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Plan Your Visit
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Canada Goose Arctic Gallery
New Gallery
Explore Canada's mysterious, vulnerable and unique Arctic in the Canada Goose Arctic Gallery.
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Magical Lights
Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20
Discover the importance of light in Inuit culture through stories and fun crafts for the whole family.
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Focus on the Arctic
Summer at the Museum
A burst of special activities and events! Check out our programme!
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Our Exhibitions
Fun! Discovery! Wonder! Our galleries and exhibitions offer a new take on nature.
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:
- special exhibitions
- Arctic gallery
- water gallery
- Earth gallery
- mammal gallery
- bird gallery
- Nature Live.
Nature Boutique
Shop at the Museum
Dinosaurs, fossils, minerals and more! Discover an exciting selection of souvenirs at the Nature Boutique.
Hours
- 9:30 am – 6 pm
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Thursdays, Fridays:
9:30 am – 8 pm
What's On – Highlights
- Canada Goose Arctic Gallery
- Exhibition – New Permanent Gallery
- Northern Voices Gallery
- Exhibition – New Special Exhibition Gallery
- 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.
- Magical Light
- August 19 and 20
- Activity – Hands on; presentation; informal discussion
- Circumpolar Arctic
- Map Natural and Cultural Wonders
- Activity – Hands-on; informal discussion
- Albedo
- Experience a BRIGHT science
- Activity – Hands-on; informal discussion
- Arctic Science Fair
- Activity – Hands-on; informal discussion
- Activity Zone
- Activity – Hands on
- Canada C3 Hub
- Explore Canada's Three Coasts
- Activity – Interactive multimedia; guided and self-guided exploration
- Populace
- A Ceramic Installation for Canada 150
- Exhibition – Outdoor exhibition
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.
