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Canadians share their love for museums with selfies
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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Engage your curiosity and fuel your imagination with a visit to one of these top Canadian treasure troves
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In honour of International Museum Day, Canadian Geographic's editors share their favourite museums in Canada
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The Royal Alberta Museum has officially opened its downtown Edmonton building, capping a complex multi-year move that’s captured in this behind-the-scenes photo essay
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Curators and research scientists at the museum’s Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. share their favourite specimens ahead of annual open house
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Explore the prehistoric ocean, with David Attenborough as your guide
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Expedition Arctic Botany will allow curious members of the public to explore the plants of the Arctic region without leaving home, while contributing to our understanding of Arctic ecosystems
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The Canadian Museum of Nature's new Butterflies in Flight exhibit lets visitors mingle with dozens of the insects
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After 50-plus years of fieldwork and education, Drs. Stewart and Jarmila Peck will support the next generation of biodiversity researchers
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Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid tells the stories of the experience, suffering and survival of Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala elder.
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Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature unveils its newest gallery, devoted to Canada's Far North
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One writer’s journey to explore the life of Louis Riel
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Blast to the past with a suite of historical tours
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Connect with Canada's past and present on this network of waterways between Peterborough, Ont. and the nation's capital
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Boisterous Boston or elegant Nantucket: exploring two weekend getaway options in Massachusetts
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Explore the best art collections in the capital of the United States
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Bee species named after Canada’s top bee expert
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International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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The daughter of a hereditary Mohawk chief and an English immigrant, Johnson used her hard-won celebrity to challenge Indigenous stereotypes
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Tour of winning images to make four Canadian stops, starting July 20 at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
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'Judith' is a new species of horned dinosaur with a fascinating past
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Seven outstanding individuals recognized for their contributions to nature and the environment
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Exhibit tells the tale of a rare blue whale that washed up dead in Newfoundland in 2014, offering new insights on Earth's largest animal
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Researchers from the international PoLAR-FIT team are revealing a four-million-year-old forest beautifully preserved in permafrost and peat on Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island
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The interactive Ocean Plastics Lab is visiting Ottawa until Aug. 12
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Art of the Plant, on now through October at the Canadian Museum of Nature, is Canada's contribution to a worldwide project showcasing botanical biodiversity
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National Wildlife Week honours Miner for his pioneer work in wildlife conservation
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Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
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Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
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An insider's guide to the parts of Britain you know — and some you don't
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Scientists currently have little understanding of the impacts of climate change on Arctic flora, but a group of Canadian researchers is working to change that
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The Zuul Crurivastator skeleton is almost perfectly preserved
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Me & My Microbes: The Zoo Inside You, a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, examines the connections between our microbiome and our health
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Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum offer first glimpse of a spineless, thumb-sized animal based on Cambrian fossils found in the Rocky Mountains
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Thanatotheristes — meaning “reaper of death” — is the first tyrannosaur species identified in Canada in 50 years
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What dinosaurs lived in close proximity to each other — and why? New research uses dinosaur teeth to find the answers
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A century after the start of the thrilling expedition that strengthened claims to Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, the first Canadian Arctic Expedition remains a largely unknown part of the country’s history
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As sea level rise and the accelerating pace of coastal erosion threaten cultural heritage around the world, Canada has a lot to lose
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Tiktaalik, a famous 375-million-year-old fish fossil, was welcomed back to Canada this week.
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Celebrating new partnerships, milestone anniversaries and a bird for Canadians on geography's biggest night
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Highlights from the last day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Museum expert recognized for transformative work in cultural institutions and leadership on the ambitious Bay Ecotarium project in San Francisco
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Take a behind-the-scenes look at some of the artifacts found at previously discovered Franklin sites
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New Canadian Museum of History exhibit featuring digital facial reconstruction to open July 1
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At The Manitoba Museum, learn what it takes to explore the world’s wildest places
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Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
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Experience northern art in the south
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From sleeping under the stars in Navajo country to resort hopping in the Valley of the Sun, a one-time Arizonian rediscovers the enchanted desert
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The popular Canadian tourist destination is a treasure trove of free art
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Join the ghosts of Prohibition-era smugglers, get a taste of Prairie life from the early 20th century and enjoy the soothing waters of an ancient seabed in Moose Jaw, Sask.
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A century later, tales of the legendary storm that hit the Great Lakes region live on
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Explore Canada’s car culture, tour one of the country’s last great estates and catch a rainbow trout
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Canadian Canoe Museum explores the link between paddling and romance
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The best of the best images of Canadian wildlife from the annual competition hosted by Canadian Geographic in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature
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*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of maps and art that help us understand her people’s story.
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Preserving and celebrating the history of Chinese Canadians in Canada’s Armed Forces
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Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
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North America now has three distinct species of flying squirrel
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The best of the best images of Canadian wildlife from the annual competition hosted by Canadian Geographic in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature