Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ontario, Canada
4.0 (499 reviews) Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #24 in Ottawa Speciality Museums • Science Museums
Something for Everyone
The Canada Science and Technology Museum provides a highly digital experience for the whole family – igniting visitors with a passion for science and inspiring the next generation of Canadian innovators. After undergoing an $80.5-million renewal of its entire building, the museum features over 7,400 m2 (80,000 sq. ft.) of redesigned exhibition space, including an 850 m2 (9,200 sq. ft.) temporary exhibition hall to accommodate travelling exhibitions from around the world. Eleven new exhibitions – including the ZOOOM Children’s Innovation Zone, Artifact Alley and the Exploratek maker studio – as well as long-time visitor favourites, like locomotives and the Crazy Kitchen, delight visitors young and old.
Address
1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A3 Canada
Mobile
Website
http://ingeniumcanada.org/cstm
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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, 16:03
User Ratings
4.0 based on (499 reviews)
Reviews
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3Travel Wright Vacations 5:00 PM Mar 24, 2022
It's a nice afternoon out with the family, and doesn't take up the entire day.
First Impression Upon arrival there was no line to the ticket stand. Thankfully I purchased my tickets in advance, because they were not selling tickets at the door, they required that you purchased tickets in advanced and reserved a time slot online. We walked in, showed our ticket bar code, and were moved right along into the museum immediately. Thickets for a family were around $40. The museum was occupied, by other visiting families, but not over crowded. Museum Experience The exhibits were mostly about progress. There was a kitchen section, where it showed the progress of refrigerators, washing machines, irons, etc. throughout the ages. There were exhibits about the progress of snow shoes, electricity, electronic entertainment, medicine, telescopes, microscopes, & transportation. As an adult, I really enjoyed the whole thing, specifically the home wares (some brought back memories), and microscopes. The kids really liked the interactive parts, where they got to touch things. Some of these exhibits were the crazy kitchen (on an incline, optical illusion), the train (they got to go inside a train, and see what the old and new engines looked like), and the stationary bicycle race with different types of bikes. Calvin (Teen) and Tristan (School age) both loved it, Oli (preschooler) on the other hand, was way too overstimulated. If it were just her and I, and I could have given her 100% of my attention, I think she would have handled it much better. We spent about 1 1/2 hours at the museum, and would have probably stayed a bit longer if Oli wasn't out of control. I would say 7 and up is a good age for this, or less than that if you have multiple parental units, or just 1 kid. Pros and Cons Pros - Exhibits are interesting, Hands on exhibits, Kid friendly Cons - No definite direction to walk in, so traffic is not really streamlined.
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3Lisa D 5:00 PM Dec 19, 2021
Good for Kids
Of all the museums in Ottawa, I would recommend skipping this one, unless you have kids. It is really oriented toward children. There were many interactive exhibits closed due to covid, understandably. The exhibits are mostly outdated. Not the cutting-edge science and tech museum I would expect from our nation's capital.
