List of museums in Yukon facts for kids
This list of museums in Yukon, 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 | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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Big Jonathan House | Pelly Crossing | First Nations | information | ||
Binet House Interpretive Centre | Mayo | Multiple | website, information, area history, early medical instruments, wildlife, geology and local permafrost studies | ||
Campbell Region Interpretive Centre | Faro | Multiple | website, history, geology and wildlife | ||
Caribou Crossing Trading Post | Carcross | Natural history | website, store with wildlife diorama museum | ||
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre | Dawson City | First Nations | information | ||
Dawson City Historical Complex | Dawson City | History | website, includes pioneer Robert Service Cabin, costumed tours of town's historic buildings and gold rush history | ||
Dawson City Museum | Dawson City | History | website, local history, including geology, pre-history, First Nations, early exploration, the gold rush, gold mining and the birth and development of Dawson City | ||
George Johnston Museum | Teslin | First Nations | website, early 20th century photos of Tlingit culture, ceremonial artifacts, tools, local history | ||
Jack London Interpretive Centre | Dawson City | Biographical | information, memorabilia and replica of author Jack London's cabin | ||
Keno City Mining Museum | Keno City | Mining | website, gold and silver mining | ||
Klondike Institute of Art And Culture | Dawson City | Art | website | ||
Kluane Museum of Natural History | Burwash Landing | Natural history | information , animals, plants, birds, First Nations artifacts | ||
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre | Whitehorse | Art and culture | |||
MacBride Copperbelt Mining Museum | Whitehorse | Railway | Historic railway and copper mining | ||
MacBride Museum of Yukon History | Whitehorse | History | website, Yukon history and culture | ||
Northern Lights Centre | Watson Lake | Science | website, science and folklore of the aurora borealis | ||
Old Log Church Museum | Whitehorse | History | information, history and culture of area missionaries, whalers, explorers and Yukon First Nations | ||
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site | Whitehorse | Maritime | Sternwheeler museum ship | ||
Tagé Cho Hudän Interpretive Centre | Carmacks | First Nations | information | ||
Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre | Teslin | First Nations | information | ||
Yukon Arts Centre | Whitehorse | Art | Includes an exhibit gallery | ||
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre | Whitehorse | Natural history | Fossils, area pre-history, plants and animals | ||
Yukon Transportation Museum | Whitehorse | Transportation | website, impact of different transportation methods on Yukon's history, development, industry and culture |
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