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Summer Camps 2023

Bring the country to kids in the city with fascinating summer camps at a working farm!

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A boy smiles as he stretches out his arms on either side; cartoon-style illustrated lambs stand on both of his arms. He is standing against a light blue background, with green and white cartoon snowflakes falling down all around him.

Family Day at the Museum

This Family Day, a winter adventure awaits you at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum!

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Join Us in the Kitchen

This winter, soft pretzel bites and savoury mustard await you in our Demonstration Kitchen! 

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A large, blue-green fish is centered against a backdrop of water, with more fish visible in the background. On the left and right, there are colourful, stylized drawings of fish and seaweed against a white background.

Aquaculture: Farming the Waters

Now open!

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School Programs

Exciting news: In-person field trips are back! 

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901 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON
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Advanced ticketing is strongly recommended.

To ensure a safe and enjoyable visit for our visitors and staff, masks are not mandatory but recommended.

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Programs & Resources

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Recipes

Browse the Healthy Kids Quest offering from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Healthy Kids Quest

Collection Highlights

John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

Canada has a long and rich history of innovation in science and technology. The artifacts collected, preserved, and displayed in the three museums of Ingenium showcase this history. Each artifact tells a fascinating story of innovation and illustrates how science and technology have contributed to the transformation of Canada. Find out more about many of these artifacts here.

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From the Channel
A promoter of Sure Food, the food chemist James Pearson (right), at the facility of Wentworth Canning Company Limited of Hamilton, Ontario. Anon., “La viande, synthétique, produit canadien, pourrait sauver de la famine les peuples affamés d’Europe.” Photo-Journal, 5 February 1948, 3.
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Agriculture

“It smells like meat. It even looks like meat.” The long forgotten tale of a synthetic meat / meat substitute / meat analogue / meat alternative / imitation meat sometimes called Sure Food

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Feb 1, 2023
Greetings, my reading friend. Yours truly has a question for you. Are you a foody / foodie, in other words a Homo sapiens very interested in cooking and eating different kinds of food? Yes? Wunderbar! Are you familiar with synthetic meat / meat substitute / meat analogue / meat alternative /
Three images side by side: a toilet bowl expelling a cloud of droplets, a gloved hand holding a test tube containing a small plant, and an infrared view of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io showing spots of volcanic activity covering the moon.
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Agriculture

3 things you should know about flushing the toilet, artificial photosynthesis, and volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon

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Jan 16, 2023
For the January edition, they explain why you should close the toilet lid before flushing, how we could grow plants without light, and extended volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io.
A typical wild and free bullfrog. John J. Brice, editor, A Manual of Fish-Culture: Based on the Methods of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, with Chapters on the Cultivation of Oysters and Frogs (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897), 258.
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Agriculture

“Is a frog game or fish? There is the rub.” A brief look at the history of ranaculture in Canada and Québec, Part 4

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Dec 4, 2022
Hello with plenty of apologies, my reading friend, hello. Yours truly must admit to being surprised by the long history of ranaculture on Canadian and Québec soil. In this regard, the 1950s seem particularly interesting. Let us therefore pick up the threads of our story. You will recall that we were
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Projects & Initiatives

Learn more about the Canola exhibition at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Canola: Seeds of Innovation

Cartoon-style garden landscape, focusing on the soil under the ground. Various colourful characters such as such as a mole, an earthworm, and compost smile to the camera, dressed as superheroes.
Soil Superheroes

3 posters from the Women in STEM series
Website: Women in STEM