The National Gallery also hosts visiting exhibitions seasonally.  Some of the special exhibitions taking place during the conference include , and , the world’s first-ever exhibition devoted to Paul Gauguin’s portraiture.

You can find information about admission rates to the National Gallery .

Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum

“Located on a national heritage site, is the world’s only working farm in the heart of a capital city.

The museum offers visitors a unique opportunity to see diverse breeds of farm animals—important to past and present Canadian agriculture—and to learn about the food they eat. In addition to breeds common to Canadian agriculture, such as Holstein dairy cows and Angus beef cows, the museum also has Canadienne and Milking Shorthorn dairy cows, and Tamworth pigs. Many other breeds of dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, poultry, goats, rabbits and even honeybees round out the collection.

Museum programs and exhibitions are related to Canada’s agricultural heritage, food literacy, and the benefits and relationship of agricultural science and technology to Canadians’ everyday lives.

Seasonal events include Easter on the Farm, the Sheep Shearing Festival, the Ice Cream Festival, and the Thanksgiving Harvest Weekend. Public programming also includes school programs, summer day camps, interpretive tours, demonstrations, and joint undertakings with community groups and associations.”

The Avro Arrow

“Located on a former military air base just five kilometers from the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, the focuses on aviation in Canada within an international context – from its beginnings in 1909 to today.

As Canada’s contribution to aviation expanded to include aerospace technology, the museum’s collection and mandate grew to include space flight. The collection itself consists of more than 130 aircraft and artifacts (propellers, engines) from both civil and military service. It gives particular, but not exclusive, reference to Canadian achievements. The most extensive aviation collection in Canada, it is also considered one of the finest aviation museums in the world.

Among the museum’s highlights are the largest surviving pieces of the famous Avro Arrow (its nose section and two wing tips), the original Canadarm used on the Endeavour space shuttle, the Lancaster bomber from the Second World War, and Life in Orbit: The International Space StationĚý±đłćłóľ±˛úľ±łŮľ±´Ç˛Ô.”

Canadian Museum of Science and Technology, Image Credits: Dennis Jarvis

The is dedicated to the technological and scientific history of Canada and the ongoing relationship between science, technology, and Canadian society. The museum has a wide variety of permanent exhibitions and a roster of visiting and special exhibitions. The museum also has a range of educational programs, including virtual programs, education kits, and astronomy resources.

The museum will feature a special exhibit on this summer: “Created by Grande Exhibitions in collaboration with the Museo Leonardo da Vinci in Rome and a number of experts and historians from Italy and France, this interactive experience commemorates 500 years of Leonardo’s legacy, immersing visitors in his extraordinary life like never before.”

Canadian War Museum

The is Canada’s national museum of military history. The museum explores Canada’s military past from the first recorded instances of armed violence. The museum includes major exhibitions on wars fought within Canada, WWI,WWII, the Cold War, and peace support operations past and present.  The museum also includes a military history research centre.

Dedicated to the education, preservation and remembrance of Canada’s military history, the Canadian War Museum also demonstrates a commitment to environmental sustainability. The Museum’s architectural theme, as reflected in its design, is regeneration:

While nature may be ravaged by human acts of war, it inevitably survives, regenerates and renews itself.
— Raymond Moriyama, architect

By fully integrating this theme into the building and landscape architecture through energy-efficient features, the use of recycled materials and a green roof, the Museum recognizes the harsh reality of war, yet offers hope that, like the regenerating landscape, Canadians will inherit a future free from conflict.

Grand Hall at the Museum of History

The Canadian Museum of History collects, studies, preserves and presents the human history of Canada and the cultural diversity of its peoples. The museum’s permanent galleries explore Canada’s 20,000 yeas of human history with a rotating program of special exhibitions. The Museum of History is home to the  and an IMAX 3D theatre.

Special exhibits in June include ““, and .  According to the Museum, the latter exhibit draws upon the most recent scientific discoveries on the genus Homo, and comes from the MusĂ©um national d’Histoire naturelle (France). It brings together, for the first time, exceptional fossils rarely shown to the public outside Europe.