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Experience Canada’s story of science and technology innovation

On a red circular background, a girls smiles excitedly as she looks at a petrie dish with green shapes on it. Next to the girl are small images of an old fashioned light bulb and a vintage locomotive with the numbers 6400 on the front. These are placed on various coloured geometric shapes.
1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Sunday
Advanced ticketing recommended

[We hear upbeat music throughout the video. We see two kids running around and into the crazy kitchen at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.]

[A red patterned screen appears. Text onscreen: “Innovate and let your creativity run wild.”]

[A child releases a toy car onto a track and it zooms towards the camera.]

[A red patterned screen appears. Text onscreen: “Imagine and learn in our immersive exhibitions.”]

[Young people next to a locomotive.]

[An adult and a child play rock paper scissors next to a locomotive.]

[A young person rides an old-fashioned bicycle in the museum while a museum guide walks alongside him.]

[A red patterned screen appears. Text onscreen: “Wonder and be thrilled by our crowd-pleasing experiments.”]

[A museum lights a flame on a darkened demonstration stage.]

[Two young people sit in the demonstration stage audience.]

[A museum guide makes a small rocket take off on the demonstration stage.]

[A museum guide shows the Van der Graff generator to children who then touch it, causing their hair to stand on end.]

[Upbeat music followed by a sparkling sound. The Ingenium and Canada Science and Technology Museum logos appear.]

[The Government of Canada wordmark appears.]

Celebrate Canada Day at the museum

Celebrate Canada’s birthday with innovation, hands-on fun—and free admission!

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A museum guide on the demonstration stage is dressed in a red lab coat, blue protective gloves, and a protective visor. He holds a canister as he steps backward from an experiment he has just executed, which has produced a large plume of white powder and smoke.

Experience our crowd-pleasing experiments

Learn how clouds form, what makes fireworks go boom, and more in our entertaining daily demonstrations.

Get tinkering in Exploratek

Build prototypes, test theories and let your imagination run wild in our tinker lab. Join us for hands-on challenges to spark an interest in STEAM.

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A museum professional wearing a black blazer, glasses, and purple gloves gestures toward a detailed model of a ship inside a glass display case while speaking to two visitors. One visitor, a woman in a plaid blazer, listens attentively, while the other, a man in a pink checkered suit, looks on. The setting appears to be a museum storage or research area, with shelves and artifacts visible in the background.

Tour our collection

Learn about the life of an artifact on a guided tour of the Ingenium Centre, home to over 150,000 objects, from locomotives to vintage cars and more.

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Land acknowledgement

Ingenium’s three museums - the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum – and the Ingenium Centre are located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Anishinàbe Algonquin Nation. We welcome dialogue as we continue to build on this work in collaboration with Indigenous nations and organizations.