Museum · St. John's · Newfoundland and Labrador

The Rooms

The Rooms is an art gallery, the provincial archives and the provincial museum. in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Head into St. John's’ municipal boundary to find it. It is run by The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Photo: The Rooms, David P Janes (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In St. John's

inside the municipal boundary

Run by

The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador

the operator on record

Visitors a year

87K

in 2017 (Wikidata)

How well known

Top 3%

#113 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Museum in St. John's

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

Ranked by coverage, #113 of 5,181 places to visit across Canada. About ↓

Inside St. John's

The Rooms is inside St. John's’ municipal boundary. 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

The year 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

The Rooms

Recorded visits for 2017 came to 87K. 5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at Basilica of St. John the Baptist, 200 m away.

The Rooms on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Run by: The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Visitors: 87K visitors a year (2017)
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in St. John's
Official site: therooms.ca

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Address9 bonaventure avenue st-john's

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Mapping The Rooms

Spot The Rooms in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns around The Rooms, by distance

Among the 8, St. John's is the biggest, home to 128,693 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

St. John's

128,693 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 8.1 km north of it

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

2,601 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 9.2 km south of it

Mount Pearl

24,266 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 10 km southeast of it

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

1,005 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Rooms is	People	Places to visit
St. John's	It’s in town	128,693	32
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	8.1 km north of it	2,601	11
Mount Pearl	9.2 km south of it	24,266	4
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	10 km southeast of it	1,005	2
Torbay	11 km northwest of it	8,297	2
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	11 km west of it	9,167	2
Paradise	12 km southwest of it	26,155	2
Flatrock	16 km northwest of it	1,938	2

Make a day of it

Pair The Rooms with these

Around it, within 15 km, lie 3 museums, 2 art galleries and a church, among others.

ChurchBasilica of St. John the Baptist200 m away 2

CathedralSt. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral300 m away 3

GardenSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden1 km away 4MuseumMuseumApothecary Hall1.1 km away 5MuseumMuseumChurch Lad's Brigade Archives And Museum200 m away 6MuseumMuseumBasilica Museum300 m away 7Art galleryArt galleryThe Leyton Gallery500 m away 8Art galleryArt galleryEastern Edge500 m away

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

Asked about The Rooms

Where is The Rooms?

The Rooms is in St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is The Rooms?

Art gallery, the provincial archives and the provincial museum. in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Who runs The Rooms?

The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

How well known is The Rooms?

Ranked by how many Wikipedias cover it, The Rooms is #113 in Canada.

When is the best time to visit The Rooms?

In St. John's, July to September are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

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).