Updated: September 10, 2012
virtualmuseum.ca would like to share with you its list of Canadian museums to follow on Twitter. We thoroughly enjoy getting this “play-by-play” view of the exciting exhibits and activities that our museum friends and colleagues are involved in across the country.
Twitter users are also encouraged to subscribe to our canadian_museums (musées_canadiens) Twitter list, which includes all of the institutions listed below.
This directory is comprehensive, but by no means complete. Please let us know if there are any national heritage or museum institutions that we may have overlooked, and don’t forget to subscribe to us at @vmc_mvc to see what Canadian museums are up to online!
ENGLISH CHANNELS
| Museum | Profile | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banff Centre | thebanffcentre | Banff | AB |
| Glenbow Museum | glenbowmuseum | Calgary | AB |
| Heritage Park Historical Village | HeritageParkYYC | Calgary | AB |
| Loughheed House | Lougheedhouse | Calgary | AB |
| Canmore Museum | CanmoreMuseum | Canmore | AB |
| Royal Tyrrell Museum | RoyalTyrrell | Drumheller | AB |
| Art Gallery of Alberta | yourAGA | Edmonton | AB |
| Fort Edmonton Park | FortEdPark | Edmonton | AB |
| Galt Museum & Archives | GaltMuseum | Lethbridge | AB |
| Bomber Command Museum | BCMofCanada | Nanton | AB |
| Danish Canadian National Museum & Gardens | danishcanadians | Spruce View | AB |
| MSA Museum Society | MSAMuseum | Abbotsford | BC |
| Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | nikkeimuse | Burnaby | BC |
| Campbell River Museum | CRMuseum | Campbell River | BC |
| Chilliwack Museum & Archives | Chwkmusandarch | Chilliwack | BC |
| The Creston Museum | CrestonMuseum | Creston | BC |
| Kamloops Art Gallery | ArtsInKamloops | Kamloops | BC |
| Kelowna Art Gallery | KelownaArt | Kelowna | BC |
| Kelowna Fire Museum | KelFireMuseum | Kelowna | BC |
| Kelowna Museums | kelownamuseums | Kelowna | BC |
| Gulf of Georgia Cannery | gogcannery | Richmond | BC |
| Bulkley Valley Museum | BV_Museum | Smithers | BC |
| Heritage Park Museum | TerraceMuseum | Terrace | BC |
| Gallery Gachet | gallerygachet | Vancouver | BC |
| H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | AskAnAstronomer | Vancouver | BC |
| Il Museo at the Italian Cultural Centre | ICC_Vancouver | Vancouver | BC |
| Museum of Anthropology (UBC) | MOA_UBC | Vancouver | BC |
| Museum of Vancouver | Museumofvan | Vancouver | BC |
| Science World | scienceworldca | Vancouver | BC |
| Vancouver Aquarium | VancouverAqua | Vancouver | BC |
| Vancouver Holocaust Centre | VHolocaustCntr | Vancouver | BC |
| Vancouver Police Museum | policemuseum | Vancouver | BC |
| Royal BC Museum | RoyalBCMuseum | Victoria | BC |
| The Maritime Museum of BC | MaritimeMusBC | Victoria | BC |
| Whistler Museum | WhistlerMuseum | Whistler | BC |
| Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies | whytemuseum | Whistler | BC |
| Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba | theagsm | Brandon | MB |
| Daly House Museum | DalyHouseMuseum | Brandon | MB |
| Canadian Museum for Human Rights | CMHR_News | Winnipeg | MB |
| Heritage Winnipeg | HeritageWPG | Winnipeg | MB |
| Manitoba Children’s Museum | mcminwinnipeg | Winnipeg | MB |
| Manitoba Museum | ManitobaMuseum | Winnipeg | MB |
| Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) | wag_ca | Winnipeg | MB |
| The Association of Manitoba Museums | MuseumsManitoba | Winnipeg | MB |
| Beaverbrook Gallery | BeaverbrookAG | Fredericton | NB |
| Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador | CraftCouncilNL | St. John’s | NL |
| Nova Scotia Museums | ns_museum | (various locations) | NS |
