Unusual Museums of Canada

March 25th, 2011 admin

Museums are perfect travel destinations if you want to stay away from the cold winter climate. Museums need not to be boring. In fact, Canada is home to one of kind museums that everyone can enjoy. It showcase Canada’s rich cultural heritage in a bizarre exhibits and galleries. If you’re planning to visit Canada, don’t forget to drop by these unique historical landmarks. The unbelievable displays will leave you in awe. It’s a definite must visit travel destination!

The Bata Shoe MuseumThe Bata Shoe Museum is a shoe heaven! It features fascinating collections of shoes in Raymond Moriyama’s world class four-storey building. This unique Museum opened its door to the public on May 6, 1995 founded by Mrs. Sonja Bata. The institutions aims to celebrate the functionality of foot wear. It has become an international research and preservation center of footwear with a collection of over 12,500 shoes and other correlated objects. It houses its major collections in four impressive display galleries. From ancient collection to modern, contemporary and world class assortment. It’s a shoe paradise! According to Mrs. Bata, “Shoes are such a personal artifact. They tell about the owner’s social status, habits, culture and religion. That’s what makes them special.” Shoes after all are windows through our soul and indeed it speaks a lot about our heritage.

Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum”Strange” is the best word to describe Ripley’s Museum structure in Clifton Hill Ontario. The unique museum is presented as fallen Empire State Building with the great King Kong standing on top of it. The most visited Museum in Niagara houses an impressive bizarre and odd collection, galleries, exhibits and mind boggling illusions perfect for all ages. One of their main attractions includes a Niagara Theatre, The Ripley’s Wacky Exploration Room and the Wax Zone. The impressive galleries, state of the art effects, animated light, numerous bizarre events and activities complete the whole package of this unbelievable museum. Believe it or not!

The Chocolate MuseumWho wouldn’t love to visit a chocolate museum? Think: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. If you’re a choco lover then this side trip is absolutely for you. Located in St. Stephen New Brunswick, the Chocolate Museum is a non profit organization opened in June, 1999. The museum offers hands-on exhibits, multimedia displays, collections of historic chocolate boxes, antique candy making tools and lots of chocolate treats. In general the museum features the life story of brothers James and Gilbert Ganong whose choco-candy making made a huge impact since 1800 until today. In fact the museum building is settled in what was the original Ganong Candy Factory, next door to the Ganong Chocolatier, the only place to purchase the much love hand dipped chocolates. This is every chocoholics paradise!

The Potato MuseumA 14-foot high potato welcomes you when visiting this exceptional museum in Prince Edward Island. This museum is features the world’s largest exhibit of potato artifacts. It illustrates the role of potato in the Canadian economy with the collection of machines for growing and harvesting potatoes. The museum is proud to present its potato history exhibit, machine gallery, community museum, resource room and the famous Potato Hall of Fame. Don’t forget to visit the Museum’s Gift Shop to purchase unique gifts almost entirely made of potato products.

Textile MuseumThis unique institution is the only Canadian museum that is solely dedicated to fabric and textile. Founded in 1957, The Textile Museum has over 12,000 collections from more than 200 countries. TMC’s boast of its wide variety of exhibits including traditional fabrics, garments, carpets, basketry, beadwork and contemporary exhibitions of Canadian and foreign artists. In general, the museum celebrates the importance of textile industry to our everyday living. One of their permanent and renowned gallery is FibreSpace, where visitors visiting the Museum can experience the creative process of textile art, it’s pattern design and learn about clothing properties.

Just For Laughs MusuemLaugh to your heart content is what this unique museum is all about. A sense of humor is all you need when visiting this unique Just for Laughs. This bizarre institution is founded by Gilbert Rozon after the success of Just for Laughs Festivals on 1993. It aims to develop a happy and humorous atmosphere for visitors of Montreal. It’s a place to go for some hilarious comedy shows (stand-up comedy), information about Qubecois comics, humorous exhibits and galleries. It also feature the famous International Comedy Hall of Fame. and great event venues for business meetings, public/private parties and seminars.

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