• Text: Arctic. New. Canada’s North in the 21st Century. Canada Goose Arctic Gallery. June 21, 2017. Image: A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lying among magenta flowers.
    Explore Canada's mysterious, vulnerable and unique Arctic. 
  • Text: Nature Inspiration Awards. Finalists 2017. More information.
    Find out about the finalists and their extraordinary achievements. 
  • A man, woman and two children look at insect specimens in a case on a table.
    Visit our impressive collections and meet our researchers on October 14, at our Gatineau campus. 
A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lying amid purple flowers.

Canada Goose Arctic Gallery

New Permanent Gallery

Explore Canada's mysterious, vulnerable and unique Arctic in the Canada Goose Arctic Gallery.

Close-up on heard of reindeer.

Frost

Photo Exhibition
September 23 – January 7

Discover the life and culture of Sámi reindeer herders in this temporary photo exhibition.

Four children laying down on the ground.

Voices from Nunavut

Video Exhibition

August 30 – October 22

Experience Nunavut through the eyes of the territory's students in this original video exhibition.

An image from the movie.

Museum Alive 3D

Museum specimens come to life. Meet fascinating and extinct species. Suspense guaranteed!

Arctic mammals and inuksuk craft examples.

Activity Zone

A space for families

Play inside a researcher’s field tent, create inuksuks and sculpt an Arctic mammal.

A man, woman and two children look at insect specimens in a case on a table.

Open House: Our Collections

Gatineau—October 14

Discover the millions of specimens housed in our Gatineau campus, as well as the research activities that take place there.

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