Located in a historic building, which once served as a Police Station and Court House, the Thunder Bay Museum offers visitors six galleries of local, regional and national heritage. Galleries include the first settlers, fur trade era, silver mining, shipping, and Thunder Bay through the centuries on the main floor, a rotating display on the 2nd floor, as well as military and music on the 3rd floor.
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is the largest public gallery between Sault Ste. Marie and Winnipeg. The Gallery's Permanent Collection includes over 1600 works, the vast majority of which are traditional Woodland art, making it one of the most significant collections of Indigenous art in Canada. The Gallery presents more than 20 exhibitions by regional, national, and international artists every year.
The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and Museum was established to preserve and honour our region's rich and proud sports heritage.
Explore Northwest Ontario's rich aviation history including bush flying and WWII airplanes produced at Canada Car with an impressive collection of photos, memorabilia and personal stories preserved for those interested in either remembering or learning about adventurous times at the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre.
One of Thunder Bay’s 3 bowling lanes. It is home to both 5 & 10 pin lanes, as well as a lounge
A tropical vacation in the winter months and equally as pleasing in the summer, the Centennial Botanical Conservatory is fascinating place to visit. See exotic flowers, trees, shrubs and other plants from around the world in a year-round tropical setting.
Temporarily Closed for renovations.
Amethyst Gift Centre is a retail store and lapidary workshop which features Thunder Bay amethyst mined from Amethyst Mine Panorama.
The Canadian Lakehead Exhibition is home to Thunder Bay’s Annual CLE fair. The fair will be celebrating 130 years in 2021, and offers a wide variety of family friendly activities include midway rides, a petting zoo, children’s area, live entertainment, games, and much more. The CLE grounds is also home to the annual Home and Garden Show in the spring, Thunder Bay Gymnastics Association, Thunder Bay Country Market, Boulder Bear Climbing Centre, and Silver City Movie Theatre.
Visit the Thunder Bay Country Market Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings in the Dove Building on the CLE Grounds to visit dozens of farmers, producers, artisans and distributors of local products at the same time.
Bring the family down to Mario’s Bowl, where you can bowl in 5 or 10 pin lanes. They also offer a small food service.