Museum · Kingston · Ontario

PumpHouse Museum

Look for PumpHouse Museum in Kingston. Marine Museum of the Great Lakes runs it. Worth the trip, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is 900 m off.

Where

In Kingston

inside the municipal boundary

Run by

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes

the operator on record

How well known

Top 29%

#1,476 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–25°C

In brief

Museum in Kingston

Inside Kingston

You’ll find PumpHouse Museum inside Kingston’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

Weather through the year

The warmest stretch in Kingston is May to September, at 18–25°C in the afternoon.

Jan-3° / -12°86 mm

Feb-2° / -11°61 mm

Mar3° / -6°65 mm

Apr10° / 1°88 mm

May18° / 7°84 mm

Jun22° / 13°90 mm

Jul25° / 16°68 mm

Aug25° / 15°75 mm

Sep21° / 11°100 mm

Oct14° / 5°96 mm

Nov8° / -1°88 mm

Dec2° / -6°83 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kingston, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Kingston (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Precipitation comes from Centreville, 35 km away. Kingston’s full climate →

About

PumpHouse Museum

It is run by Marine Museum of the Great Lakes.

It is in Kingston, inside the municipal boundary.

Type: Museum
Run by: Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
Town: in Kingston
Official site: kingstonpumphouse.ca

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

HoursTue–Sat 10:00–17:00, Sun 12:00–17:00

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

The map

PumpHouse Museum on the map

Orange is PumpHouse Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around PumpHouse Museum, by distance

With 149,527 people, Kingston is the largest of the 4. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Kingston

149,527 people · 43 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km east of it

Frontenac Islands

1,963 people · 40 places to visit

3 · 16 km west of it

Loyalist

19,761 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 24 km northwest of it

South Frontenac

21,599 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where PumpHouse Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kingston	It’s in town	149,527	43
Frontenac Islands	2.8 km east of it	1,963	40
Loyalist	16 km west of it	19,761	5
South Frontenac	24 km northwest of it	21,599	3

Make a day of it

While you are near PumpHouse Museum

Our list has 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and a fort within 15 km, among others.

CathedralCathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception900 m away 2

MuseumKingston Dry Dock200 m away

Fort · Parks CanadaShoal Tower700 m away

MuseumAnn Baillie Building600 m away 5

MuseumMurney Tower500 m away 6

CathedralSt. George's Cathedral600 m away 7

MuseumKingston General Hospital700 m away 8MuseumMuseumMuseum of Health Care at Kingston600 m away

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

Quick answers on PumpHouse Museum

Where is PumpHouse Museum?

Inside the town’s municipal boundary: PumpHouse Museum is in Kingston, Ontario.

What is PumpHouse Museum?

Museum.

Who runs PumpHouse Museum?

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes.

When is the best time to visit PumpHouse Museum?

May to September bring Kingston its warmest afternoons, 18–25°C on ECCC’s 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 (7)

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception: SoftwareSimian (changes by Rabanus Flavus ), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston Dry Dock: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Shoal Tower: Preeteesh Singh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ann Baillie Building: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Murney Tower: Carlb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St. George's Cathedral: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kingston General Hospital: P199, Public domain, 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).