Ottawa-Gatineau museums closing for maintenance in January

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The National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, Canada Aviation and Space Museum and Canadian Museum of Nature are all closed this week.

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Published Jan 06, 2025 • 1 minute read

A woman walks past the giant sculpture of a spider at the National Gallery of Canada.

The national museums in Ottawa-Gatineau will close in January for their annual round of maintenance.

The National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, Canada Aviation and Space Museum and Canadian Museum of Nature are all closed this week. The gallery, aviation and war museums reopen Jan. 11, while the nature museum reopens at 5 p.m. on Jan. 16 for the regular Thursday evening of free admission from 5-8 p.m.

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Across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, the history museum has its annual maintenance booked for Jan. 13-17. It will be closed during that period and reopen Jan. 18.

If you are keen to visit a museum this week, the Canada Museum of Science and Technology, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canada Museum of Agriculture at the Central Experimental Farm are open to visitors.

Art aficionados looking for another destination can visit the municipally run Ottawa Art Gallery. It’s open Tuesdays to Sundays, and admission is free.

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