| Annapolis Heritage Society | odellmuseum | Annapolis Royal | NS |
| North Highlands Community Museum & Culture Centre | NHCmuseum | Dingwall | NS |
| Discovery Centre | DiscoveryCntr | Halifax | NS |
| Maritime Museum of the Atlantic | ns_mma | Halifax | NS |
| Nova Scotia Archives | NS_Archives | Halifax | NS |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | ArtGalleryNS | Halifax, Yarmouth | NS |
| Chestico Place | chesticomuseum | Port Hood | NS |
| MacLaren Art Centre | MacLarenArt | Barrie | ON |
| Brant Historical Society | Branthistorical | Brantford | ON |
| Ruthven Park National Historic Site | RuthvenPark_NHS | Cayuga | ON |
| Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (MSAC) | MSAC | Guelph | ON |
| McMaster Museum | MacMuseum | Hamilton | ON |
| Workers Arts & Heritage Centre | WAHC | Hamilton | ON |
| Fort Henry | FortHenry | Kingston | ON |
| Museum of Health Care | MuseumofHealth | Kingston | ON |
| Homer Watson House & Gallery | HomerWatson | Kitchener | ON |
| Banting House National Historic Site | BantingHouse | London | ON |
| Fanshawe Pioneer Village | FPVmuseum | London | ON |
| London Children’s Museum | children_museum | London | ON |
| Museum of Ontario Archaeology | MuseOntArch | London | ON |
| Secrets of Radar Museum | secretsofradar | London | ON |
| Watson’s Mill | WatsonsMill | Manotick | ON |
| Huronia Museum | HuroniaMuseum | Midland | ON |
| Art Gallery of Mississauga | artgallerymiss | Mississauga | ON |
| Nepean Museum | NepeanMuseum | Nepean | ON |
| Robert McLaughlin Gallery | theRMG | Oshawa | ON |
| Bytown Museum | BytownMuseum | Ottawa | ON |
| Canada Agriculture Museum | AgMuseum | Ottawa | ON |
| Canada Aviation & Space Museum (ENG) | avspacemuseum | Ottawa | ON |
| Canadian Museum of Nature | MuseumofNature | Ottawa | ON |
| Canadian War Museum | CanWarMuseum | Ottawa | ON |
| CSTM SciTech Museum | SciTechMuseum | Ottawa | ON |
| National Gallery of Canada | gallerydotca | Ottawa | ON |
| Ottawa Art Gallery | OttawaArtG | Ottawa | ON |
| Workers History Museum | WorkersHistory | Ottawa | ON |
| Grey Roots Museum | greyrootsmuseum | Owen Sound | ON |
| Tom Thomson Gallery | TheTomThomson | Owen Sound | ON |
| Muskoka Lakes Museum | mlmuseum | Port Carling | ON |
| Saskatchewan Science Centre | SkScienceCentre | Regina | ON |
| Bruce County Museum | brucemuseum | Southampton | ON |
| Goulbourn Museum | GoulbournMuseum | Stittsville | ON |
| Gallery Stratford | GalleryStrtfrd | Stratford | ON |
| Science North | ScienceNorth | Sudbury | ON |
| Casa Loma | CasaLomaToronto | Toronto | ON |
| Design Exchange | DesignExchange | Toronto | ON |
| Fort York National Historic Site | fortyork | Toronto | ON |
| Gallery TPW | GalleryTPW | Toronto | ON |
| Hockey Hall of Fame | HockeyHallFame | Toronto | ON |
| Museum London | MuseumLondon | London | ON |
| Ontario Science Centre | ontsciencectr | Toronto | ON |
| Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) | ROMToronto | Toronto | ON |
| ROM Governors | ROMGovs | Toronto | ON |
| ROM Kids | ROMKids | Toronto | ON |
| ROM Biodiversity Gallery | GreenROM | Toronto | ON |
| Textile Museum | TMCtoronto | Toronto | ON |
| Windsor’s Community Museum | WindsorMuseum | Windsor | ON |
| Confederation Art Centre | confedboxoffice | Charlottetown | PE |
| Canadian Museum of Civilization | Civilization | Gatineau | QC |
| The Canadian Centre for Architecture | ccawire | Montreal | QC |
| Foreman Art Gallery | ForemanArtGal | Sherbrooke | QC |
| Western Development Museum | SaskWDM | (various locations) | SK |
| Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery | Hum_Muse_ings | Humboldt | SK |
| Government House | Govt_House | Regina | SK |
