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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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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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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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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Public Archives and Records Office
A range of documentary resources for genealogical and historical research.
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Garden of The Gulf Museum
Welcome to the first Museum on PEI. Enjoy a guided tour of all three floors of exhibits. Free...
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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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Roma at Three Rivers National Historic Site
Step back in time to 1732. Imagine the rugged coastlines of PEI, then known as Isle St. Jean. A...
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