The Canada Agriculture 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 Museum, where you can explore the sights and sounds of typical farm life.

Hours

Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed December 25th.

General Admission

Members

Unlimited free admission to three national museums and many more benefits.

Multi-Museums Pass

A discounted three-day pass is available for the Canada Agriculture Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

All admission prices include applicable taxes and are subject to change without notice.

Parking

As of May 6, 2013, the Canada Agriculture Museum will charge parking fees. For more information, please click here.

Cars

Parking fees are now charged at the Canada Agriculture Museum.

Rate

$1 per half hour
Maximum $6 per day

Payment methods

Coins, VISA, and MasterCard

Location

(861) Prince of Wales Drive (between the traffic circle and Baseline Rd), Ottawa, Canada.

Plenty of parking and bike racks. Bike parking available just before the Admissions booth.

To reach the Museum by bus, please use the OC Transpo travel planner.
Call OC TRANSPO for details at 613 741-4390.

GPS coordinates

To reach the Museum by bike or car equipped with a GPS device, enter the following data:

Parking Entrance
N 45 23.216
W75 42.412

Google Maps

For cyclists, please refer to
Google Maps bike paths

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Exhibitions

Energy Park: Nature at Work

See renewable energy in action at the Canada Agriculture Museum’s Energy Park: Nature at Work. Farms are not only consumers of energy, increasingly they are also producers. Take a stroll through this outdoor park and try your hand at “harvesting” energy using our solar interactive. See if you can beat the wind and pump water faster than a windmill!

Tractors

Visit Tractors and follow the 100-year-old story of the tractor from unfamiliar oddity to commonplace tool on the Canadian farm.

Taking Care of Beesness

There’s a new buzz at the Canada Agriculture Museum. Discover the essential role bees play in the pollination of many Canadian food crops such as blueberries and apples, as well as to the production of honey and many other by-products, while you explore the role and the tools of the beekeeper. Check out the Museum’s live hive arriving in May and try to find the queen among all the workers and drones.

Animal Barns

Get up close and personal with the animals at the Canada Agriculture Museum. In our barns and barnyards see different breeds of dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, goats, rabbits and chickens. Don't forget to look for our heritage breeds!

Tally-Ho wagon rides - finished for the season, back next Spring!

Picnic at the Museum

The Canada Agriculture Museum is ideal for picnics! In the shade of the apples blossoms, under a tent or in the sun, visitors can enjoy the sights and sounds of the outdoors as they snack or have lunch. We cannot permit the use of barbecues or hibachis on the Museum site. The Museum has vending machines for hot and cold beverages and light snacks but does not offer food services.

Map of the Canada Agriculture Museum grounds

Here's is a .pdf of the Canada Agriculture Museum's site map.

A guide to visiting Farms and Petting Zoos

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School Programs

We offer curriculum-based school programs throughout the school year. Please call 613-991-3053 for information and/or to register.

GST included.
Prices subject to change without notice.

Contact Information

Phone: 613-991-3044
Toll free number: 1-866-442-4416
TTY: 613-991-9207
Fax: 613-993-7923
Media: 613-998-5342
OC Transpo: 613-741-4390