Ottawa - Canadian Museum of Nature

The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada's natural sciences and natural history museum. Its historic museum building (the Victoria Memorial Museum Building) is the birthplace of Canada's national museums. Construction on this castle-like building was completed in 1910 and the Canadian Museum of Nature had its 100th anniversary in 2010. The Museum's West Wing was completed in 2006, with new galleries: the Talisman Energy Fossil Gallery, new Mammal Gallery, new Bird Gallery and Discovery Zone (with HD movies and progarmming). In 2010 a new Water Gallery, Earth Gallery, special temporary exhibitions, a 19.8 metre glass "lantern" were unveiled.