Science Moments
Video Series
Explore the science of cold and ice in relation to mammals, minerals, past cultures and Arctic plants.
Beautiful Butterflies
Virtual Tour
Step into a tropical oasis where live butterflies flit around lush vegetation in this virtual tour video. (2 min. 26 sec.)
A Museum Steeped in History
Virtual Tour
Embark on this virtual museum tour and learn about Canada's temporary home of Parliament. (5 min. 56 sec.)
Amazing Arctic
Virtual Tour
Impressive installations, artifacts and specimens are revealed in our virtual tour of the Museum's Arctic Gallery! (6 min. 07 sec.)
Majestic Mammals
Virtual Tour
Get ''up close'' to Canada's iconic wildlife in our virtual tour of the Museum's Mammal Gallery! (3 min. 56 sec.)
Marvellous Marine Life
Virtual Tour
Get ''up close'' to a 19-metre real blue whale skeleton in our latest virtual tour!
Fabulous Fossils
Virtual Tour
Stroll past real dinosaur skeletons and other ancient fossils in our latest virtual tour!
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Museum closed until further notice due to Ontario COVID restrictions
The Canadian Museum of Nature will remain closed until further notice, in line with province-wide restrictions announced January 12 by the Government of Ontario.
A whale of a find: ice-age beluga featured in Planet Ice exhibition
The presence of the “Pakenham whale” links to a time 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, when an ice-age inlet of the Atlantic Ocean blanketed parts of Ontario and Quebec. This habitat for aquatic life, known as the Champlain Sea, was created by the retreating glaciers during the close of the last glacial period.
Tale of a tube worm—a new species from the Gulf of St. Lawrence
A tiny and elusive marine worm from the St. Lawrence Estuary has a new identity—thanks to the persistence of the museum’s Curator of Invertebrates, Dr. Jean-Marc Gagnon.
Virtual Open House: Video series reveals the diversity of Canada’s national natural-history collections
An October tradition that attracts thousands of nature enthusiasts has one gone online this year.
Canadian Museum of Nature remains open to public
The Canadian Museum of Nature remains open to the public following the Government of Ontario’s directive to close some public places on October 10 in response to increasing cases of COVID-19 in the province.
Planet Ice: Mysteries of the Ice Ages:
Ice and cold have long shaped our planet, as well as life on it. This dramatic story of adaptation is presented in a new exhibition developed by the museum—and it’s told with a cast of characters that includes woolly mammoths, American lions and Neanderthals.
Planet Earth Inside the Museum Walls
Learn the inspiration behind the Museum's new installation, Gaia, a giant inflated sculpture of the Earth by Luke Jerram.
The “sleeper of the season”
Museum lichen researcher Dr. Troy McMullin has described a new species discovered near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Named Bacidia gigantensis, it is surprisingly common but distinctly different from others in its genus.
Macoun's Shining Moss
Macoun's Shining Moss: a lucky find. The only two instances in which this species, Neomacounia nitida, was collected were in 1862 and 1864 in Belleville by the renowned naturalist and botanist, John Macoun.
Statement from Canadian Museum of Nature on emergency financial support
Funding is received from the Government of Canada in response to the museum's closure due to COVID-19.