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Category Archives: Museum Visitors
The best Saturday afternoon ever: Prepping out dino bones
What’s the best Saturday afternoon activity in Ottawa for dino lovers? It’s definitely the Canadian Museum of Nature’s super Fossil Preparation Station. Where else can visitors help prepare real dinosaur bones? In this blog post, Alan McDonald and Kathlyn Stewart, two members of the museums’ Palaeobiology Section who helped develop this visitor favourite, recount its history and features. After reading it, you’ll want to head out to the museum for a fun Saturday afternoon of digging out fossils! Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fossils, Museum Visitors
Tagged Alan McDonald, fossil preparation, Kathlyn Stewart, palaeontology, visitor activities
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“Skeletons Out of the Closet” at the Museum’s Research and Collections Facility
See what amazing things are stored and revealed in the Canadian Museum of Nature’s research and collections facility in Gatineau, Quebec. Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Education, Fossils, Mammals, Museum Visitors, Our visitors, Research
Tagged Joe Holmes, museum open house
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Our Collections Online: A Link to One Family’s History
By browsing our collections online, an Ontario family found traces—and memories—of their gift to the museum of a bird specimen more than 60 years ago. Continue reading
Build Your Own Museum
Do you like collecting treasures from nature? Discover the Trading Post at the Canadian Museum of Nature! Continue reading
Throat-Singing Karaoke?
What happened when our Arctic Voices exhibition team combined traditional Inuit throat singing with contemporary culture and technology? An innovative opportunity for fun and active visitor participation. Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Art, Exhibitions, Museum Visitors, Tools of the trade
Tagged Inuit
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