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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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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Bishop Machine Shop Museum
The Bishop Machine Shop was once the place to hang out and hear the town news. Now, in its life as a...
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Greenwich Interpretation Centre - PEI National Park
The Greenwich Interpretation Centre is the gateway to Greenwich, the easternmost section of PEI...
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Summerside Interpretive Centre
Housed in the beautifully refurbished 1911 Armoury, the Summerside Interpretive Centre offers six...
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Bedeque Area Historical Museum
The Bedeque Area Historical Museum preserves and displays the history of the local community. The...
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Site of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Cavendish Home (Macneill homestead)
Operated by the Macneill family, descendants of L.M. Montgomery. Read the plaques, enjoy the...
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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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Alberton Museum & Genealogy Centre
National Historic Site, collection depicts range of activities carried out by PEI's early settlers.
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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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Farmers' Bank of Rustico Museum & 1772 Acadian Log House
The Farmers' Bank of Rustico, is a community museum and historic site, and was the first people’s...
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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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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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