Canada Agriculture Museum

The Canada Food and Agriculture Museum in Ottawa, Ontario

The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is living proof of the “Green Capital”. In fact, Ottawa is the only world capital that has a working farm at its heart. Canada’s unique agricultural heritage is featured at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, where you can explore the sights and sounds of typical farm life.

Visit the Animals

Get up close and personal with a number of animals at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. In the barns and barnyards, you’ll see different breeds of various farm animals.

Don’t forget to look for the Museum’s heritage breeds!

See the Exhibitions

The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum features fun, interactive exhibitions showcasing Canada’s agricultural history as well as contemporary agricultural problems and solutions. Current exhibitions include:

Food Preservation: The Science You Eat, this new exhibition highlights the role science plays in delaying food decay and keeping food nutritious and safe from farm to fork.
Energy Park: Nature at Work, which looks at renewable energy production on farms
Tractors, which follows the machine’s 100-year journey from oddity to essential
Taking Care of Beesness, which examines bees’ essential role in pollinating Canadian crops

Watch, Ride, and Play

The fun never stops at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. Check out our daily demonstrations, hitch a ride on the horse-drawn Tally-Ho wagon, or play in the outdoor play structure.

Picnic at the Museum

The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is ideal for picnics! In the shade of the apple blossoms, under a tent or in the sun, visitors can enjoy the sights and sounds of the outdoors as they snack or have lunch. The Museum has vending machines but does not offer food services. No barbecues or hibachis allowed.

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Contact Information for Canada Agriculture Museum:

Telephone: 613-991-3044
Toll-Free: 1-866-442-4416
Email: contact@techno-science.ca

 

 

 

 

 

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