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Rideau Hall Tours for Free<br />
You might not think that the Governor General’s official<br />
residence in Ottawa is a magnet for kids and art. But the<br />
child-friendly, guided tours have youngsters playing with<br />
3-D architectural models, examining an Order of Canada<br />
medal (shaped like a snowflake because each snowflake<br />
is unique) and looking at paintings such as Kurelek’s<br />
wall-size young girl, barefoot in the snow.<br />
Rideau Hall<br />
gg.ca 1-866-842-4422<br />
Fun and Games<br />
“<strong>My</strong> nine-year-old loves to play games in the gallery,”<br />
says Megan Richardson of the National Gallery of Canada<br />
in Ottawa. And why not Try the memory game. Look at<br />
a painting for 60 seconds. Then turn away and remember<br />
details. Get kids to act out a painting. Or, play the senses<br />
game. What can you smell, taste, hear Scavenger hunt:<br />
choose five postcards at the shop, then set out to hunt<br />
for the art.<br />
National Gallery of Canada<br />
national.gallery.ca 1-888-541-8888<br />
Northern Exposures<br />
If you’re travelling in northern <strong>Ontario</strong> with kids, stop<br />
at family-friendly art galleries in Thunder Bay and Sault<br />
Ste. Marie. At the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, delight in<br />
contemporary First Nations art like the giant raven’s<br />
mask. Junior artists can have fun with scavenger hunts,<br />
animation, painting or photography during weeklong<br />
summer classes or seasonal Family Days. The Art<br />
Gallery of Algoma focuses on Canadian contemporary<br />
art. Year-round workshops offer ARTCLUB sessions for<br />
preschoolers, weekend Jewellery Making for Teens and<br />
summertime ARTCAMP weeks.<br />
Thunder Bay Art Gallery<br />
theag.ca (807) 577-6427<br />
The Art Gallery of Algoma<br />
artgalleryofalgoma.ca (705) 949-9067<br />
BEFORE You Go<br />
Art Gallery of Hamilton<br />
artgalleryofhamilton.com<br />
(905) 527-6610<br />
Gardiner Museum<br />
gardinermuseum.on.ca<br />
(416) 586-8080<br />
Art Gallery of <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
ago.net<br />
1-877-225-4246<br />
McMichael Canadian<br />
Art Collection<br />
mcmichael.com<br />
1-888-213-1121<br />
Art Gallery of <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
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