| MacKenzie Art Gallery | AtTheMAG | Regina | SK |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museum | royalsaskmuseum | Regina | SK |
| AKA Gallery | AKAgalleryInc | Saskatoon | SK |
| PAVED Arts | PAVEDArts_noise | Saskatoon | SK |
FRENCH CHANNELS
| Museum | Profile | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musée canadien de la nature | museedelanature | Ottawa | ON |
| Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada | ScitechCanada | Ottawa | ON |
| Musée de Dorval | MuseeDorval | Dorval | QC |
| Musée de la Gaspésie | MG1534 | Gaspé | QC |
| Musée canadien de la guerre | MusCanGuerre | Gatineau | QC |
| Musée canadien des civilisations | Civilisations | Gatineau | QC |
| Musée des beaux-arts du Canada | beaux_arts_ca | Gatineau | QC |
| Zoo de Granby | ZoodeGranby | Granby | QC |
| Musée du Fjord | Musee_du_Fjord | La Baie | QC |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | _BAnQ | Montreal | QC |
| Centre Canadien d’Architecture | ccaexpress | Montreal | QC |
| Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec | museemaq | Montreal | QC |
| Biosphère Montréal | biospheremtl | Montreal | QC |
| Cinémathèque Quebec | cinemathequeqc | Montreal | QC |
| Cité historia | cite_historia | Montreal | QC |
| Espace pour la vie Montréal (biôdome, insectarium, planéterium, jardin botanique) | EspacePourLaVie | Montreal | QC |
| Galerie de l’UQAM | GaleriedelUQAM | Montreal | QC |
| La Société des directeurs des musées | MuseesMontreal | Montreal | QC |
| Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal | macmtl | Montreal | QC |
| Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal | mbamtl | Montreal | QC |
| Société des arts technologiques | SATmontreal | Montreal | QC |
| Musée des religions du monde | museereligions | Nicolet | QC |
| Musée des Abénakis | museeabenakis | Odanak | QC |
| Musée de la civilisation de Québec | mcqorg | Quebec | QC |
| Musée naval de Québec | museenaval | Québec | QC |
| Musée de la mémoire vivante | Memoire_vivante | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | QC |
| Musée de Haut-Richelieu | musee_hr | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieum | QC |
| Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides | MACLaurentides | Saint-Jérôme | QC |
| Musée des Ursulines | museeursulines | Trois-Rivières | QC |
| Musée Laurier | MuseeLaurier | Victoriaville | QC |
| Château Ramezay – Musée et site historique de Montréal (Historic Site and Museum of Montréal) | ChateauRamezay | Vieux-Montréal | QC |
BILINGUAL CHANNELS
| Museum | Profile | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre des sciences de Montréal / Montréal Science Centre | sciencemontreal | Montreal | QC |
| Château Dufresne Museum | chateaudufresne | Montreal | QC |
| DHC/ART | DHCART | Montreal | QC |
| Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum | margbourg | Montreal | QC |
| Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum / Centre commémoratif de l’Holocauste à Montréal | MuseeHolocauste | Montreal | QC |
| Pointe-à-Callière, Musée d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal | PointeaCalliere | Montreal | QC |
| Vieux-Montréal | levieuxmontreal | Montréal | QC |
| Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery | ellengallery | Montreal | QC |
| Musée McCord | MuseeMcCord | Montreal | QC |
October 11th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
The Winnipeg Art Gallery also has a twitter feed @wag_ca
October 15th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Good morning Nicole:
Thank you for letting us know.
We have updated our page to include The Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Have a great day!