Canadian Potato Museum & Antique Farm Machinery Museum
The Canadian Potato Museum showcases the history of potato thru its historical interpretative centre...
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Museums, Cultural & Historic Sites
Wherever you stand on the Island, you’re standing on history. Whether you’re interested in Mi’kmaq culture, trains, historic churches, one-room schoolhouses, elegant mansions or the Island’s primary industries of today and yesteryear, our museums bring the stories and the history of the Island to life.
Discover life in the past lane.
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Alberton Museum & Genealogy Centre
National Historic Site, collection depicts range of activities carried out by PEI's early settlers.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, was born in 1874 in this modest white and...
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Basin Head Fisheries Museum
One of seven Museum and Heritage PEI sites. Heritage Passports available. Basin Head Fisheries...
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Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House
Travel back in time to the 1860s at Green Park Shipbuilding Museum and Historic Yeo House. At the...
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Selkirk Scottish Cultural and Heritage Centre
Nestled just off Selkirk Park Road, our replica Croft House is an information museum of Scottish...
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Keir Memorial Museum
Housed in the former Keir Memorial Presbyterian Church, the museum displays artifacts depicting the...
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Beaconsfield Historic House
One of seven Museum and Heritage PEI sites located at the corner of Kent and West streets. Built in...
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Summerside Interpretive Centre
Housed in the beautifully refurbished 1911 Armoury, the Summerside Interpretive Centre offers six...
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Province House National Historic Site
Province House National Historic Site will be reopening in fall 2026. Known for its role in the 1864...
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Elmira Railway Museum
One of seven Museum and Heritage PEI sites. Once the end of the line for Prince Edward Island's...
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North Cape Experience, Nature and Technology in Perfect Harmony
From the north end of Route 12, witness the meeting of the waters as the Gulf of St. Lawrence and...
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Anne of Green Gables
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Lighthouses
As Canada’s smallest province at 224 km long, our coastline of sand dunes and red cliffs is deeply indented. PEI is believed to have the highest concentration of lighthouses in North America with 61 lighthouses and range lights.
Coastal Drives
Prince Edward Island has three coastal drives to explore. You’ll stop again and again for photos of grazing cows, fishing boats, country churches, pretty painted houses as well as historic and iconic landmarks.