Top 10 Museums in Canada

If you thinking about to make perfect use of your leisure time by visiting Canada, then it is must to visit the museums of Canada. Museums in Canada are just awesome. You will be entertained in a single swoop, will absorb some culture, relax and give get much more to learn. Below are the top 10 museums in Canada:

1. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario: The Royal Ontario Museum is one of the best and topmost museums in Canada to visit. Most of the people in Southern Ontario get introduced to this museum through a class trip. This museum exhibits around 6 million items including dinosaur bone collection. This museum also depicts the history and culture of Canada.

2. Royal BC Museum, Victoria, B.C.: Because of the location of this museum on Vancouver Island, The Royal BC Museum doesn’t get the credit which it deserves. By making no mistake; this museum is worthy of a trek and ferry line to the island. This museum features 3 permanent galleries, shops, Chinatown’s alleys, totem poles, cobblestone streets, and live tidal pools.

3. Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta: The Royal Tyrrell Museum proudly displays the largest and most acclaimed collections of bones of dinosaur on the planet. Live paleontological excavations, a live reef and forty mounted skeletons make this a must-visit place.

4. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is the very first museum in Canada and still is one of the best museums having a huge collection of classic and contemporary visual art. Thousands of people come to this museum and enjoy the collection.

5. Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario: If you have feelings to know about the war in Canada then this museum is worth to visit. The aim of this museum is to bring an understanding to the armed conflict in addition to the honoring of a legacy of Canadian war veterans. There are a number of exhibitions that do a wonderful job in emphasizing the experience of war whereas other display personal memoirs, medals, uniforms and rate, and interesting vehicles.

6. Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba: The next museum in the list is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, this museum has the most striking displays of architecture. Beyond this incredible building standing on the shores of Assiniboine River, this wonderful museum is 4,000 meters and features 11 galleries on seven different levels.

7. Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario: The Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum is the another best museum to visit in Canada, this museum connects to the past. For those, who are not familiar with the history of this building; it was built in 1958 at the order of John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister, to protect the members of government in the event of war in Canada. Now, The Diefenbunker features an escape room too.

8. The Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, Ontario: The Hockey Hall of Fame, definitely is in the grey zone of we talk about traditional “museums.” But, still, this museum will help you out in connecting you to the past and will help to learn some new things while visiting, as this museum memorializes the favorite game of Canada and all the finest athletes of Canada to ever play this sport. Anyone who appreciates athleticism and sport will be enthralled during the visit.

9. The Rooms, Saint John’s, Newfoundland: The Rooms was opened in the year 2005, and houses the Provincial Museum and Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador. This facility features exhibits on the cultural and natural history of Newfoundland and Labrador with help of dioramas of the plants and animal life of the area, fishing displays, bird displays, and exhibits aboriginal people who lived in this area.

10. Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa: With a goal of helping the public to understand the ongoing relationship between Canadian society, Technology, and Science, The Canada Science and Technology Museum encourages its discovery through a wide array of artifacts and hands-on demonstrations. Visitors come to this place and gain a deeper understanding that how the world and technology work.

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