OTTAWA, October 20, 2006
For immediate release
Boo! It’s the annual Hallowe’en Party, Sunday, October 29 at the Canada Agriculture Museum. Children will love the Museum’s Barnyard Hallowe’en, with a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt in the barns, caramel apple making and pumpkin dessert bread making, games, a costume parade around the grounds and pumpkin decorating ($1 while supplies last). A variety of daily demonstrations, such as meeting Nel, the Canadian breed horse and "cooking" for cow, will be available throughout the event, as well as Tally-Ho Wagon Rides, weather permitting ($).
The following are some of the activities, displays and demonstrations that will be featured at the Museum during Barnyard Hallowe’en on Sunday, October 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.:
Pumpkin Dessert Bread Making (10:00, 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00)
Visitors can learn interesting facts about the pumpkin and can assist with the making of this pumpkin dessert bread. Sample and recipe will be available.
Caramel Apple Making (10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30)
Visitors will learn how the apple is related to Hallowe’en. They will also have the chance to sweeten their tooth by tasting a sample delicious caramel apples. Recipe will be available to bring home.
Costume Parade (12:00 noon)
Children in costume can join a parade in Memory Park to show off their Hallowe’en disguise and receive afterward a Hallowe’en treat for participating.
Pumpkin Decorating (ongoing)
Children can decorate, with different craft materials, a pumpkin to take home ($1 per pumpkin as long as supplies last; limit one pumpkin per child).
Scavenger Hunt (ongoing)
Visitors can go on a scavenger hunt adventure in the animal barns and exhibitions. All participants will receive a Hallowe’en treat.
Pumpkin Game (ongoing)
Children can have fun with pumpkins by trying out the pumpkin game!
Bean Bag Toss Game (ongoing)
Children will enjoy the bean bag toss game.
Toy Tractors (ongoing)
Children six years and younger will have fun driving toy tractors around bales of straw.
Colouring (ongoing)
Young children can stop by the Snack Area to express their colouring creativity.
Also...
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Children’s Activity Centre located on the Exhibitions level |
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Visitors can discover the exhibitions Tractors and The Farm: Plugged-In. |
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Tally-Ho Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides on weekends until October 29 (weather permitting, $) |
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The Hot Potato Company will provide food services on October 21-22 and 28-29.
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Daily demonstrations in October
Every day in October visitors can learn more about Canadian agriculture and about the food and fibres that make our way of life possible.
| 10:00 | Meet Nel, the Canadian Breed Horse - Horse and Cattle Barn |
| 10:30 | “Cooking” for Cows - Dairy Barn |
| 11:00 | Wool Carding - Small Animal Barn |
| 12:00 | The Beck Circus: Electricity’s Early Years in Ontario - Exhibitions Area |
| 1:15 | Cow Washing or Care - Dairy Barn |
| 2:30 | Poultry Quiz - Small Animal Barn |
| 3:00 | Help Feed the Sheep - Small Animal Barn |
| 3:45 | Afternoon Milking - Dairy Barn
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The Canada Agriculture Museum connects Canadians and the world to the historical and current importance in everyday life of agricultural science and technology through engaging interpretive activities and products centred on an accessible demonstration farm.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Museum Hours:
Daily demonstrations from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Animal Barns and Exhibitions daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Admission Prices (GST included. Prices subject to change without notice.)
Adults: $6.00
Seniors (60+): $5.00
Students: $5.00
Children (3-14): $3.00
Children under 3: Free
Families (2 adults and 3 children): $13.00
Families with additional children: $2.00 per extra child
Families with additional adults: $3.00 per extra adult
Members: Free
Special rates available for groups (20 or more).
Location:
Prince of Wales Drive, south of the traffic circle, north off Baseline Road. Free parking. The Canada Agriculture Museum is located on Prince of Wales Drive on the Central Experimental Farm.
Telephone: 613 991-3044
Toll free: 866 442-4416
TTY: 613 991-9207
Fax: 613 993-7923
Reservations for guided
tours & school programs: 613 991-3053
