Formerly the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, this Museum had a Children's Museum in the middle that was quite impressive in the end. The kids ended up spending serious time there.
There was a Vikings special exhibition, which was really good, if you wanted to spend an hour or so reading all the blurbs and looking at the tiny exhibits. Not so good for the kids and even a bit trying for me. Its point seemed to be proving that the Vikings were normal people with homes and families and a social structure, which they did impressively with a really muted, boring exhibition.
By the time we realised there was a 1st floor exhibition about the First Nations, we had run out of steam and food. But we did get to take in the main gallery with a collection of totem poles, which was very impressive.
And there was this glorious painting called The Morning Star, on the ceiling at the top of several flights of stairs.
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