The Canada Agriculture Museum comes alive in March!
OTTAWA, February 20, 2009 Barnyard Break March 1 - 8 and March 14 - 22
Easter April 10 to 13
Exhibitions
Tractors
Food for Health Travelling Exhibition and Website
DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS IN MARCH from March 9 to 13 and March 23 to 31
Special Invitation to Seniors
Also...
Not to be missed...
Birthday Parties
The Canada Agriculture Museum, which celebrated 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
Hours Plenty of free parking.
General admission Fees subject to change without notice. Location:
Telephone: 613-991-3044
Web Sites: agriculture.technomuses.ca
For immediate release
The Canada Agriculture Museum launches its new spring season on March 1! Highlights include special activities for Barnyard Break from March 1 to 8 (Quebec) and March 14 to 22 (Ontario). As well, a variety of Daily Demonstrations will be presented from March 9 to 13 and 23 to 31. Also, as of March 1, museum-goers can visit the exhibition Brewer’s Gold: The History of the Hop Industry in British Columbia and the always popular Tractors exhibition. Net surfers can “virtually” visit our Food for Health website at foodforhealth.ca and, in the months ahead, go on-line to our upcoming virtual exhibition Bees: A Honey of an Idea.
The Canada Agriculture Museum launches its new spring season with Barnyard Break! Visitors will be able to participate in or watch informative demonstrations such as maple taffy making and tasting, meeting the cow family or learning all about pigs by taking a “Pig Quiz”. In addition to learning about many farm animals such as the rabbit, visitors can also groom a calf, watch the afternoon milking and, on weekends, visitors can help one of the Museum’s friendly interpreters make buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup. A favourite March Break children’s activity is suggesting names for the Museum’s recently born calves. Barnyard Break runs March 1-8 for Quebec schools and March 14-22 for Ontario schools.
The Canada Agriculture Museum celebrates the arrival of spring with a variety of activities throughout the Easter weekend. After a long and cold winter, the farm glows with the joyful birth of newborn animals. Visitors will have the chance to welcome gentle new lambs, rabbits and see newly-hatched fluffy chicks.
Brewer’s Gold: The History of the Hop Industry in British Columbia
Starting March 1st, visitors can visit the Brewer’s Gold exhibition. Hops are an important ingredient in beer because they add bitterness to the sweetness of the malt. Through artifacts and photographs Brewer’s Gold tells the story of hop farming in British Columbia, one of the province’s first commercial agricultural crops.
In the exhibition Tractors, visitors can follow the 100-year-old story of the tractor from unfamiliar oddity to commonplace tool on the Canadian farm.
The travelling bilingual exhibition Food for Health and its companion website answer Canadians’ questions and concerns about the safety of their food supply and the role food plays in ensuring good health. The Food for Health exhibition is presented until March 15, 2009 at the TELUS World of Science in Calgary. The cross-Canada Food for Health exhibition travel schedule is at foodforhealth.ca. Booking information is at 613 990-4237 and sclaude@technomuses.ca.
Visitors can learn more about Canadian agriculture and about the food and fibres that make our way of life possible.
9:30 Rabbit Care - Horse and Cattle Barn 10:15 Saddle Up! – Horse and Cattle Barn 11:00 Children’s Story and Craft (in English) – Activity Centre 11:20 Children’s Story and Craft (in French) – Activity Centre 12:00 Pig Quiz – Horse and Cattle Barn 1:30 All About Milk – Dairy Barn 2:15 Meet the Cow Family – Horse and Cattle Barn 3:00 Groom a Calf – Dairy Barn 4:00 Afternoon Milking – Dairy Barn
Every Tuesday from March to October, seniors (60+) are admitted free.
Children ages 3 -12 can enjoy a MOOving Experience with games, ice cream and a special tour of the barns. Children 5 to 12 year-old can get cooking with a Pizza Party and taste the rewards of all their hard work after visiting the animals. Round ‘em Up! Children ages 7 - 12 can make "mud pie" and take a closer look at horses and herding. For information and to register call 613 991-3053.
Exhibitions:
March 1 to October 31, daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed November 1 to February 28.
Animal Barns:
Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed December 25. Admission is free to the
Animal Barns November 1 to February 28.
Daily demonstrations: from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Families (2 adults and 3 children): $13
Additional children: $2 per child
Additional adults: $3 per adult
Adults: $6
Children under 3: free
Children (3–14): $3
Students: $5
Seniors (60+): $5, free on Tuesdays
Members: unlimited free admission and many more benefits
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: 1-866-442-4416
TTY: 613-991-9207
Fax: 613-993-7923
Reservations for guided
tours & school programs: 613-991-3053
foodforhealth.ca
MEDIA:
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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