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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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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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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Prehistoric Island Tours
Get hands-on with 300-million-year-old PEI fossils. Learn fossil hunting, see PEI’s largest fossil.
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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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Eptek Art & Culture Centre
Eptek Art & Culture Centre is an exhibition facility that offers frequently-changing exhibits, a...
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PEI Fox Museum
The PEI Fox Museum tells the story Islanders winning the world race to be first in successfully...
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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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Really-O Handcrafts and Tryon Museum
Our specialties are knitting (mitts, socks) and fine woodworking, (clocks, pen stands, turnings...
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Bottle Houses – Gardens and Glass Expressions
Life-size buildings made of 25,000 recycled glass bottles creating colourful symphony of light. 13...
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Stompin' Tom Centre Homestead & Schoolhouse
Visit this tribute to one of Canada's greatest folk and country singer/songwriters with interactive...
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Mair Family Museum
A collection of odds and ends from the past. Come meet Therese in her family’s small museum, which...
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Summerside Interpretive Centre
Housed in the beautifully refurbished 1911 Armoury, the Summerside Interpretive Centre offers six...
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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.