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Dawson City Museum

5th Avenue and Church Street, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
993-5291
4.5 of 5 stars 12 Reviews
Type: History Museums, Museums
Description: This museum documents the history of Dawson City, with an emphasis on the Gold Rush era.
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Fort Myers, Florida
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6 reviews 6 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 April 2012

We've visited several times, and always take friends there. Good displays of Yukon history. More

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12 reviews 12 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 April 2012

The Dawson City Museum would be even better if there was more of it to see. The "historical" wax figures based on casts from the faces of local Dawsonites are excellent and worth checking out. More

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Brit
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 January 2012
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Excellent. People on hand to give you further insight. I disliked nothing More

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Romania
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 January 2012
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The Dawson City Museum takes you back in Jack London's time, in the years of the Gold Rush, bringing to life a place and a community that you have seen in movies and in the childhood books. It is impressive and so vivid, that for one hour or so it seems that you are back in time, living in the... More

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011
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The museum was only one of many facinating attractions in Dawson City. There's so many places to investigate, and you can do these all on foot. The city is approx four/five blocks wide and 20 or so blocks long, right along the Yukon River. We spent two days enjoying the town and its people while on a 14 day land&cruise... More

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Ottawa
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Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 August 2011

We spent a good 2 hours looking at all the exhibits and reading all the plaques. More

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Sydney, Canada
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 November 2009

This is your typical museum jaunt - not a lot of interpretation going on if you show up once the interpreters have left. What is cool is that the building used to be the seat of government back when Dawson City was booming. So - the chambers are actually where they hold modern day court. Makes you wanna get in... More

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Toronto, Canada
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 August 2009

I found the Dawson City Museum very interesting. It had lots of displays and the mannequins (although a bit creepy) were an excellent illustration of culture and fashions at the time. The open storage display was especially interesting, to see all the artifacs in the museum's collection, not just the ones on display. Reasonably priced, the Museum is worth the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2012
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 November 2011
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