Canadian Museum of Nature—240 McLeod St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Hours & Visitor Info.
Galleries
![Fossil Gallery.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/gall_fos.jpg)
Fossils
Travel back to end of the age of dinosaurs, their extinction, and the beginning of the age of mammals in the Talisman Energy Fossil Gallery.
![Mammals Gallery.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/gall_mam.jpg)
Mammals
The beautiful dioramas in our Mammal Gallery let you see Canadian mammals up close and discover the amazing adaptations that they've developed to survive.
![Birds Gallery.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/gall_brd.jpg)
Birds
With an amazing array of more than 450 species, our Bird Gallery presents the largest collection of Canadian birds on display in the world. It's an indoor bird-watching adventure! Opens on December 26, 2006.
![Discovery Zone.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/gall_dis.jpg)
Discovery Zone
This multi-purpose space is busy with general programmes, hi-def movies and school-group programmes.
![Outside art.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/gall_out.jpg)
Outside the Museum
Don't overlook the outside! The marriage of art and science is embodied in several displays on and around the museum building: carved stone and figurative stained-glass windows on the facade; and life-sized, realistic sculptures of extinct animals and casts of fossilized dinosaur footprints on the grounds.
Special Exhibition
![Einstein.](/web/20061025193055im_/http://nature.ca/exhibits/_images/exs_einstein.jpg)
Einstein
October 20, 2006 to January 14, 2007
Albert Einstein was daring, wildly ingenious and passionately curious. This fascinating exhibition examines his breakthrough scientific theories, and offers a glimpse into his social and political life.
Exhibitions on the Road
The Canadian Museum of Nature produces travelling exhibitions that are temporarily exhibited across Canada. Visit one near you!