Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre

The Fort Frances Museum & Cultural Centre is located on Treaty #3 Territory in the heart of downtown Fort Frances in Northwestern Ontario. Founded in 1978, The Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, and exhibit items, stories, and local knowledge that depict the story of the Town, the land, and its people. Originally constructed as a schoolhouse in 1898, the Museum continues to be an educational resource to the community, offering interpretive tours and permanent galleries with a focus on local and regional history, a variety of traveling and locally curated exhibits, an extensive local archive, and a collections space with over 10,000 items. In addition to the main building, we also maintain two heritage sites, a logging tugboat and a lookout tower located on the waterfront which overlook the beautiful Manidoo Ziibi (Rainy River). The Museum is a welcoming space for all people; a place for learning, teaching, and sharing different ways of knowing, because everyone should know where they come from.