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Soil Superheroes

Soil Superheroes provides visitors with an underground perspective on the importance of soil science and conservation.

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One Membership, Three Museums

An Ingenium membership opens the door to discovery at all three of Canada’s museums of science and innovation!

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Virtual Field Trips

Experience Ingenium’s museums on a virtual field trip! Students can meet with museum educators from the comfort of their home or classroom.

Open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., seven days a week

901 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON

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To ensure a safe and enjoyable visit for our visitors and staff, masks are not mandatory but recommended.

Events

The Coffee Route: From Central America to Canada’s Cups

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Jun 2, 2022 - Jun 3, 2022

Various times; see full details below.

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Daily Interpretation

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Jul 16, 2021 - Jul 16, 2022

Available year-round, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Exhibitions

Aquaculture: Farming the Waters

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Exhibition Type

Upcoming Exhibition

A colourful illustration depicts groupings of stylized outlines of fish, shellfish, and seaweed on a white background.

Soil Superheroes

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Exhibition Type

Temporary Exhibition

Available until August 23, 2022

Cartoon-style garden landscape, focusing on the soil under the ground. Various colourful characters such as such as a mole, an earthworm, and compost smile to the camera, dressed as superheroes.

Discovery Park — Outdoor Exhibition

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

outdoor image : blue sky, trees, benches with a sign that says "Discovery Park"

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Programs & Resources

Educational Programs

Healthy Kids Quest

Collection Highlights

John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

Canada has a long and rich history of innovation in science and technology. The artifacts collected, preserved, and displayed in the three museums of Ingenium showcase this history. Each artifact tells a fascinating story of innovation and illustrates how science and technology have contributed to the transformation of Canada. Find out more about many of these artifacts here.

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From the Channel

A typical advertisement of the Toronto, Ontario, firm William Hood & Company. Anon., “William Hood & Company.” The Canadian Grocer & General Storekeeper, 27 May 1892, 9.

“A new trade winner for grocers and general merchants;” or, How William Hood & Company of Toronto, Ontario, became a pretext to dwell upon the mysteries of... castor oil

Rénald Fortier

As yours truly gazed across the abyss that is the World Wide Web, an ad caught my eye. I will admit it had never occurred to me refer to castor oil as delicious. Mind you, I must also admit I never had the (dis)pleasure to actually taste that fluid. As I searched and searched ceaselessly, for a good

A typical Tillson Company Limited advertisement. Anon. “Tillson Company Limited.” The Canadian Grocer & General Storekeeper, 13 May 1892, 19.

“A Food, not a Fad:” The life and times of Edwin Delevan Tillson of Tillsonburg, Ontario

Rénald Fortier

Yours truly would like to begin this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee with an apology. Contrary to the gentlepersons agreement agreed to many moons ago, I did not include an agricultural topic among those published in April 2022 in said blog / bulletin / thingee. I hereby remedy this failure

A spliced, three-part image depicts a bowl of food scraps being poured into a wooden bin already containing semi-decomposed food scraps, a huge orange rocket core standing between two white rocket boosters on a mobile launch vehicle, illuminated by spotlights against a black background, and a seated, tired-looking woman sitting in a dark space, slouched over, resting her face on her hand.

3 things you should know about home composting, the Moon-bound Space Launch System rocket, and the science behind dark circles under your eyes

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Cassandra Marion, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum

Projects & Initiatives

Learn more about the Canola exhibition at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Canola: Seeds of Innovation

Cartoon-style garden landscape, focusing on the soil under the ground. Various colourful characters such as such as a mole, an earthworm, and compost smile to the camera, dressed as superheroes.
Soil Superheroes

3 posters from the Women in STEM series
Website: Women in STEM