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
British Columbia isn’t the first province that comes to mind when talking dinosaurs in Canada, but Alberta’s western neighbour is not void of the “monstrous lizards.” Evidence of their presence in BC is on display at the Tumbler Ridge Museum. Tumbler Ridge is a modest town in the Rocky Mountain foothills. It’s a bit isolated … Read more
The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada’s national natural history museum. Located in downtown Ottawa, approximately 2 km southeast of Parliament Hill, this is a must see for anyone visiting the nation’s capital. The museum opened to the public in 1912 but has a history dating back to 1856 as part of the Geological Survey … Read more
The Philip J. Currie Museum is the new kid on the block when it comes to Alberta dinosaur museums. Named after renowned Canadian palaeontologist Philip Currie, the museum is a younger cousin to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Mr. Currie was an important founder of the Royal Tyrrell and his namesake museum aims … Read more
The T. Rex Discovery Centre is home to Scotty, the T. Rex who was found in the nearby Frenchman River Valley by the town’s high school principal. Scotty is often referred to as the largest T. Rex discovered globally and is the largest of any dinosaur discovered in Canada. An extension of the Royal Saskatchewan … Read more
The Royal Ontario Museum is the preeminant museum in Ontario and one of the largest in Canada. Located just north of Queen’s Park (home to Ontario’s Provincial Legislature) and the University of Toronto, the museum is a beacon in the city’s downtown. The museum was founded in 1914 and claims to be “among the top … Read more
Royal Tyrrell Museum is Canada’s preeminent palaeontological museum and one of the greatest on the planet. Filled with amazing exhibits of dinsosaurs, marine reptiles, early mammals, and fossils from many eras there is plenty here to thrill young and old. Located in Alberta’s badlands, seven kilometers west of downtown Drumheller, Royal Tyrrell Museum is a … Read more