List of tourist attractions in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario has a large variety of historical sites, cultural and educational institutions, and an aviary for exotic birds.

Historical sites and museums

• 31 Service Battalion Museum, accredited military museum, Heritage Museum; dedicated to documenting Combat Service Support in Hamilton; largest collection of the Canadian Women's Army Corps artifacts; located next to HMCS Haida
• Auchmar, historic estate of the Honourable Isaac Buchanan
• Battlefield House Museum, Stoney Creek
• Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, home of one of the last two remaining operational Lancaster bombers; also in operation Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Bristol Bolingbroke
• Dundurn Castle, including the Hamilton Military Museum and Dundurn Park, west end; home of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, former Prime Minister of Upper Canada
• Erland Lee Museum, birthplace of Women's Institutes, Upper Stoney Creek
• Hamilton Children's Museum, east end
• Hamilton Farmer's Market, founded in 1837
• Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, east end
• HMCS Haida, National Historic Site, historic naval ship; Canada's most famous warship and the last remaining Tribal Class destroyer in the world
• Nash-Jackson House, at Stoney Creek Battlefield Park
• Ottawa Street North, textile district, voted one of Canada's favourite streets in the 2011 'Great Places in Canada' contest; ranked in Top 5 spots for antique shopping in Canada by CAA Magazine
• Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum, downtown
• Westfield Heritage Village, Flamborough
• Whitehern Historic House & Garden, downtown

Cultural institutions

Art

• Cotton Factory
• Arctic Experience McNaught Gallery
• Art Gallery of Hamilton, downtown; second largest permanent collection in Ontario, and third largest in Canada
• James Street North Art District
• McMaster Museum of Art, west end

Music

• Bach Elgar Choir
• Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
• Hess Village, commercial and entertainment hub in historic buildings

Theatre

• Hamilton Theatre Inc., musical theatre

Other popular attractions

Festivals

• Festival of Friends, founded in 1975, the largest annual free music event in Canada

Sports

• Around the Bay Road Race, the longest continuously held long-distance foot race in North America (since 1894)
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame, downtown
• CANUSA Games, Hamilton is twinned with Flint, Michigan, and its amateur athletes have competed in these games since 1958
• Jukasa Motor Speedway, a 5/8-mile oval auto racing track, Cayuga, Ontario
• Flamboro Downs and Flamboro Slots, horse racing as well as car racing

Parks, trails and waterfront

• African Lion Safari, Flamborough
• Hamilton Aviary, Westdale, in Churchill Park along Cootes Paradise Sanctuary lookout trails
• Bayfront Park, Pier 4 Park, Harbour West, Cootes Paradise, waterfront trail
• Beach strip and lighthouse pier, beach trail
• Bruce Trail, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Dundas, Flamborough
• Dundas Valley Conservation Area, Dundas
• Gage Park, large historical park in the middle of the city
• Hamilton Farmer's Market
• Pier 4 Park
• Royal Botanical Gardens, west end
• Westfield Heritage Village, Flamborough

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