Canadian Museum of Nature

Canada is defined by nature. Explore it all in one place.

“This imposing baronial building houses one of the world’s best natural history collections, which the vast museum brings to life with modern and interactive exhibits. There’s an impressive collection of fossils, the full skeleton of a blue whale and an excellent stock of dinosaur skeletons and models. Everyone loves the realistic mammal and bird dioramas depicting Canadian wildlife – the taxidermic creatures are so lifelike, you’ll be glad they’re behind a sheet of glass.”
Lonely Planet, Canada, 2022

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What’s on

Under the Canopy

Animals of the Rainforest—Special Exhibition

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Owls Rendez-vous

They’re back! Come face-to-face with live owls in this special outdoor exhibition.

A person uses a brush to clear away debris from a fossil site.

Our Science Blog

Read stories from the field to the lab, and everywhere in between.

Our Science

As a scientific leader in species discovery and Arctic research, the Canadian Museum of Nature contributes to a more sustainable future for us all.

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A person in a blue snowsuit stands in a snowy field seen through a camera’s viewscreen in the foreground.

Did You Know?

Exhibitions in the Northern Voices Gallery are curated by Northern communities and groups. Visit ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓂ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᕐᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ | Our Land, Our Art from December 2, 2022 to October 14, 2024.

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Museums Make a Difference

Join us in saving the world for future generations with evidence, knowledge and inspiration.

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News

An aerial view of ponds and swamps in the Hudson Bay Lowlands.

October 4, 2023

Boldly going further into the Zooniverse

The museum’s botany team has just launched a new community-science project., Capture the Collections, on the Zooniverse online platform.

September 12, 2023

Nature award finalists

The Canadian Museum of Nature is pleased to announce the finalists and the Lifetime Achievement recipient for its 2023 Nature Inspiration Awards. This year marks the 10th anniversary of this national program.

Children look at a video of a polar bear projected on an angled backdrop.

August 30, 2023

A prescription for nature

Thanks to a new collaboration with PaRx, a nationwide nature-prescription program, doctors can prescribe patient visits to the Canadian Museum of Nature to improve their health.

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.