Results: Six Unusual Canadian Museums

A Reader's Digest article featured 6 curious museum stops across Canada. First was the Vancouver Police Museum, Vancouver B.C.---The setting, eerily enough, is the old Coroner's Court and forensics lab, including the morgue. Artifacts, from the 1870s on, include badges, uniforms, police equipment, items confiscated from criminals, and even preserved organs from autopsies. Does this sound like a place you'd be interested in visiting?

Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station, Vulcan, Alberta---Designed to resemble a spacecraft, the Trek Station celebrates Vulcan's coincidental relationship to Mr. Spock's planet. Boldly go to a building that features an 800-piece collection of Star Trek memorabilia--including Spock's ears, donated personally by Leonard Nimoy--and floor-to-ceiling space murals. Would you like to visit this museum?

Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Ontario---Call it a "shoe-seum". From ancient Egyptian sandals, to haute couture pumps, to intricately crafted beaded moccasins , exhibits are devoted to the style, function and meaning of footwear. Does visiting this museum interest you?

Accordion Museum, Montmagny, Quebec---Through instruments, photos and recordings, the museum traces the history of the accordion and its influence on Quebec culture. They've even acquired Asian instruments that show the use of the free reed--call them ancient ancestors of the accordion--that date back 4,000 years. Does this sound like a museum that you'd be interested in visiting?

Chocolate Museum, St. Stephen, New Brunswick---Located in an old candy factory building, it's chocoholic heaven-- a whole museum featuring displays on how chocolate is made, hands-on exhibits, collections of historic chocolate boxes, and antique candy-making equipment---and, of course, lots of chocolate treats. Does this sound like a fun place to visit?

Potato Museum, O'Leary, Prince Edward Island---A 14-foot high potato greets you at what's billed as the world's largest exhibit of potato artifacts. Explore the humble potato's role in the economy, a collection of farm implements related to growing and harvesting potatoes, and the Potato Hall of Fame. Is this a museum that you'd consider visiting?