Musea in Ottawa

Ottawa Museums and Heritage Sites

Ottawa’s cultural landscape features national institutions and preserved regional landmarks. The Canadian Museum of History showcases indigenous heritage and national narratives, while the Canadian War Museum documents military service. Regional history is preserved at Watson’s Mill and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, reflecting the area's industrial roots. Unique sites include the Diefenbunker, a four-story underground Cold War facility, and the historic Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site. From the Gothic architecture of Parliament's Centre Block to the natural history exhibits in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, these sites span centuries of Canadian development.

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Canadian Museum of History

The Canadian Museum of History is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec,…

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Canadian Museum of Nature

The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region.

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Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Canadian Museum of Science and Technology

The Canada Science and Technology Museum is a national museum of science and technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum

The Diefenbunker, formerly known by its military designation, Canadian Forces Station Carp, is a large underground four-storey reinforced…

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Confederation Square

Confederation Square is an urban square in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is considered the second most important ceremonial centre in Canada…

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Rideau Hall

Rideau Hall is the official residence in Ottawa of the governor general of Canada.

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Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal is a 202 kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River, at Ottawa, with the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario,…

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Centre Block

The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the original…

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Pinhey's Point Park

Horaceville is a historic site located on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Watson's Mill

Watson's Mill is an historic flour and gristmill in Manotick, Ontario, Canada.

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Almonte is a former mill town in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada.

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Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario

The Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, a rail museum in a former CNoR station, stands on the abandoned right-of-way of a Canadian Northern…

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Fulford Place

Fulford Place is a historic mansion in Brockville, Ontario. It was completed in 1901 for Senator George Taylor Fulford, a Canadian…

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Vinette Silo

This mid-20th-century concrete stave silo is a preserved remnant of the Vinette family farm. It serves as a historical marker of the agricultural heritage of the Orléans area in eastern Ottawa.