Date opened February 7, 1990 No. of species 95 Phone +1 514-872-1400 Number of species 95 | No. of animals 160,000 Opened 7 February 1990 Province Québec | |
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Location 4581, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H1X 2B2 Annual visitors 695,404 (2011) including Montreal Botanical Garden Memberships CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada Address 4581 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, QC H1X 2B2, Canada Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PM Similar Space for Life, Montreal Biodome, Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal Planetarium, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium | ||
The Montreal Insectarium (French: Insectarium de Montréal) is a natural history museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring a large quantity of insects from all around the world. It is the largest insect museum in North America and among the largest insectariums worldwide. It was founded by Georges Brossard and opened on February 7, 1990. Its average attendance is 400,000 visitors per year. It displays both live and dead insect collections, from butterflies to bees and ants.
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It is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal Planetarium and the Montreal Biodome.
Seen from the sky, the Montréal Insectarium resembles a stylized insect. This can also be seen from the observatory of Montréal's Olympic Stadium.
Montreal insectarium live creepy crawlies
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.