Few things say ‘doctor’ more than a stethoscope. Even in the modern medical field, which can be regarded as highly vision-based (imaging, scanning, observing), the stethoscope remains a powerful medical tool and an iconic symbol of past traditions. Above all, the stethoscope represents a deep and enduring relationship between medical practice and sound. During my time as a practicum student for Ingenium, I worked on developing a research profile of the museum’s stethoscope collection, focusing

Take a look inside Ingenium’s smallest collections storage room, where a special class of artifacts have recently been moved into their “forever home.”

What can graffiti teach us about the past? A door that once stood inside an Ontario mine is covered in layers of inscriptions, detailing the thoughts of the miners who worked there.

One of the oldest museum artifacts in the world has been added to a world-class collection of science and technology at Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation.

This spring, Ingenium members showed their true colours through an online art competition.

A biochemist, avid cross-country skier, and former science budget analyst speaks on the joys of collecting, the lessons learned, and the importance of preserving material culture.

Ottawa resident Elaine Wolfe was undoubtedly thinking about her late father, Clifford Wolfe, as she visited the Moving Stories exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum last week. The temporary exhibition – which showcases some rarely-seen artifacts from the museum’s transportation collection – includes Elaine’s 1988 Chevy Blazer, outfitted with an innovative wheelchair lift that was invented by her dad when she was a young adult. “Calling my first truck an artifact is making me