Provincial museums of Canada are museums maintained by the provinces of Canada to preserve their local history and culture. They are the equivalent to national museums operated by nation-states.

In the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, the provincial government uses the term "national" to refer to provincial museums, reflecting the strength of Quebec nationalism

Quebec nationalism

Quebec nationalism is a nationalist movement in the Canadian province of Quebec .-1534–1774:Canada was first a french colony. Jacques Cartier claimed it for France in 1534, and permanent French settlement began in 1608. It was part of New France, which constituted all French colonies in North America...

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Many provinces have separate facilities for history and natural history museums, art galleries, and archives. In the case of Newfoundland and Labrador, all these functions are housed in one complex, The Rooms

The Rooms

The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador.On a hill overlooking...

, in St. John's

List of provincial museums

• Royal Alberta Museum
  Royal Alberta Museum
  The Royal Alberta Museum is located in Edmonton, Alberta and was named the Provincial Museum of Alberta until 24 May 2005 when Queen Elizabeth II visited, bestowing royal patronage. It has a natural history exhibit, a wildlife exhibit, an entomology exhibit, a Native Culture exhibit, as well as...
  
  , Edmonton
• Royal British Columbia Museum
  Royal British Columbia Museum
  The Royal British Columbia Museum is a natural history and human history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1886. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by HRH Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a Royal tour that year...
  
  , Victoria
• Royal Ontario Museum
  Royal Ontario Museum
  The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With its main entrance facing Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, the museum is situated north of Queen's Park and east of Philosopher's Walk in the University of Toronto...
  
  , Toronto
• Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  The Royal Saskatchewan Museum was established in Regina as the Provincial Museum in 1906 to "secure and preserve natural history specimens and objects of historical and ethnological interest." It was the first museum in Saskatchewan, Canada, and the first provincial museum in the three Prairie...
  
  , Regina
• New Brunswick Museum
  New Brunswick Museum
  The New Brunswick Museum, located in Saint John, New Brunswick is Canada's oldest continuing museum. The New Brunswick Museum was officially incorporated as the "Provincial Museum" in 1929 and received its current name in 1930, but its history goes back much further. Its lineage can be traced back...
  
  , Saint John
• Nova Scotia Museum
  Nova Scotia Museum
  Nova Scotia Museum is the corporate name for the most decentralized museum in Canada - 27 museums across Nova Scotia, including over 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, specialized museums and close to a million artifacts and specimens...
  
  , multiple sites
• Musée de la civilisation
  Musée de la civilisation
  The Musée de la civilisation is a museum located in Quebec City. It is situated in old Québec near the Saint Lawrence River...
  
  , Quebec City

List of provincial art galleries

• Art Gallery of Alberta
  Art Gallery of Alberta
  The Art Gallery of Alberta is a public art gallery located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Its collection of well over 6,000 works of art includes historical and contemporary paintings, sculptures, installation works and photographs by Canadian and international artists...
  
  , Edmonton
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
  The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is the provincial art gallery for the province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the central downtown region of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a branch gallery in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia....
  
  , Halifax
• Art Gallery of Ontario
  Art Gallery of Ontario
  Under the direction of its CEO Matthew Teitelbaum, the AGO embarked on a $254 million redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg...
  
  , Toronto
• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
  Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
  The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is a museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada gathering approximately 25,000 works essentially produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artists, some of which dating from the 18th century. It also houses a library since 1987...
  
  , Quebec City

List of provincial archives and libraries

• Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
  Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
  Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is the Crown corporation acting as the provincial library and archives of Quebec...
  
  , multiple sites
• Provincial Archives of Alberta
  Provincial Archives of Alberta
  The Provincial Archives of Alberta is the official archives of the Canadian Province of Alberta. It preserves and makes available for research both private and government records of all media related to Alberta...
  
  , Edmonton
• Saskatchewan Archives Board
  Saskatchewan Archives Board
  The Saskatchewan Archives Board is an arms-length government agency with offices in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The archives holds public and private records which include audio tapes, video, photographs, maps, publications and other material....