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Plan Your Visit
Please allow two to three hours for a reasonably complete visit to the museum.
Getting Here
240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario
At the corner of McLeod and Metcalfe.
On foot: About 20 minutes (1.4 km) directly south of Parliament Hill.
GPS coordinates: 45° 24.780'N, 75° 41.330'W.
Our Exhibitions
Windows on the natural world:
Fossils, Arctic, Water, Earth, Mammals, Birds, Nature Live and Special Exhibitions.
Nature Boutique
Shop at the Museum
Dinosaurs, fossils, minerals and more! Discover an exciting selection of souvenirs at the Nature Boutique.
What's On – Highlights
View today's items
See everything
- Pterosaur: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs
- Exhibition – Special
- Butterflies in Flight
- Exhibition – Special
- Michael Benson’s Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System
- Exhibition – Special
- Exhibitions and Galleries
- Exhibition – Interactives
- Discover mysteries of water and Earth, as well as the creatures that inhabit our planet now and in the past.
- Volcanoes 3D
- The Fires of Creation
- Movie – 3D
- Flying Monsters 3D
- Movie – 3D
- The Wild Canadian Year
- An Epic Summer Journey
- Movie – Ultra-high definition; free
- Museum of the Moon
- Exhibition – Sculpture
- Goodwill Moon Rock
- Exhibition – Temporary
- Jurassic Flight
- VR Ride: Be a Flying Pterosaur
- Activity – Virtual-reality ride
Season Media Partner
Promotion of the Canadian Museum of Nature has been made possible through the generous support of our media partner The Globe and Mail.
