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Curiosity on Stage

AI and Robotics: Positive forces for social change or risks to society and the environment?

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Holiday Magic at the Museum

Reach for the stars at the museum this holiday season!

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School Programs

In-person and virtual school programs help ingenuity take flight.

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Inside the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, a child sits on top of the shoulders of an adult. The child is extending their arms, and an airplane is visible in a background display.

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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Advanced ticketing is strongly recommended.

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

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Collection highlights

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Collection Highlights

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.

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From the Channel
Yvonne Peters, a disability rights activist, with her service dog at Parliament Hill. Other demonstrators are in the background.
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Aviation

Part 1 of A Short History of Accessible Commercial Air Travel in Canada

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Dec 2, 2022
Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation’s collection is home to a large number of aircraft that were designed for everything from scientific experimentation, to warfare, to commercial transportation. Many previous Ingenium Channel entries have explored the fascinating technical details
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Arts & Design

"Northern Lights" 3-D Mural: A Colourful Artistic Tribute to Canada’s Jet Age Beginnings

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Nov 22, 2022
In 1964, the Winnipeg International Airport opened as part the Department of Transport’s Air Terminal Building project begun by the Canadian government in the mid 1950s that resulted in the production of large, modern airport terminals in Gander, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and
A woman examining a bottle of olive oil in a grocery store, Gravel terrain in beige with boulders identified in pink, craters in purple, and crater rims in turquoise, A close up of the tread of a winter tire showing deep, wide, jagged grooves and wavy sipes.
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Food

3 things you should know about food fraud, how winter tires work and Canadian artificial intelligence headed for the Moon.

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Nov 21, 2022
For the November edition, we explain how you may unknowingly be a victim of food fraud, how Canadian artificial intelligence will soon launch to the Moon, and how winter tires really work.
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Projects & Initiatives

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

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The Legacy Series

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Website: Women in STEM