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    Preview the museum's new website at beta.nature.ca and tell us what you think! Access to nature.ca will remain unchanged for a limited time. 
  • Text: May 20 – September 5. Planet Ice: Mysteries of the Ice Ages. Image: Illustration of muskox and fossilized skull.
    Step back in time and learn how ice and cold have shaped our world. Timed tickets are required. You must get your ticket in advance. 
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    Tickets are limited and for a specified entry time, and they must be purchased in advance. Buy tickets. 

All Visitors Need Tickets

Get Them in Advance
Tickets are required for general admission and Planet Ice, even when the tickets are free and/or for members. Get tickets now.

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Buy Tickets in Advance

Tickets are limited and for a specified entry time, and they must be purchased in advance. Buy tickets.

Illustration of muskox and ground squirrel.

Planet Ice: Mysteries of the Ice Ages

May 20 – September 5

Step back in time and learn how ice and cold have shaped our world.

Closeup of an anemone and blue mussels in an aquarium. 

Pacific Discovery Tank

Live Sea Creatures

Explore the unique ecosystem of tide pools in our new aquarium.

Two leafcutter ants.

Bugs Alive

Live-Animal Exhibition

See amazing insects, arachnids, and millipedes up close in this live and engaging new exhibition!

A translucent jellyfish floating in water. 

Ocean Scavenger Hunt

At the Museum

Take part in our scavenger hunt and challenge yourself to find six specific ocean creatures on display in our galleries.

Text: Owls Rendez-Vous. Temporarily closed. Image: A Eurasian Eagle-Owl and a Great Horned Owl.

Owls Rendez-Vous

Temporary Closure

Owls Rendez-Vous is currently closed. Learn more.

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The Canadian Museum of Nature resides on the traditional, unceded territory of the Anishinābe Algonquin people who have stewarded this land for thousands of years.

We acknowledge that the museum's scientific research occurs across Canada—from coast to coast to coast—on the territories of the Métis and First Nations people and in Inuit Nunangat.