Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Human and natural history museum in Yukon, Canada.
Attractions in Whitehorse
Photo: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Hans-Jürgen Hübner (CC BY-SA 3.0)Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre opens Whitehorse’s list
11 of the 13 places to visit in and around Whitehorse are museums or galleries. All of them are inside Whitehorse; none lie just outside. In heritage care, 2 places on the list are looked after by Parks Canada. The centre alone has 5 within 1 km.
In Whitehorse
13
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
11
in or near town
Cared for
2
by Parks Canada
Best known
The names to know in Whitehorse
MuseumYukon Beringia Interpretive Centrein town
MuseumMacBride Museum of Yukon Historyin town
Art galleryYukon Arts Centrein townArt galleryArt galleryKwanlin Dün Cultural Centrein town
MuseumYukon Transportation Museumin townMuseumMuseumCopperbelt Railway & Mining Museumin townEach 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
Plotted on the map
The map stretches to Mount Sima, 12 km away.
The dashed line is Whitehorse’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
By kind
Grouped by kind
Museums & galleries 7 museums · 4 art galleries11 in town
Zoos, theme parks & days out 2 ski hills2 in town
Green: inside Whitehorse. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Run by Parks Canada: S.S. Klondike and Barge.
Every place
All of them, one by one
Yukon Arts Centre
Performing arts centre and art museum in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
Indigenous, First Nation cultural centre of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.
7The 13 inside Whitehorse 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 Whitehorse → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Whitehorse →
Questions before you go to Whitehorse
What are the main attractions in Whitehorse?
Top of the list inside Whitehorse’s municipal boundary: MacBride Museum of Yukon History, Yukon Arts Centre and Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
Does Whitehorse have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Whitehorse include Yukon Transportation Museum, Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum and Arts Underground.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Whitehorse?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Whitehorse, some places on this list are in the care of Parks Canada, as the By kind chart shows.
How is this list made?
We merge OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the heritage registers into one list of museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. To count, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tours are dropped. Places inside the town’s 2021 outline come first, then those up to 5 km beyond it.
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.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Hans-Jürgen Hübner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- MacBride Museum of Yukon History: dvs from Vermont, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yukon Arts Centre: 117Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yukon Transportation Museum: James Badger from Calgary, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- S.S. Klondike: Sloan G. / Gareth Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).