The Canadian Museum of Civilization

What You Should Know

Hours
May 2 to June 30
Seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays until 9 p.m. 
The Canadian Children's Museum closes at 6 p.m.

July 1 to September 5
Seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 
Thursdays and Fridays until 9 p.m.

September 6 to October 10
Seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
Thursdays until 9 p.m. The Canadian Children's Museum closes at 6 p.m.

October 11 to April 30
Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Thursdays until 9 p.m.. The Canadian Children's Museum is open until 5 p.m. on Thursdays.

Cost

Canadian Children’s Museum
 

Canadian Postal Museum
This dazzling array of activities and exhibitions is available to all at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. For more information on CMC programs, members of the public can call 776-7000 or 1-800-555-5621.

Services
Strollers and wheelchairs are available.

Café du Musée Restaurant - for reservations, call (819) 776-7009.

Asticou cafeteria and, for those who wish to bring their lunch, the Lunch Box.

Paid underground parking ($1.50 every half-hour; daily maximum is $8.50) and on adjoining streets. 

Groups
Special discounts and combination rates are available to groups of 20 or more. Call (819) 776-7014 or 1 800 555-5621. For school programmes, call (819) 776-7007.

Did You Know?

The Canadian Museum of Civilization has the world's largest indoor collection of totem poles. 

The Museum is wired for global outreach. If you were to lay out the fibre optic cables, they would go around the globe 20 times. 

At over one million square feet (100,000 square metres), the Canadian Museum of Civilization is one of the world's largest museums. 

In the near future, the Canadian Museum of Civilization will put 150,000 images of its collections on the web. It is also digitizing 500 artifacts using a unique 3-d colour imaging system invented in Canada. It's one way that the Museum will bring the nation's heritage to its people. 

The Museum has three major galleries presenting permanent exhibitions where sound, images, and treasures from the collections create memorable impressions of our nation's colourful past.
 
 

1. The Grand Hall celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the aboriginal peoples from the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada. Designed in cooperation with Native elders and artisans, it features totem poles, cedar plank houses and artifacts from six different coastal nations.
2. The Canada Hall transports visitors on a journey through Canada's past. Large-scale settings vividly portray key periods in Canadian history from the arrival of Norse adventurers around the year 1000 right up to the settlement of western Canada in the twentieth century.
3. The First People's Hall showcases the rich diversity of First People's cultures and celebrates aboriginal contributions to the world. The Museum always has temporary exhibitions on archaeology, history, folk culture and ethnology. Some are created at the Museum, others are borrowed from around the world. 

The Canadian Museum of Civilization has a full-time theatre company. Costumed characters use drama and humour to bring history and cultural heritage to life.

There is also an extensive, ongoing program of music, dance and film, often with an international flavour.

The giant-screen Theatre presents large format films in the  IMAX® Theatre. 

Museums within the Museum

At the Canadian Museum of Civilization are two other attractions.

The Canadian Children's Museum

The Canadian Children's Museum invites young spirits to embark on the Great Adventure-a trip around the world. Everything is kid-sized, hands-on and totally interactive.

The Canadian Postal Museum

Postal communications are presented and celebrated at the Canadian Postal Museum's gallery.


Contact

General Information:
(819) 776-7000 or 1 800 555-5621 
Fax: (819) 776-7187 
Canadian Children's Museum: (819) 776-7001 
Canadian Postal Museum: (819) 776-8200, 
Fax: (819) 776-8300 
Boutique: (819) 776-7012 
IMAX information: (819) 776-7010 (English), (819) 776-7006 (French) 

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