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Birthday Parties

We are not booking birthday parties at this time, but keep the museum in mind for a future celebration.

Treat your child to an unforgettable experience with gallery time, hands-on activities and skilled educators to lead them on a voyage of natural discovery.

Please read the FAQs to ensure that you get the most out of the event.

Animated Party

Themes

Composite: Several children and a museum interpreter look at dinosaur fossils. A dinosaur skull.

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Palaeo Pals.

Palaeo Pals (ages 4–8)

  • Explore our Fossil Gallery and discover why there are no dinosaurs today
  • Touch a 70-million-year-old fossil
  • Take home a unique, hand-made fossil cast.
A girl holds a shell and a dried sea star over her eyes. A live sea star.

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SCUBA Stars.

SCUBA Stars (ages 4–8)

  • Visit our Water Gallery and learn about the giant of the sea: the enormous blue whale
  • Meet a live sea star
  • Make a fun water-themed craft.
Composite: A girl looks at something. A beetle.

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Bugtastic Fun.

Bugtastic Fun (ages 4–8)

  • Suit up and take a bug safari in Nature Live
  • Get up-close-and-personal with a live insect
  • Take home a trophy from your safari adventure.
Several children and an interpreter look at a large map on the floor. The head of a polar bear.

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Arctic Adventures.

Arctic Adventures (ages 8–12)

  • Take a trip to Canada’s North in our Canada Goose Arctic Gallery
  • Explore birthday traditions in the circumpolar region and the importance of animals in traditional Northern food
  • Make a cool Arctic-themed craft.

Description: Animated Party

  • Over one hour of games and activities with a skilled educator
  • Themes:
    • Palaeo Pals (dinosaurs)
    • SCUBA Stars (oceans)
    • Bugtastic Fun (insects)
    • Arctic Adventures (the North)
  • Access to our permanent galleries and an ultra-high definition movie
  • 50 minutes in a party room
  • You may bring your own cake
  • Craft supplies
  • Participants:
    • Maximum 20 people, including a maximum of 15 children
    • Minimum one adult
    • Please enquire about the possibility of accommodating larger groups
  • Saturdays and Sundays:
    • 10 am
    • 2 pm.

Cost

  • $240 for up to 12 children
  • $12 for each additional child
  • 10% discount for members and volunteers
  • Tax is not included.

À la carte Offerings

Do-It-Yourself Party

Description

  • Unguided visit of our permanent galleries
  • Reserved lunch area for one hour (latest start time: 1 pm)
  • You may bring your own cake
  • Saturdays and Sundays: you may arrive any time from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Cost

  • $135 for up to 15 people
  • $9 for each additional person
  • Tax is not included
  • Payment is due in full upon booking.

À la carte Offerings

Reservations and Information

We are not booking birthday parties at this time.

Please read the FAQs to ensure you get the most out of the event.

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