Awesome collection of canoes. Wonderful displays. Great atmosphere. An excellent lesson in Canadian history.
It's a very well done museum that explains the important role canoes played in Canadian history. The exhibits present lots of information. It was very empty when we went but seemed to have lots of hands on activities for kids. It is somewhere you should explore at least once especially if you have ever done any canoing or camping
We went to the museum, and it was fun dressing up and taking pictures at the various scenes. Some real interesting artefacts. There was no problem getting our stroller around the museum. Best part is that it's free Thurs nights!
Spent a very interested 3 hours here. Glad I had my led flash with me to view all the details. Will be back.
Like taking the kids here - they've really adapted to have lots of hands on activities for kids so that they learn something and have fun too. We also went for their 'touch a truck' event last summer and the kids loved exploring all sorts of different types of vehicles.
Don'e be put off by the warehouse exterior. This museum gives you the flavour of Canada before, during and after European contact from the vantage point of human-propelled watercraft. Go to Peterborough Ontario and visit the Canadian Canoe Museum. A prime minister's buckskin jacket beckons.
So interesting! Staff were super friendly. Good price for how much was in the museum. Nice gift shop with great books and gift ideas. Would recommend to any outdoors and canoe enthusiast. I could have gone back a second time. It was great!!
The Canoe Museum is a must for canoe and Canadian history buffs. A real family venue and lots of interactive exhibits.
i have been to this place 2 times and loved it. definitely will continue to go back when i can. keep up the good work,
Went here for the first time in the summer of 2014. Went for the kids special event "Touch a truck" - both kids loved that and we hope they're going to do it again - great experience. Went in the museum after they were done playing with the trucks and even though they were getting tired and almost at the end of their rope they still had a blast learning about the exhibits. Would probably learn more and be better for them if we brought them when they were a bit older (1 & 3) and when they weren't already tired/getting worn out. Either way they still had lots of fun exploring and there were lots of activities/kids friendly things in the museum for younger kids that were hands on.