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Researchers examine a blueprint in the archival collection

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Where Knowledge and Creativity Collide

The Ingenium Research Institute invites Canadians to change how they think about science and technology by cultivating a better understanding of the material culture of our past, present, and future. We explore the many ways that science and technology are embedded in society, culture, and history. Through bold engagement and worldwide collaborations, the Institute is the heart of discovery and innovation, engaging researchers, educators, and the public in new and creative ways.

The Institute consists of:

  • A fellowship program and practicums for university and college students
  • Collaborative spaces to put research into practice 
  • An artifact examination room for hands-on research, symposia, and seminars
  • Library and archives 
  • Extensive online collection 
  • Opportunities to engage with visitors to our three museums

Research Strategy and Brochure

Our Research Strategy and the informational brochure are available as PDF downloads:

Research Strategy PDF
Research Strategy 2019 - PDF

Informational Brochure PDF
Informational Brochure 2019 -PDF

Research values

WHAT ARE OUR RESEARCH VALUES?

  • Engagement
  • Inclusiveness
  • Access
  • Openness
  • Excellence in collecting
  • Accuracy
  • Stewardship

what do we offer

What do we have to offer?

  • Expertise
  • National collections
  • Data
  • State-of-the-art digital labs
  • Access to the public
  • Cross-appointments

what do we research

What do we research?

  • Material culture and history of science and technology
  • Museum audiences
  • Science in museums
  • Citizen science
  • Digital humanities
  • Digital heritage
  • People and collections
  • Collection risk management
  • Culture of innovation
  • Data visualization
  • Women in STEAM
  • Indigenous ways of knowing
  • Conservation and restoration

welcome

Who do we welcome?

  • Students
  • Researchers
  • Scholars
  • Research Institutions
  • Fellows
  • Interns
  • Postdocs
  • Artists-in-Residence
  • Experimenters
  • Ingenium staff

Stories from our Collections

Read more stories on the Ingenium Channel

The Vertol Model 42 of Skyrotors Limited of Arnprior, Ontario, chartered by Spartan Air Services Limited of Ottawa, Ontario, as part of Operation High Tower. Anon., “Operation High Tower.” The Ottawa Citizen, 8 November 1961, 3.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to move stuff around: Spartan Air Services Limited of Ottawa, Ontario, the Ottawa radio station CFRA and Operation High Tower

Given how lazy yours truly tends to be, my reading friend, yes, yes, lazy, I admit it, I chose this...
Three women pose in front of the massive iron wheels of a locomotive. They are wearing coats and scarves and smiling at the camera.

Behind the scenes: Meet Ingenium’s travelling exhibitions team

At Ingenium, the travelling exhibitions team works hard to make a range of exhibitions accessible to communities across Canada and beyond. The Ingenium Channel sat down with the team to find out more about what their work entails — and a new carbon-neutral shipping initiative.
Catherine Beddall assembles a gingerbread house.

Gingerbread art launches the holiday season at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

A professional pastry artist is taking holiday gingerbread to new heights at the Canada Aviation and...

For more information on the Ingenium Research Institute, please contact:

Ingenium
P.O. Box 9724, Station T
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A3
CANADA

IRI@IngeniumCanada.org