# 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