Canada Day at the Canada Agriculture Museum
OTTAWA, June 24, 2008 Celebrate Canada’s birthday with a fun-filled day of activities at the Canada Agriculture Museum. The Museum will offer popular Canada Day activities such as ice cream making and tasting and Canadian bread as well as craft and colouring and fun-filled games. The Canada Agriculture Museum, with its spacious grounds and fascinating indoor exhibitions is an inviting alternative to the crowds and traffic of downtown. The Museum is centrally located and easy to reach by bus, bicycle or car. Free admission on July 1 and free parking everyday.
Canada Day Activities:
Ice Cream Making (10:00,11:00, 1:00 , 2:00 and 3:00)
Canadian Bread Making - Bannock Strawberry Social ($) (11:00 to 2:00)
Canadian Breeds (ongoing)
The Great Canadian Agriculture Quiz (ongoing)
Guess the Mystery Objects! (ongoing)
Giant Puzzle (ongoing)
Also...
Museum Passport
Not to be missed...
The Canada Agriculture Museum, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in October 2008, connects Canadians and the world to the historical and current importance in everyday life of agricultural science and technology through engaging interpretive activities and products centred on an accessible demonstration farm.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Museum Hours:
Admission Prices (GST included. Prices subject to change without notice.)
Location:
Telephone: 613 991-3044
For immediate release
Kids and grown-ups can help make ice cream using an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice-cream maker and then taste the results of their efforts. Special thanks to Neilson dairy for donating cream and milk for these demonstrations.
(10:30, 11:15, 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30)
Visitors can help one of the Museum’s friendly Interpreters make Bannock, a native Canadian bread and learn all about its history, taste a sample, and bring home a recipe.
The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm will be hosting a Strawberry Social with strawberry shortcake and juice from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or while supplies last ($5.50 for one juice and one serving of cake).
Visitors will learn the importance of Canadian breeds with series of signs throughout the barns.
Museum-goers can spin the wheel of fortune to test their knowledge of Canadian agriculture.
Will visitors of all ages be brave enough to put their hand into the enclosed compartments to guess, by touch only, the mystery objects?
Visitors will be able to assemble a giant puzzle depicting Canada and highlighting the principal agricultural products of each province.
“Explore Canada's cultural treasures, its national museums, with the Museums Passport. Ottawa-Gatineau provides a uniquely capital experience through its national attractions”. The Passport is exchangeable for admission to 10 participating museums including the Canada Agriculture Museum.
Animal Barns and Exhibitions daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Daily demonstrations from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Adults: $6.00
Seniors (60+): $5.00
Students: $5.00
Children (3-14): $3.00
Children under 3: Free
Families (2 adults and 3 kids): $13.00
Families with additional children: $2.00 per extra child
Families with additional adults: $3.00 per extra adult
Members: Free
Groups of 20 or more: please call 613-991-3053 for rates
Prince of Wales Drive, between the traffic circle and Baseline Road. Free parking. The Canada Agriculture Museum is located on Prince of Wales Drive on the Central Experimental Farm.
Toll free: 866 442-4416
TTY: 613 991-9207
Fax: 613 993-7923
Reservations for guided
tours & school programs: 613 991-3053
Web Sites: www.agriculture.technomuses.ca
www.foodforhealth.ca
MEDIA CONTACT:
David Sutin
Manager, Communications, Marketing and Farm Operations
CANADA AGRICULTURE MUSEUM
Tel. 613 996-7812;
E-mail : dsutin@technomuses.ca
or
Lucie Robillard
Communications, Marketing and Visitor Statistic Clerk
Tel. 613 943-1164;
E-mail : lrobillard@technomuses.ca
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