Canada Science & Technology Museum

Summer Hours (May 1 – Labour Day)
Every day, 9 a.m. – 5 p. m.
 

Winter Hours (Day after Labour Day until April 30)
Tuesday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m
Closed on Mondays, except Thanksgiving Monday, the Monday following Christmas Day, the Mondays during Quebec and Ontario March Breaks, and Easter Monday.
Allow about 2 to 4 hours for a reasonably complete tour of the Museum.

Cost

Adults: $6
Students and Seniors: $5
Children (4–14): $3
Under 4: free
Family (2 adults and 2 children): $14
Members: Free with membership card
 

Location 
1867 St-Laurent Boul., Ottawa.


Facing Parliament Hill, turn right on Wellington Street, then turn right on Elgin Street. Continue south for five (5) blocks, turn left on Laurier Street, then turn right on Nicholas Street. Proceed on Nicholas Street to access the Queensway East. Exit the Queensway at St. Laurent Boulevard South. Continue on St. Laurent Boulevard for 2.6 km (1 mile). The museum is on the left; a lighthouse is its mark. Turn left on Lancaster Road. 


Services
Free parking, cafeteria, picnic grounds, wheelchair access, facilities and gift shop, "Scientique".

Groups

Minimum 16 people. Adults and seniors: $4, 1 leader free
Student (15+): $3.50, 1 adult free per 10 students
Children (4-14): $2, 1 adult free per 10 children
Children (under 4): free, 1 adult free per 5 children

Guided tour fees

Minimum 16 people. Adults and seniors: $4.50, 1 leader free
Student (15+): $4, 1 adult free per 10 students
Children (4-14): $2.50, 1 adult free per 10 children

Prices include GST and PST and are subject to change without notice. 

Did You Know?

• Alexander Graham Bell first came up with the idea for the telephone in Canada in 1874. 
• A Canadian, Reginald Fessenden, invented voice radio. 
• Canada was the first country to launch a satellite for domestic communications -- partly because the Aurora Borealis disrupted conventional radio signals. "Anik A1" was launched in 1972. 
• Canada's newest remote-sensing satellite -- Radarsat -- can collect data even through clouds and darkness. 
• The Museum has a full-size model of the Canadarm, the robotic arm developed by the Spar Aerospace Limited for the US. space shuttle. 
• You can contemplate the universe at the Museum's observatory which has the largest refracting telescope in Canada. 

The Canada Science and Technology Museum offers hands-on experiences highlighting science and technology in general -- and Canadian ingenuity in particular. The Museum shows how research and inventions have changed the way we view the world and have transformed just about every facet of life from the way we cook to the ways we communicate. Best of all, the Museum helps you figure out how things really work.

The Exhibits

Along with old favourites like the crazy kitchen and the steam locomotives, the Museum has produced many new exhibits in recent years, often with a quirky, offbeat approach that makes technology interesting and fun. 

Some popular exhibitions are:

• Odyssey of Light is a dramatic, theatrical exhibition that uses a unique combination of science and art to explore light, from understanding its physics to exploring its transformative influence on human activity.
• Satellites and spacecraft star in "Canada in Space: Destination Earth". 
• "Connexions: The Plugged-In World of Communications Technology" shows how our wired (and wireless) world came to be and showcases the cutting edge of new communications technologies. 
• "More than a Machine" outlines the development of the motor vehicle in Canada from 1900 to 1930. 
• Innovation Canada:  What drives Canadians to do things differently, make things better and explore the unknown?
   

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