Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario may be better known for it’s business school but it also has a quality geology program. Fitting, then, that the campus is home to an earth science museum, the Miller Museum of Geology. Geology museums on university campuses are far more common than I realized. Several schools host quality museums … Read more
The Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg is home to the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie. This modest museum is home to four “dinosaur” skeletons, though only one is a genuine dinosaur. The other three are a mosasaur, a bony fish, and a giant sea turtle. Alongside these magnificent … Read more
The University of Waterloo is globally renowned for its computer science, engineering, and mathematics programs and deservedly so. But there’s far more to this Southern Ontario university as evidenced by the University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum. As my alma mater, I fondly remember hanging out with friends between classes at the Peter Russell Rock … Read more
Warner is a small, prairie town located approximately 70 km southeast of Lethbridge in southern Alberta. About 20 km west of this unassuming town something remarkable was found. The first dinosaur nesting site ever found in Canada. The Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur Museum allows visitors to explore this amazing palaeontological discovery. The initial discovery was made … Read more
The Manitoba Museum, fittingly, is found in the heart of Manitoba’s capital city, Winnipeg. The current museum opened in 1970 but its history goes back much further. Its initial incarnation began in 1932 and the collection was started as far back as 1879. As of writing, it is under construction (still open) preparing for its … Read more
The town of Morden, Manitoba, roughly 130 km southwest of Winnipeg, is home to certified monster. His name is Bruce and 43 feet long, he is the largest mosasaur skeleton in the world. Discovered nearby in 1974, Bruce lives inside the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre. This museum in southern Manitoba officially opened in 1979 and … Read more
The Fortune Head Geology Centre is a modest, volunteer run museum in the town of Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located in the town’s tourist information building at the docks where the ferry to St. Pierre and Miquelon comes and goes. The museum is seasonal, and being reliant on volunteer support, the season start … Read more
The Pacific Museum of Earth is a hidden gem focused solely on the Earth Sciences. It is found on the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus in downtown Vancouver. Exhibits are located in both the Earth and Ocean Sciences Main Building and Earth Sciences Building located along the Main Mall. The museum, UBC’s first, was … Read more
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is the first museum established in the province of Saskatchewan and the first provincial museum on the prairies. It is located on a lovely green space backing onto Wascana Lake in central Regina just north of the Saskatchewan Legislature. The museum was founded in 1906 a year after the province itself … Read more
The Royal Alberta Museum is the largest museum in western Canada. It is located in a fancy, new (2018 opening) 419 square foot home a couple blocks east of Rogers Place in downtown Edmonton. The museum was established in 1967 with the goal to “collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit objects and specimens related to the … Read more