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An old man and a little girl at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The old man holds out his hand toward an airplane, and the two look on, smiling in wonder.

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The Cold War exhibition

Journey through the tumultuous era that defined global geopolitics for just over half a century.

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Crépu: Our DNA, A Black Hair Art Show

Join us on Feb. 1 or 2 for an artistic celebration and meditation on Black hair.

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Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Monday

11 Aviation Parkway

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Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday

1867 St Laurent Blvd

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Events

Demonstration Kitchen: January to February Activities

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

DateJan 8, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025

Time9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Zoom to the Moon

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

DateJan 11, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025

TimeSaturdays and Sundays only from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

A small boy wears a space costume while sitting in one of several half cylinders on the museum stage.

Curiosity on Stage- Bridging the Digital Gap: Understanding Your Child’s Online World

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

DateJan 16, 2025 - Jan 23, 2025

TimeEnglish presentation, January 16 | French presentation, January 23

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Sustainable Agriculture Gallery

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

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Permanent Exhibition

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The Cold War

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

Four circular images set against a black and red background. One image shows a black and white photo of a person in an RCAF uniform. The top image is of a person and two young children walking through a neighbourhood. The photo on the left shows a woman working at a radar scope and the bottom image is of several aircraft flying side by side.

Artifact Alley

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

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A Versare 6-wheel gasoline-electric bus as seen in an advertisement issued by SKF Industries Incorporated of New York City, New York. Anon., “SKF Industries Incorporated.” Electric Railway Journal, 21 January 1928, between pages 10 and 11.

Road Transportation

Several thousand words on Versare Corporation of Albany, New York, and the monster of Atwater Street / Montréal’s beast, the ginormous 8-wheel gasoline-electric bus operated by Montreal Tramways Company, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good morning, afternoon or evening, my reading friend, and welcome to the 2nd and final part of our article on Versare Corporation of Albany, New York, a part in which we shall dwell upon the saga of Montréal’s beast, a ginormous 8-wheel gasoline-electric bus operated by Montreal Tramways Company of… Montréal, Québec, and also known as the monster of Atwater Street. Mind you, we shall also dwell upon on other vehicles. And here is a reminder of what the monster of Atwater Street / Montréal’s

The ginormous Versare bus operated by Montreal Tramways Company of… Montréal, Québec, Spring 1927. Anon., “Avtodorozhny ekran – Amerikanskiye chetyrekhosnyye avtobusy.” Za Rulem, 1st issue of December 1929, 29.

Road Transportation

Several thousand words on Versare Corporation of Albany, New York, and the monster of Atwater Street / Montréal’s beast, the ginormous 8-wheel gasoline-electric bus operated by Montreal Tramways Company, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and a happy New Year! May yours truly welcome you to the first 2025 issue of our astonishing blog / bulletin / thingee? Given the time of year, I decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition for the 4th time in a row, and this in order to bring you a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of a December 2024 article (2 parts instead of 1). Oops. Yours truly shall endeavour to be more careful in the future, so that we will not be

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Contesting Closure

Contesting Closure is an Ingenium-University of Toronto research collaboration that examines the history of General Motors Canada in Oshawa from 1980 to 2019.

A reasonably typical advertisement for the Man from Mars radio hat of American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Anon., “Craig Oil Company.” Southwest Wave, 9 June 1949, 2.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good day to you, my bright eyed and bushy tailed reading friend. I am pleased to see that you are eager to continue our archaeological dig into the history of the Man from Mars radio hat produced by Victor Theodore Hoeflich’s American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Incidentally, the text which accompanied the photograph of a young couple at the beginning of the previous part of this article was not a denunciation of the idleness of the capitalist classes which shamelessly

A young American turning on… the radio hat worn by her boyfriend. Anon., “Tout un orchestre dans un chapeau mais la musique n’adoucit pas toujours les mœurs.” Regards, 9 September 1949, 14.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to yet another December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, and because it seemed like a good idea, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition for the 3rd time in a row, and this in order to bring you a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of not one, but two September 2024 articles (3 parts instead of 2) – and one August 2024 article (4 parts instead of 3). Big

Henry Joseph Piraux, a French electrical engineer employed by the Société anonyme Philips, with his electric dog, Salon international de la T.S.F., Paris, France. René Bruyez, “Le Salon international.” Lumière et Radio, 10 October 1929, 8.

Engineering & Technology

Do electric dogs dream of high voltage treats? Henry Joseph Piraux and his late 1920s cybernetic canid

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to yet another December 2024 issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, yours truly decided yet again to break away from our anniversarial tradition in order to bring you this topic, a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of not one, but two October 2024 articles (3 parts instead of 2 and 4 parts instead of 3). Oops… Are we ready? And yes, my reading friend, I once again intend to be brief today. Very brief

A pair of photographs linked to the vegetarian restaurant The Salad Man of Montréal, Québec. Louis Beaudoin, “Au restaurant ‘Salad Man’ – Honnie soit la viande!” Photo-Journal, 14 to 21 November 1959, 8.

In the beginning was The Salad Man, and the salad was in demand; Or, The early days of the vegetarian restaurant industry in Québec

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to this December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition in order to bring you this topic, a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of the previous article (4 parts instead of 3). Are we ready? And yes, my reading friend, I intend to be brief today. Incidentally, the pair of photographs we have just seen showed… - Joseph

A composite image of a clog hanging out of a wastewater pipe, a caribou with antlers, and a lightning storm over a city.

3 things you should know about antlers, what you should be flushing down the toilet, and electron rain

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the December edition, explore what antlers can tell us about Santa's reindeer, what you shouldn't be flushing down your toilets this holiday season, and how lightning on earth can cause electron rain in space.

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Indigenous Star Knowledge Symposia: A series of local and international gatherings, on the land and online

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