeast History information, old school house and artifacts
Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Museum Kronau Southeast Local history information
Kyle & District Museum Kyle West Central Local history information
Lafleche & District Museum Lafleche Southwest Local history information
Lakeside Heritage Museum Regina Beach Southeast Local history information
Lancer Centennial Museum Lancer Southwest Local history information
Langham & District Heritage Village & Museum Langham West Central Local history information, information
Lanigan & District Heritage Centre Lanigan East Central Local history information, located in a 1908 railway station
Lashburn Centennial Museum Lashburn West Central Local history information
Last Mountain House Provincial Historic Park Craven Southeast Open air website, information, recreated 19th century fur trading post
Le Beau Village Museum St. Victor Southwest Local history website, local history of the St. Victor Roman Catholic Church and its parish
Lebret Museum Fort Qu'Appelle Southeast Local history website, local history, pioneer and religious artifacts
LeRoy & District Heritage Museum LeRoy East Central Local history information
Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre Lloydminster West Central Multiple website, art gallery, wildlife display, heavy oil science centre; formerly the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre
Lucky Lake Heritage Museum Lucky Lake West Central Local history information
Lumsden Museum Lumsden Southeast Open air information, information, 1920s village, includes a church, 1910 home, school, blacksmith shop, stable
Luseland & Districts Museum Luseland West Central Local history information
MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina Southeast Art
Macklin & District Museum Macklin West Central Local history information
Macrorie Museum Macrorie Southwest Local history information
Maidstone & District Museum Maidstone West Central Local history information
Main Centre Heritage Museum Main Centre Southwest Local history information
Manitou Pioneers Museum Neilburg West Central Local history information
Mankota Museum Mankota Southwest Open air information, historic pioneer buildings and antique farm equipment.
Marr Residence Saskatoon West Central Historic house 1884 house, features an exhibit on the relationships between settlers and First Nations during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
McCord & District Museum McCord Southwest Local history website, located in a former railway station and a church
Meadow Lake Museum Meadow Lake Northern Local history information, information
Meewasin Valley Centre Saskatoon West Central Multiple website, local history and natural history, ecology
Melfort & District Museum Melfort East Central Open air website, pioneer village, farm machinery, equipment and tools
Melville Heritage Museum Melville East Central Local history information
Mennonite Heritage Museum Rosthern Northern Local history information
Mennonite Heritage Village Swift Current Southwest Open air website, 1880s-1920s period village
Milden Community Museum Milden West Central Local history information
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery Moose Jaw Southwest Multiple website, local history and art
Moosomin Regional Museum Moosomin Southeast Local history information
Mortlach Museum Mortlach Southwest Local history website, located in a former fire hall and jail
Morse Museum & Cultural Centre Morse Southwest Multiple website, local history, pioneer artifacts, art gallery
Mossbank & District Museum Mossbank Southwest Local history website, local history, working blacksmith shop, schoolhouse
Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site Abernethy Southeast History Early 20th century homestead and farm
Musee Ukraina Museum Saskatoon West Central Ethnic information, currently in storage awaiting new facility
Museum of Natural Sciences Saskatoon West Central Natural history website, part of the University of Saskatchewan, living plants, animals, fossils, rocks, minerals
Museum of Antiquities Saskatoon West Central Art Part of the University of Saskatchewan, ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near Eastern sculpture in full-scale replica
Naicam Museum Naicam East Central Local history website, information
National Doukhobour Heritage Village Veregin East Central Open air Early 20th century Doukhobor village
Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum Regina Southeast Art website
Nipawin Living Forestry Museum Nipawin East Central Open air website, forestry equipment and buildings, household artifacts, vintage vehicles, fully functional steam-powered saw and shingle mills, tractors, restored historic houses
Nokomis District Museum Nokomis East Central Local history website, information, local history, period room and business displays, railroad artifacts, located in a former railway station
North Battleford Sports Museum & Hall of Fame North Battleford West Central Sports information
Northern Gateway Museum Denare Beach Northern Local history information
Notukeu Heritage Museum Ponteix Southwest Archaeology information, archaeology, paleontology; fossils, prehistoric arrowheads, tools and artifacts
Osler Historical Museum Osler West Central Historic house information, 1930-40s period house, also one room school
