カナダ移民博物館アットピア21入場＆ツアー

Excellent interactive display showing who came from what country over Canada’s history!

Very informative & well organized.

Outstanding. Very well laid out, both in subject matter and timeline. Exhibits well lit and at a good height, little bending way down to see something. Story of how immigration blended with the creation and founding of the country well done. As a visitor from the U.S. found myself comparing and contrasting U.S. history to add another educational and enlightening angle. Only two times we have an employee describe a section completely redundant to what we could read ourselves on exhibits.

The museum itself is excellent! It’s the staff and setup that really needs work! Started with having 3 employees at the kiosk not doing much (should have been able to buy your tickets here!), but instead you are directed to get tickets at the nearby gift shop??! It was extremely busy there, with lineups for tickets, and the poor gift shop employees not able to help customers with anything else. Guided tours go every hour, so if you miss one, you’re on your own. Don’t take the tour!! The Asian female tour guide that was doing the tour we caught up with, was absolutely terrible! She had only negative remarks to say about how the immigrants were treated by the Canadian government when they arrived; the “terrible” conditions they had to endure; accommodations were “horrible,” nothing positive at all from what we heard. Many immigrants were leaving famine and war torn countries, and even children during World War II were sent to live with distant relatives, but at least all of these people were alive, and had hope! The short film shown in the theatre was much more positive from different immigrants points of view, as well as the signage around the exhibition hall, was positive. The exhibits were very informative and enlightening. It was well presented and educational.

+3

Great experience. Love both sides of the museum. Fair price for Seniors. Staff is very helpful. Makes yiu so proud to be,a Canadian.

Good family experience to do right at the port. No shuttles needed, right at the dock. Good for limited time, very informative. Very handicapped accessible.

Helpful staff found the record of my grandparents and mother's ship within seconds using only the very limited info we provided about departure point and year. The guided tour portion was very moving and informative. Enjoyed the short movie on Canadian experience of immigration. Highly recommend this museum to anyone who immigrated to Canada or with ancestors who immigrated (so almost everyone unless you have indigenous roots).

This museum is definitely worth visiting! Highly recommend to anyone who had family members immigrate to Canada - no matter where from, or whether their point of entry was Pier 21 in Halifax or not. The Family History Centre is an amazing free service, where you can get help tracing family history and immigration records.

Guide was knowledgeable. I learned a lot of history and expanded my understanding of immigration. Appreciated the fold up chairs we could carry around to use if necessary.

Excellent portrayal of the early years of immigration- very balanced approach with lots of first hand personal stories.