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The Collective | Le Collectif

Urban Element brings culinary and catering experience to the museum’s café.

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Eyes on the Skies

Explore how air traffic is managed in Canada at our new exhibit!

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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.

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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!

Open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday

11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, ON

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

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Eyes on the Skies: Managing Air Traffic in Canada

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

A tiny stylized yellow airplane flies across the sky, towards the right. It leaves a solid line behind it, which curves a few times through the space underneath. Below, realistic white clouds stand out against a dark blue background.

Canada in Space

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

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Main Exhibition Hall

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

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Library and Archives

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Lockheed CC-130E Hercules

Artifact no.: 2016.0005

Lockheed CC-130E Hercules

A heavy-duty transport aircraft designed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for the United States Air Force (USAF) in the early 1950s.

From the Channel

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

Gertrude Dugal, the first francophone Québec women to obtain a pilot’s license – or not, Cartierville airport, Cartierville, Québec. Anon., “La seule diplômée.” La Patrie, Journal du dimanche, 18 May 1947, 1.

“Across the clouds I see my shadow fly:” Some words about Gertrude Dugal, the first francophone Québec woman to obtain a pilot’s license – unless it was someone else

Rénald Fortier

Do you like Pink Floyd, my reading friend? I have to confess to being very fond of their music, including the hugely popular 1987 song Learning to Fly. That piece is most appropriate given the subject yours truly wishes to address today. And yes, I will be brief. Very brief. Pinky promise. Our story

A young man stands in the foreground. The elevated nose section of a jet airplane is on display behind him, flanked by two jets sitting behind a low barrier.

Testing Things Out: An Intern’s Experiences at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Jesse Edrington

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

We are pleased to share an article by Jesse Edrington, a student in the Applied Museum Studies Program at Algonquin College. Jesse reflects on his final year field placement at the Museum and shares his most memorable moments and lessons learned.

Projects & Initiatives

Learn more about Astrophysics from Home
Astrophysics from Home: Monitoring a Variable Star

Learn more about the Legacy Series
The Legacy Series

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Let's Talk Energy