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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.

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Address
Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod Street
Ottawa, ON K1P6P4
Canada
Phone 1 (613) 566-4700
Fax 1 (613) 364-4021
Hours
May 1 to September 5
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:009:00
Close18:0018:0018:0020:0020:0018:0018:00
September 7 to April 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed9:009:009:009:009:009:00
Close 17:0017:0020:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Family$ 25.00
Adult$ 10.00
Students$ 8.00
Senior over 65$ 8.00
Child 12 & under$ 6.00
Child 3 & underFREE
All values are in Canada Dollars
Tips
Free admission - Thursday evenings: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm as well as Earth Day, International Museum Day, and Canada Day.
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