Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Museum and archives of Northwest Territories, Canada.
Attractions in Yellowknife
See Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and 9 more in Yellowknife
Most of what there is to see is museums or galleries: 6 of 10. All of them are inside Yellowknife; none lie just outside.
In Yellowknife
10
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
6
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
2
in or near town
Best known
Yellowknife’s best known
The rest of the best known are 3 art galleries, a historic site and an attraction.
MuseumMuseumPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centrein townHistoric siteHistoric siteBristol Monumentin townAttractionAttractionOld Town Glassworksin townArt galleryArt galleryDown to Earth Galleryin townArt galleryArt galleryGallery of the Midnight Sunin townArt galleryArt galleryGallery on 47th Streetin town
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
Where to find them
The map ends at Yellowknife Historical Museum, 4.5 km out.
The dashed line is Yellowknife’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
By kind
How the list breaks down
Count 6 museums or galleries and 2 forts or historic sites.
Museums & galleries 4 art galleries · 2 museums6 in town
Forts & historic sites 2 historic sites2 in town
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 theme park1 in town
Other attractions 1 attraction1 in town
Green: inside Yellowknife. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Every entry
The 10 inside Yellowknife come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Yellowknife → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Yellowknife →
Good to know in Yellowknife
What are the main attractions in Yellowknife?
Within Yellowknife’s municipal boundary, the best known are Bristol Monument, Old Town Glassworks and Down to Earth Gallery.
Does Yellowknife have a museum?
In or within 5 km of Yellowknife: Gallery of the Midnight Sun, Gallery on 47th Street and Nature's North Wildlife Gallery.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Yellowknife?
Not within 5 km of Yellowknife: none is on our list.
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
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).