Outlook & District Heritage Museum Outlook West Central Local history Located in a former railway station
Pasquia Regional Park Arborfield East Central Natural history website, dinosaurs and fossils
PAVED Arts Saskatoon West Central Art New media art centre
Perdue Museum Perdue West Central Local history information
Plenty & District Museum Plenty West Central Local history information
Porcupine Plain & District Museum Porcupine Plain East Central Local history website, includes a period log house, church and schoolhouse
Poundmaker Historical Centre Cut Knife West Central First Nations information, history and artifacts of the Poundmaker Cree Nation
Power House Museum Kamsack East Central Local history information, information, located in a former power station
Prairie River Museum Prairie River East Central Local history Housed in a former railway station
Prairie West Historical Centre Eston West Central Multiple website, local history, art, period rooms, schoolhouse, homesteader's shack, agriculture display
Prairie Winds & Silver Sage Val Marie Southwest Multiple website, art exhibits, natural history of Grasslands National Park
Preeceville & District Heritage Museum Preeceville East Central Local history website, local history, railroad artifacts
Prince Albert Arts Centre Prince Albert Northern Art Exhibits in the John V. Hicks Gallery
Prince Albert Historical Museum Prince Albert Northern Local history Operated by the Prince Albert Historical Society, history of the area in the city's first firehall
Prud'homme Multicultural Museum Prud'homme East Central Local history information, information, local history and ethnic heritage
Punnichy & District Museum Punnichy Southeast Local history information
Quill Lakes International Bird Area Interpretive Centre Wynyard East Central Natural history information, history and natural history of Quill Lake, an important bird sanctuary
Radisson Zion Museum Radisson West Central Local history website, information, located in a former church, period business displays and antiques
Ralph Allen Memorial Museum Oxbow Southeast Local history information
Raymore Pioneer Museum Raymore Southeast Local history information
RCMP Heritage Centre Regina Southeast Law enforcement History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina Firefighters Museum Regina Southeast Firefighting information
Remai Modern Saskatoon West Central Art Modern and contemporary art
Reynold Rapp Museum Spalding East Central Local history Artifacts from the Spalding area, and memorabilia from Reynold Rapp's time in parliament as Conservative Whip
Rocanville & District Museum Rocanville Southeast Local history information, information
Rouleau & District Museum Rouleau Southwest Local history information
Rosetown & District Museum Rosetown West Central Local history information, information
Rose Valley Heritage Museum Rose Valley East Central Local history information
Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections Prince Albert Northern Law enforcement Operated by the Prince Albert Historical Society, history of law enforcement in early Prince Albert and Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Museum of Military Artifacts Saskatoon West Central Military Website, uniforms, medals, artifacts and war memorabilia
Royal Saskatchewan Museum Regina Southeast Natural history Includes natural history, First Nations and geology sections
Royal Northwest Mounted Police Post Museum Creighton Northern Law enforcement information, information, replica of an early 1900s Royal Northwest Mounted Police post
Rusty Relics Museum Carlyle Southeast Railway Located in a railway station, railway artifacts, farming machinery
Saltcoats Museum Saltcoat East Central Local history information
Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame Battleford West Central Sports website, information, information
Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre Moose Jaw Southwest Natural history website, biology and conservation of burrowing owls
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre Saskatoon West Central First Nations website
Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park Kyle West Central Multiple website, visitor interpretive centre with exhibits about the natural and cultural history of the park
Saskatchewan Science Centre Regina Southeast Science Exhibits include live animals, space, agriculture, dinosaurs, the environment, hockey
Saskatchewan Military Museum Regina Southeast Military information
Saskatchewan Railway Museum Saskatoon West Central Railway
Saskatchewan River Valley Museum Hague West Central Local history information
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame & Museum Regina Southeast Sports website
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum Moose Jaw Southwest Transportation Impact of different means of transportation on area growth, industry and culture
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum North Battleford West Central Open air 1920s heritage farm and village
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum Saskatoon West Central Open air Over 30 buildings represent a typical Saskatchewan 1910 boomtown
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum Yorkton East Central Ethnic Immigrant cultures, including Ukrainians, English, Swedes, Germans, Doukhobors and Icelanders
Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm Rosthern West Central Farm Working farm and history of farming techniques
Semans & District Museum Semans East Central Local history information
Shamrock Museum Shamrock Southwest Local history information
Shell Lake Museum Shell Lake Northern Local history information, located in a former railway station
Shellbrook Museum Shellbrook Northern Local history information, located in a former railway station
Soo Line Historical Museum Weyburn Southeast Multiple website, features large collection of silver, also brass, china, crystal, and antique furniture, local history, period room and business displays
Souris Valley Antique Museum Midale Southeast Local history website
Southwest Saskatchewan Oldtimer's Museum Maple Creek Southwest History information, pioneer and historic artifacts
Spiritwood & District Museum Spiritwood Northern Historic house information, 1930s-1950s period house
Spy Hill Museum Spy Hill Southeast Local history information
St. Brieux Museum St. Brieux East Central Local history website, information
St. Mary's Church Museum Maxstone Southwest Historic site website, historic church
St. Thomas More College Art Gallery Saskatoon West Central Art website
St. Walburg Museum St. Walburg West Central Local history information, information, located in a former church
Star City Heritage Museum Star City East Central Local history website
Station Arts Centre Rosthern Northern Art website, art gallery, seminar space, tea room and performing arts theatre
Stoughton & District Museum Stoughton Southeast Local history information
Strasbourg & District Museum Strasbourg Southeast Local history information
Sturgis Station House Museum Sturgis East Central Local history information, local history, railroad artifacts
Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum Moose Jaw Southwest Open air Includes pioneer village, a farmyard (house and barn), Tom Sukanen's ship, Diefenbaker Homestead, firefighting collection
Swift Current Museum Swift Current Southwest Local history information, information
Theodore Historical Museum Theodore East Central Local history Located in a former railway station
Tisdale & District Museum Tisdale Open air website, local history, pioneer village, antique automobiles
Tompkins Sod House National Historic Site Tompkins Southwest History information
T.rex Discovery Centre Eastend Southwest Natural history Dinosaurs and fossils
Turner Curling Museum Weyburn Southeast Sports information, history, equipment and memorabilia of curling
Turtleford & District Museum Turtleford West Central Local history information, information
Ukrainian Heritage Museum, Canora Canora East Central Ethnic information, information
Ukrainian Museum of Canada Saskatoon West Central Ethnic website
Unity & District Heritage Museum Unity West Central Open air website, includes restored schools, a church, 1912 home, harness shop, restored cars, trucks, agriculture machinery
University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum Saskatoon West Central Technology website, part of the University of Saskatchewan, computer equipment and technology
Vanguard Museum Vanguard Southwest Local history information
Vintage Power Museum Prince Albert Northern Agriculture information, information, agriculture equipment and machinery, buildings
Wadena & District Museum & Nature Centre Wadena East Central Multiple information, information, local history, pioneer life and buildings, natural history of Quill Lake, an important bird sanctuary
Wakaw Heritage Museum Wakaw East Central Local history website, information
Waldheim Public Museum Waldheim West Central Local history information, located in a former railway station
Wanuskewin Heritage Park Saskatoon West Central First Nations
Washbrook Museum Edam West Central Local history information, located in a former grain elevator
Waskesiu Heritage Museum Waskesiu Lake Northern Local history website, local history of the town and Prince Albert National Park
Watson & District Heritage Museum Watson East Central Local history website, information
Wawota & District Museum Wawota Southeast Local history information, information
Weyburn Area Heritage Village Weyburn Southeast Open air website, early 20th century village buildings
Whitewood Historical Museum Whitewood Southeast Local history information, located in the Rex Theatre
Wilkie & District Museum Wilkie West Central Local history information
Willow Bunch Museum Willow Bunch Southwest Local history website
Wilson Museum Dundurn West Central Local history information, information, local history, antiques
Wolseley Community Museum Wolseley Southeast Local history website, information
Wood Mountain Rodeo & Ranching Museum Wood Mountain Southwest Multiple Located in Wood Mountain Regional Park, includes the Rodeo Ranch Museum with cowboy artifacts, Wood Mountain Post Historic Park with history of the North-West Mounted Police and the Sioux
Yester-Years Community Museum Dinsmore West Central Local history information
Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame & Museum Yorkton East Central Sports Located on the second floor of the Gallagher Centre

Defunct museums

  • Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, closed in 2015 to prepare for the opening of Remai Modern in 2017
  • Robsart Art Works, Robsart

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