Museum · St. John's · Newfoundland and Labrador

Basilica Museum

St. John's counts Basilica Museum among its places to visit. Around it, The Rooms (300 m) comes first on our list.

Where

In St. John's

inside the municipal boundary

Warmest months

Jul–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Museum in St. John's

Inside St. John's

Within St. John's’ municipal boundary stands Basilica Museum. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month in St. John's

Expect highs of 17–21°C in St. John's from July to September.

Jan0° / -7°140 mm

Feb0° / -8°131 mm

Mar2° / -5°129 mm

Apr6° / -1°105 mm

May12° / 2°83 mm

Jun16° / 7°73 mm

Jul21° / 12°86 mm

Aug21° / 13°89 mm

Sep17° / 9°117 mm

Oct12° / 5°130 mm

Nov7° / 1°138 mm

Dec3° / -4°161 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in St. John's, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at St. John's (West), 4.9 km from St. John's (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. St. John's’ full climate →

About

Basilica Museum

It sits in St. John's, within the municipal boundary of the town.

Type: Museum
Town: in St. John's

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Address200 military road st-john's

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Numbered points are the places near Basilica Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns close to Basilica Museum

The biggest base of the 8 is St. John's (128,693 people). Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

St. John's

128,693 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 7.9 km northwest of it

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

2,601 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 9.5 km south of it

Mount Pearl

24,266 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 10 km northwest of it

Torbay

8,297 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Basilica Museum is	People	Places to visit
St. John's	It’s in town	128,693	32
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	7.9 km northwest of it	2,601	11
Mount Pearl	9.5 km south of it	24,266	4
Torbay	10 km northwest of it	8,297	2
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	11 km southeast of it	1,005	2
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	11 km west of it	9,167	2
Paradise	13 km southwest of it	26,155	2
Flatrock	16 km northwest of it	1,938	2

Make a day of it

While you are near Basilica Museum

Within 15 km are 2 museums, 2 art galleries and a church, among others.

MuseumThe Rooms300 m away · 87K visitors a year (2017)2

ChurchBasilica of St. John the Baptist200 m away 3

CathedralSt. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral300 m away 4

GardenSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden700 m away 5MuseumMuseumApothecary Hall1.4 km away 6Water parkWater parkBannerman Park Splash Pad400 m away 7Art galleryArt galleryThe Leyton Gallery500 m away 8Art galleryArt gallerySt. Michael’s Printshop500 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Basilica Museum

Where is Basilica Museum?

Inside the town’s municipal boundary: Basilica Museum is in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

What is Basilica Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Basilica Museum?

Warmth peaks in St. John's from July to September, when afternoons reach 17–21°C (ECCC normals, 1991–2020).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

The Rooms: David P Janes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basilica of St. John the Baptist: Paul from Hacketts Cove, Canada, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral: Jcmurphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden: Mo Laidlaw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).