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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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.