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4worldlovers: Visit our fun and educational Creative Play Area, where the whole family can learn about animals and farming.

The Little Animal Barn is home to our little animals. Most of our new babies begin life here in the Spring.

Party with the animals and celebrate your child’s birthday at Valleyview Farm.

Hop onboard the Valleyview Express as it travels through our field crops of hay, corn, and soya beans.

4worldlovers: Meet and interact with our rescue animals and learn about conservation at one of our 3 Nature Centres. We can be found in Ottawa, Hamilton, and Syracuse. We offer general admission and private tours and more!

Little Ray's offers nature centres, exhibits and animal encounters that are hands on, educational and always lots of fun! We are the largest exotic animal rescue in North America and a proud member of Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA).

We are fully scalable and will work with you to present a world class experience Choose from over 8 engaging exhibits. Book an award winning live animal travelling exhibit.

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From now through August 31, taste Zucchini Bread and Green Goddess Dressing in our Demonstration Kitchen!

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Join us at the farm as we celebrate the season with an array of family-friendly activities and demonstrations!

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A new podcast explores how people with disabilities and skilled volunteers collaborate to create custom tools.

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Created by Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers, this art installation broaches decolonization and reconciliation.

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4worldlovers: Canada is defined by nature. Explore it all in one place.

“This imposing baronial building houses one of the world’s best natural history collections, which the vast museum brings to life with modern and interactive exhibits. There’s an impressive collection of fossils, the full skeleton of a blue whale and an excellent stock of dinosaur skeletons and models. Everyone loves the realistic mammal and bird dioramas depicting Canadian wildlife – the taxidermic creatures are so lifelike, you’ll be glad they’re behind a sheet of glass.”

They’re back! Come face-to-face with live owls in this special outdoor exhibition.

Read stories from the field to the lab, and everywhere in between.

As a scientific leader in species discovery and Arctic research, the Canadian Museum of Nature contributes to a more sustainable future for us all.

Join us in saving the world for future generations with evidence, knowledge and inspiration.

Museum scientists and colleagues from China have described an unusual fossil that shows a dramatic moment in time when a carnivorous mammal attacked a larger plant-eating dinosaur.

Plant-like microbes and algae from the depths of a Canadian lake may help define a new geological slice of time. An international network of scientists has now given further momentum to this project that involves museum biologist Paul Hamilton.

An international group of researchers has selected Crawford Lake in Ontario as the site that could formally define the start of the Anthropocene. The Canadian Museum of Nature is part of this national project.