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List of museums in Yukon

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This list of museums in Yukon, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
Big Jonathan House Pelly Crossing First Nations information Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
Binet House Interpretive Centre Mayo Multiple website, information, area history, early medical instruments, wildlife, geology and local permafrost studies
Campbell Region Interpretive Centre Faro Multiple website, history, geology and wildlife
Caribou Crossing Trading Post Carcross Natural history website, store with wildlife diorama museum
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Dawson City First Nations information
Dawson City Historical Complex Dawson City History website[permanent dead link], includes pioneer Robert Service Cabin, costumed tours of town's historic buildings and gold rush history
Dawson City Museum Dawson City History website, local history, including geology, pre-history, First Nations, early exploration, the gold rush, gold mining and the birth and development of Dawson City
George Johnston Museum Teslin First Nations website, early 20th century photos of Tlingit culture, ceremonial artifacts, tools, local history
Jack London Interpretive Centre Dawson City Biographical information[permanent dead link], memorabilia and replica of author Jack London's cabin
Keno City Mining Museum Keno City Mining website, gold and silver mining
Klondike Institute of Art And Culture Dawson City Art website
Kluane Museum of Natural History Burwash Landing Natural history information Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, animals, plants, birds, First Nations artifacts
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Whitehorse Art and culture
MacBride Copperbelt Mining Museum Whitehorse Railway Historic railway and copper mining
MacBride Museum of Yukon History Whitehorse History website, Yukon history and culture
Northern Lights Centre Watson Lake Science website, science and folklore of the aurora borealis
Old Log Church Museum Whitehorse History information, history and culture of area missionaries, whalers, explorers and Yukon First Nations
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site Whitehorse Maritime Sternwheeler museum ship
Tagé Cho Hudän Interpretive Centre Carmacks First Nations information
Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre Teslin First Nations information
Yukon Arts Centre Whitehorse Art Includes an exhibit gallery
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre Whitehorse Natural history Fossils, area pre-history, plants and animals
Yukon Transportation Museum Whitehorse Transportation website, impact of different transportation methods on Yukon's history, development, industry and culture

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