Museum · Ottawa East / Alta Vista
Canada Science and Technology Museum
1867 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa K1G 5A3
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A large hands-on museum on St. Laurent Boulevard in the east end, devoted to Canadian science, technology and innovation. Galleries cover transportation, communications, medicine, materials and everyday technology, plus a vintage steam locomotive hall and a children's area. It is part of the federal Ingenium group and draws many school and family visits.
Permanent exhibitions
- Artifacts gallery with more than 700 objects from the national science and technology collection
- Steam locomotive hall with a boardable vintage locomotive
- Hands-on exhibitions on sound, medicine, materials, microscopes and telescopes, and wearable technology
- Interactive illusions gallery and ZOOOM children's play area
