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Canada Agriculture Museum
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
Prince of Wales DrBetween Traffic Cir and Baseline Rd
Ottawa, ON K1G 5A3
(613) 991-3044
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for Canada Agriculture Museum
2 reviews in English
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Review from Jana D.
Ottawa, ON
5/18/2012 1 Check-in Here
I absolutely love this place! They have an annual Sheep Shearing festival every year. You can actually see sheep being sheared, and if you are very lucky and ask nicely, you just might be able to go home with a real fleece!
There is also an area where Arts and Crafts are on display, and children can learn and do things. The museum teaches a different craft every year, but there are other displays where you can learn to knit (The Ottawa Knitting Guild has a booth there every year with some of their work on display). Other demonstrators show Indian Finger Weaving where they make beautiful shashes, and there's a loom for weaving as well. The Ottawa Spinners and Weavers Guild has been there, spinning yarn.
It's fun to visit the animals in the barns, all the cows and horses - and there's a donkey called Eyore! And this year as in previous years, there's a sheep dog demonstration.
I look forward to this event every year! -
Review from Amanda D.
Ottawa, ON
10/24/2008
This is a neat place to spend a couple hours with friends, family or children. It's also distinct because it's a preserved and operational heritage farm surrounded by green space in the middle of a large city.
The animal barns are nice to visit, especially around the time when babies are being born. I highly suggest the baby chicks. However, you risk cuteness overload with these barns sometimes. My friend went to the museum last Sunday before coming over to my place. She was almost an hour late because she couldn't stop petting the animals. That's probably an extreme cautionary tale though. ;)
There are frequent demonstrations of farm activities throughout the day. Make sure to be in the right barn at the right time. There are also a few scattered exhibits, including a pretty neat tractor room.
Regular admission is $6 per adult, $5 per student and senior, $3 per child 3-14 and $13 per family. Children under 3 get in for free. Admission is free to the animal barns during the winter months (November 1 to February 28).
