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Bank of Canada Museum

Bank of Canada Museum is a museum in Ottawa, ON, part of the National Capital Region guide. Cost: free.

30 Bank Street · Ottawa, ON

Why you should go…

The Bank of Canada Museum is an interactive museum in downtown Ottawa operated by Canada's central bank. It houses exhibits on Canadian and world currency alongside hands-on displays about how the economy works. The museum reopened in its current building in 2017, succeeding the former Currency Museum which operated from 1980 to 2013. Admission is free, making it Canada's only free national museum.

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What's around here?

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