Canadian Children's Museum

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Canadian Children's Museum
Musée canadien des enfants

Established	1989
Location	Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Type	Children's museum
Visitors	500,000 per year
Website	www.historymuseum.ca/visit/childrens-museum/

The Canadian Children's Museum (CCM) is a children's museum and exhibition operated by the Canadian Museum of History, in Gatineau, Quebec. The CCM is among the most popular attractions in the country, attracting about half a million visitors each year.^[1] It is also Canada's largest exhibition centre (3,000 m² (32,000 sq ft)) designed specifically for children up to age 14 and their adult companions. Most of the space is devoted to the museum's permanent exhibition, The Great Adventure.^[2] The CCM also presents a changing line-up of special exhibitions curated internally or acquired from other institutions.^[3]

The Great Adventure[]

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The CCM describes its permanent exhibition, The Great Adventure, as an interactive, intercultural journey of discovery. With a museum-issued passport and a good imagination, visitors can travel to Nigeria, Japan, India, Mexico, Indonesia and other international destinations. This is achieved by traveling through the museum, which is composed of a series of fun, educational and interactive stations. At the entrance of each station is a stamping machine which one uses to stamp the page in the passport which corresponds to this station, just like when one actually travels. Each of the stations teaches visitors about a different aspect of the world. They can visit a kid's café, stroll through a market bazaar, trek across a desert, and help unload a cargo ship. They can also step aboard a brightly decorated bus from Pakistan, which is perhaps the museum's most beloved artifact. The CCM says its overall goal is to provide a fun, hands-on environment in which children can learn about the world and its cultural diversity.

Collections[]

The Children's Museum has a permanent collection of more than 15,000 items for use in its exhibitions and programs. The items include artefacts, toys, games, clothing, art, photographs and other objects from around the world that relate to the lives of children, past and present.

Affiliations[]

The CCM is a member of the international Association of Children's Museums, and the only Canadian member of the Youth Museums Exhibit Collaborative.^[4]

History[]

The Children's Museum opened in 1989 when the Canadian Museum of History (then known as the Canadian Museum of Civilization) moved into its current building in Gatineau. The Canadian Museum of History has expanded the exhibition twice since its opening, first in 1994 and again in 2007. At the end of July 2007 it welcomed its eight-millionth visitor.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

Coordinates: 45°25′45″N 075°42′32″W / 45.42917°N 75.70889°W / 45.42917; -75.70889 (Canadian Children's Museum)