Bank of Canada Museum

Bank of Canada Museum Bank of Canada Museum brings our economy front and centre—where visitors can see it, touch it and discover their role it in. Museum

It’s stimulating, immersive and, best of all, fun.

🎉has been celebrated in Quebec in one way or another for 400 years!⏳It was made a public event for patriotic celebratio...
06/24/2026

🎉has been celebrated in Quebec in one way or another for 400 years!⏳

It was made a public event for patriotic celebration in 1834 and an official holiday in 1925.📜

: O Canada was originally a French song, composed for an 1880 St. Jean Baptiste celebration.

Enjoy your day! 💙⚜️

Token, souvenir, Compagnie de Brasserie de Beauport, Canada, 1904

🥇🪙 Did you know Canada’s first Olympic coin program helped fund the 1976 Montréal Games—and launched artistic careers al...
06/23/2026

🥇🪙 Did you know Canada’s first Olympic coin program helped fund the 1976 Montréal Games—and launched artistic careers along the way? 🎨

Our latest blog explores the ambition behind the Olympic Coin Program, the artists who shaped it, and the legacy it left behind.

🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4gzK4SY

What are the tiny dots around the edge of this coin called? 🤔 A. dentilations B. dentins C. denticles 👇See the com...
06/23/2026

What are the tiny dots around the edge of this coin called? 🤔

A. dentilations
B. dentins
C. denticles

👇See the comments later for the answer.

The Museum is temporarily closed.Please check our website for updates.👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16
06/23/2026

The Museum is temporarily closed.
Please check our website for updates.
👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16

Keep the learning going right to the end of the school year 🎓✨ with Money Conversation Cards. 💵💬Questions that spark dis...
06/22/2026

Keep the learning going right to the end of the school year 🎓✨ with Money Conversation Cards. 💵💬

Questions that spark discussion, curiosity, and personal finance skills in your students—and fun too! 😄📊

Download ‘em, print ‘em. 🖨️📥

👉 https://bit.ly/4h2HtPE

📅 is Sensory Sunday. 🕘From 9:00 am until noon, we are providing a dimmer, quieter environment plus activities that use...
06/21/2026

📅 is Sensory Sunday.

🕘From 9:00 am until noon, we are providing a dimmer, quieter environment plus activities that use your senses.

🎧🕶️ Sensory Bags. Drop by our front desk to pick up a kit for sensory sensitive visitors. Noise cancelling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses and more.

👉 https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP

🦸Does it take a superhero to explain economic concepts?🤔💡No, but it helps. 😄 The cost of choosing one economic opportuni...
06/21/2026

🦸Does it take a superhero to explain economic concepts?🤔💡
No, but it helps. 😄

The cost of choosing one economic opportunity over another 📊💰 and understanding why Spider-Man 🕸️ shouldn’t be doing his own renovations. 🛠️🏠

Read “Economic Opportunity Costs” on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/49QjheH

Hey, it’s tomorrow!👔🎉It’s hard work being a parent—and your dad deserves a little break. 😄💙Take him to the Museum.🏛️✨W...
06/20/2026

Hey, it’s tomorrow!👔🎉

It’s hard work being a parent—and your dad deserves a little break. 😄💙

Take him to the Museum.🏛️✨

We think that’s a great idea.👍

Always free 🎟️, plan your visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz

A piggy bank for adults 🐷💰This lockbox was offered to customers by The Northern Bank 🏦 as a home savings tool. 🏠💵Once fi...
06/20/2026

A piggy bank for adults 🐷💰

This lockbox was offered to customers by The Northern Bank 🏦 as a home savings tool. 🏠💵

Once filled with your spare cash, you would bring it back to the bank to deposit the contents into your account 💳📥—and you had no choice, because the bank kept the key. 🔐😄

Savings bank, the Northern Bank, Canada, 1905–1908

Danzig was a Baltic port city 🌊🏙️ that had been annexed and claimed by six different nations over its history.It issued ...
06/19/2026

Danzig was a Baltic port city 🌊🏙️ that had been annexed and claimed by six different nations over its history.

It issued this note between the World Wars when the League of Nations protected Danzig as a free city-state. 🕊️

After the German occupation of the Second World War, it became the Polish city of Gdańsk.

The tower on this note was once a prison 🏰➡️ and is now a museum of amber. 🧡✨

20 gulden, Danzig, 1932

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30 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K1A0G9

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+16137828914

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