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Text: Bird Gallery, Mammal Gallery, Special Exhibitions, Talisman Energy Fossil Gallery. Images: Gallery icons, detail of the cougar (Puma concolor cougar) diorama, a Daspletosaurus torosus model, illustration of a Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula).

Canadian Museum of Nature—240 McLeod St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Hours & Visitor Info.

Galleries

Head of a Daspletosaurus torosus model.

Fossils

Travel back to end of the age of dinosaurs, their extinction, and the beginning of the age of mammals in the Talisman Energy Fossil Gallery.

Detail of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and ringed seal (Pusa hispida) diorama.

Mammals

The beautiful dioramas in our Mammal Gallery let you see Canadian mammals up close and discover the amazing adaptations that they've developed to survive.

Illustration of a pair of King Eiders, Somateria spectabilis.

Birds

With an amazing array of more than 450 species, our Bird Gallery presents the largest collection of Canadian birds on display in the world. It's an indoor bird-watching adventure!

A young boy.

Discovery Zone

This multi-purpose space is busy with general programmes, hi-def movies and school-group programmes.

Detail of a carving on the facade.

Outside the Museum

Don't overlook the outside! The marriage of art and science is embodied in several displays on and around the museum building: carved stone and figurative stained-glass windows on the facade; and life-sized, realistic sculptures of extinct animals and casts of fossilized dinosaur footprints on the grounds.

 

Special Exhibitions

Logo of Green Legacy.

Green Legacy
March 6 to April 25
Without its native plants, Canada wouldn’t be the same place at all. Explore the diversity, importance and vulnerability of our native plants.

Exhibitions on the Road

The Canadian Museum of Nature produces travelling exhibitions that are temporarily exhibited across Canada. Visit one near you!