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An oil pump jack in a grassy field.

Industrial Technology

A symbol of Canada’s oil economy moves to Ingenium’s Collections Conservation Centre

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

An artifact that symbolizes Canada’s long history of oil extraction will soon have a new home. Weighing in at nearly 16,000 kg, an oil pump jack is among the largest artifacts slated to move into the Collections Conservation Centre, a state-of-the-art facility that’s currently under construction next to the Canada Science and Technology Museum. “It was one of the first pieces in the collection,” says Anna Adamek, director of Ingenium’s curatorial division. She explains that the oil pump jack

Erin Secord holds up an example of a hazardous artifact. Oil for a printing machine in a bag.

Industrial Technology

Behind the scenes: Conservators face unique task handling hazardous artifacts

Tiny artifacts infographic

Social Science & Culture

Ingenium’s big move: Tiny artifacts in Canada’s national collection

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

INFOGRAPHIC Did you know that there are hundreds of thousands of science and technology artifacts in the national collection that are not much bigger than a 2 cm jelly bean? Check out this infographic to see just a few of the smallest artifacts — which will soon be moving to Ingenium's new Collections Conservation Centre!

Social Science & Culture

Ingenium’s big move: Giant artifacts in Canada’s national collection

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

INFOGRAPHIC Did you know that there are over 50 science and technology artifacts in the national collection that weigh more than an African elephant? Check out this infographic to see just a few of the biggest artifacts — which will soon be moving to Ingenium's new Collections Conservation Centre!

An artist’s rendering of the Ingenium Collections Conservation Centre, currently under construction next to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.

Engineering & Technology

Not your average warehouse: Ingenium’s new Collections Conservation Centre

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Ingenium’s new Collections Conservation Centre will open in only a few months. This is a dream come true for those of us who have been caring for Canada’s national collection of scientific and technological artifacts for our entire careers, and have been waiting for this moment for over a decade.

An oil painting depicts a hotel dwarfed by the mountains of Banff.

Social Science & Culture

Why we collect

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

As Ingenium prepares to move the national science and technology collection into the new Collections Conservation Centre over the coming months, curator Sharon Babaian reflects on the purpose of collecting. As curators, we collect objects to document, preserve, and understand the past. The things made and used by people are physical evidence of human invention, activity, and need; they also reflect the societies, communities, and cultures that created and adopted them. At Ingenium – Canada’s

A snowy landscape with a large building — the Collections Conservation Centre — under construction in the distance.

Engineering & Technology

Social Science & Culture

Realizing a dream: The Collections Conservation Centre

Fernand (Fern) Proulx

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Currently under construction in Ottawa, the Collections Conservation Centre is the future home for hundreds of thousands of nationally-significant science and technology artifacts. These objects represent Ingenium’s three museums — the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum — but they’re also emblematic of Canadian ingenuity and Canadians’ everyday experience. To reflect on this incredible milestone and what it means

uOttawa's first computer

Engineering & Technology

Researching the untold story of Canada’s keypunch girls

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Last summer, the Canada Science and Technology Museum offered up access to its collection so that researcher Jennifer Thivierge could study “keypunch girls” — the women who punched holes in data cards and fed them into machines or tabulators, starting in the 1950s. The University of Ottawa’s Gazette writes about her findings, and what they say about gender discrimination within the field of computer science.

Joust for Atari (artifact no. 2002.0384.001)

Sports & Gaming

Rising from the Grave: “Deadplay" and Video Game Preservation

Dany Guay-Bélanger

Guest writer, Carleton University

Videogames are cultural heritage artifacts worthy of preservation. My Master’s major research project culminated in the creation of a podcast and website which investigates videogame preservation and proposes some solutions to this complex and pressing issue.

Museum of Fear and Wonder

Social Science & Culture

A small, Alberta museum offers up unusual insights into human nature

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Two brothers have converted a typical, Alberta farmhouse—located near Calgary—into the Museum of Fear and Wonder. This unorthodox museum is a reminder that things are not always what they seem, that the world is much more interesting and complex than we realize. Read more about the Museum of Fear and Wonder in this feature article.

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