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Public Tours

ENGLISH: 11:30 A.M., 2:30 P.M.

FRENCH: 10:00 A.M., 1:00 P.M.

Intro to the Grand Hall

ENGLISH: 11:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M.

FRENCH: 9:30 A.M., 12:30 P.M.

Members Only: History of Canada Tour

ENGLISH: 10:30 A.M.

FRENCH: 1:45 P.M.

Intro to the Canadian History Hall

ENGLISH: 9:30 A.M., 12:30 P.M.

FRENCH: 11:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M.

Metal Masters — Trivia Game

ENGLISH: 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

FRENCH: 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Green Thumbs Up!

ENGLISH: 9:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

FRENCH: 9:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Imagination in Action

ENGLISH: 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

FRENCH: 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope

ENGLISH: 3:00 P.M.

FRENCH: 10:00 A.M., 4:00 P.M.

The Seven Sacred Laws

ENGLISH: 12:30 P.M.

FRENCH: 12:00 P.M.

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants

ENGLISH: 11:00 A.M., 1:00 P.M.

FRENCH: 2:00 P.M.

Members Only: Screening of Great Bear Rainforest

Jun 22, 2024

Members Only: History of Canada Tour

May 25, 2024

ENGLISH: 10:30 A.M.

FRENCH: 1:45 P.M.

Panorama Patio

May 30, 2024

G’zaagiin maleńki – I promise you a forest

May 31, 2024

Members only: First Royals of Europe — Behind-the-scenes tour with the designer

Jun 14, 2024

Family Workshop: Hide Pouches

Jun 15, 2024

Live Performance: Mādahòkì

Jun 15, 2024

Storytime with Gatineau Public Library

Jun 16, 2024

Summer Fun and Games

Jun 29, 2024

Paper Garden

Jun 27, 2024

First Royals of Europe

Apr 5, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025

Canada’s Got Game! Highlights From the Order of Sport Collection

Oct 5, 2023 – Oct 6, 2024

The Canadian History Hall

The Canadian Stamp Collection

First Peoples Hall

Grand Hall

Canadian Children’s Museum

The W. J. Roué Collection – Bluenose and Beyond

The Harbinson Collection – A Passion for Canadian Furniture and Decorative Arts

‘namaxsala (To Travel in a Boat Together)

Morning Star – Gambeh Then’

Gwadàl’ Zheii: Belongings from the Land

Canadian Dress: The Confederation Era (1840-1890)

Canada at Play: An Online Exhibition of Toys and Games

Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset

Power and Elegance: Cantonese Opera

Virtual Museum of New France

Heart and Soul - Quebec Folk Art

Christian Bennedsen - Scrapbook of a Life in Letters

Her Majesty's Stamps

From Blacksmiths to Blackboards

The Art of Puppetry

Selling Smoke: How Canadian Cigar Boxes Pitched Their Wares 1883-1935

Face to Face: The Canadian Personalities Hall

Canada in a Box, Cigar Containers that Store Our Past 1883-1935

Archaeological Mysteries in the Ottawa Area: Edward Van Cortlandt's Ossuary

Citizens - Portraits of Canadian Women of African Descent

Remember When...? My encounter with the architecture of old Hull

First Peoples of Canada

Playthings and Curios: Historic Inuit Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Crossroads of Culture: Exploring 200 Years of Canadian Immigration, 1800-2000

Marius Barbeau: A Glimpse of Canadian Culture, 1883-1969

Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage, Native Material Culture in Canada

Ancient Treasures and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Written in the Stone: Architectural Tour of the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Passions and Pastimes: Thomas Walter Edwin Sowter, The Ottawa Valley's First Archaeologist

Before E-commerce : A History of Canadian Mail-order Catalogues

Presenza: A New Look at Italian-Canadian Heritage

Souvenirs of Canada

Canadian Nursing History Collection Online

Rocket Richard: The legend - the Legacy

Nettie Covey Sharpe House

Northern People, Northern Knowledge: The Story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918

Opus: The making of musical instruments in Canada

The Origins of Dogsled Mail in the Yukon in the 1890s

Strangers, Partners, Neighbours? The Helluland Archaeology Project

The History of Canada's Public Pensions

Plaza Exhibitions

Playing Through: Golf, the Canadian Story

Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region's Ancient History

The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin

Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps

A History of the Native People of Canada

Retracing An Archaeological Expedition to Canada's Northwest Territories

A Chronology of Canadian Postal History

Lifelines: Canada's East Coast Fisheries

Resonance: Musical Heritage of La Francophonie

Winged Messenger (2nd edition)

The Bronfman Collection Virtual Gallery

India, The Living Arts

Timeless Treasures: The Story of Dolls in Canada

Moccasins

Emergence from the Shadow: First Peoples' Photographic Perspectives

The Last Best West: Advertising for Immigrants to Western Canada, 1870-1930

Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher

Canadian Labour History, 1850-1999

A History of the Vote in Canada

Social Progress Gallery

The Labour Stamp: The Image of the Worker on Canadian Postage Stamps

Dressing Up Canada - Late Victorian Fancy Dress Balls

Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit Art 1948-1970

This Other Eden: Canadian Folk Art Outdoors

The Canoe: Portraits of the Great Fur Trade Canoes

This Splendid Gift: The 1897 Canadian Historical Dinner Service

Nineteenth-Century Pottery and Porcelain in Canada

Nadlok and the Origin of the Copper Inuit

Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateau

Glass Works: The Story of Glass and Glass-making in Canada

The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven

Boat People No Longer: Vietnamese Canadians

Hooked on Rugs

Gather Around this Pot

Where Sea and Land Meet: Historical Northwest Coast Native settings in the art of Gordon Miller and Bill Holm

In Memoriam: Bill Reid (1920-1998)

Masterpieces of 20th-Century Chinese Painting

Storytelling: The Art of Knowledge

Winged Messenger: Airmail in the Heroic Era (1918-1939)

Ritual Messengers: African Treasures from the Tervuren Museum

The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic: From Ancient Times to 1902

Hold onto Your Hats! History and Meaning of Hats and Other Headwear in Canada

Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams: Life and Art of an Ancient Arctic People

The Doukhobors:

Wave Eaters: Native Watercraft in Canada

Treasures Gallery

Places of Power, Objects of Veneration in the Canadian Arctic

Old Nova Scotian Quilts

Homage to Nature: Landscape Kimonos of Itchiku Kubota

Mothers of Time: Seven Palaeolithic Figurines

Grand Hall - Pacific Coast Aboriginal Culture

Canada Hall

Digital Museums Canada awards over $2 million to 18 online projects

May 17, 2024

Canadian Museum of History welcomes new member to its Board of Trustees

May 10, 2024

The closure of Encounters with Canada: Collecting pandemic history

May 8, 2024

Portrait of a Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien

Apr 11, 2024

First Royals of Europe: An epic journey tracing the rise of wealth and power in southeastern Europe

Apr 4, 2024

A birthday to remember at the Canadian Children's Museum!

Feb 19, 2024

Unveiling the Ongoing Impact of Military Service

Feb 13, 2024

In Conversation With Cornélia Strickler, Project Manager, In Their Own Voices: Stories From Canadian Veterans and Their Families, Canadian War Museum

Feb 13, 2024

Exploring the Unseen Narratives

Feb 13, 2024

Hands-On History Thanks to Museum Donors

Feb 13, 2024

An exclusive program and a special presentation to celebrate Black History Month

Feb 2, 2024

Celebrate the Feast of Theophany at the Canadian Museum of History

Jan 13, 2024