Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, Ontario, Canada
4.0 (231 reviews) Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #30 in Ottawa Speciality Museums
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The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is located at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm, which traces its roots to 1886 and is the world’s only working farm in the heart of a capital city. The Museum offers programs and exhibitions on Canada’s agricultural heritage, food literacy, and on the benefits and relationship of agricultural science and technology to Canadians’ everyday lives. It provides visitors with a unique opportunity to see diverse breeds of farm animals important to Canadian agriculture past and present, and to learn about the food they eat. In addition to breeds common to Canadian agriculture, such as Holstein dairy cows and Angus beef cows, the Museum also has Canadienne dairy cows, Tamworth pigs, and Clydesdale horses. Many other breeds of dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, poultry, goats, and rabbits round out the collection. Public programming includes special weekend theme events, school programs, camps, tours and demonstrations.
Address
861 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3K1 Canada
Mobile
Website
http://ingeniumcanada.org/cafm
Working hours
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Tuesday :
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 6:12
User Ratings
4.0 based on (231 reviews)
Reviews
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3Heather A 5:00 PM Mar 25, 2022
Farm animals
We visited with our grandchildren (ages 2 & 7), so we only visited the barns with animals. It took longer than I thought to walk through all the barns. There were a lot of dairy cows, some calves, pigs, goats, sheep, a few alpacas, rabbits, & chickens, and a few horses & donkeys outside. The children enjoyed seeing the animals up close, but the only animals that could be touched or petted were the calves. Because of COVID restrictions, tickets must be reserved for a specific time and purchased online a few days ahead of time.
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4Susan Glin 5:00 PM Aug 7, 2021
Great for families
A great little farm. We visited on a hot day but the buildings were well ventilated and we were happy to see that the animals seemed to be comfortable as well. There was a lovely misting station near the entrance which was refreshing. You can buy water and snacks from vending machines - we wished there was a snack bar - but knowing that there was not we ate ahead and just brought water with us. It’s a little bit outside the downtown area, it was approximately a $17 Uber ride for up to 3 people.
