Canadian Museum of Civilization (Musee Canadien des Civilisations ) Gatineau

Up at 6.30 this morning, to be ready for the tour which started from Rene Levesque at 8am. We got there a bit early and had to wait for our tour guide Tao to arrive. There was only a small group of us for this tour, about 25, so we were on a little dodgy bus! It was a 2 hour drive from Montreal to Ottawa. I had 40 winks on the bus. We passed the …

It's July 1st 2011 and I'm in Ottawa–Gatineau, Canada’s capital region to celebrate Canada’s 144th birthday! Canada Day, as it is now known, is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1st, 1867 enactment, which united three British colonies into a single country, called …

The museum really is an amazing place, located in a beautiful, airy building with enormous windows and high ceilings. James enjoyed seeing parts of Canadian history brought to life, from frontier towns to Chinese laundries. Marsha appreciated the vivid contrast and similiarities between Canadian and American history, and Brendan got to relive the …

I tend to visit small, quirky museums on the road, places not in big cities. The 2 museums I chose are ones that have been around for some time & my cousin was available to join me, so we could gab & see the exhibits at the same time. Perfect.
The Museum of Civilization is at a great location on the Hull side, so you see the Ottawa …

... provinces, just that Ontario is on one side of the river and Quebec is on the other. We eventually did find the museum, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and were let loose for an hour and some. The BF, one of his friends and I explored the first ...

... . En dan begint het toch langzaam te druppen. Via het in opbouwzijnde tulpenfestival lopen we weer terug naar Gatineau, waar we naar het Canadian Museum of Civilization gaan. Omdat Anna nog slaapt lopen we eerst de onderste zaal door, wat over de Pacific ...