🌍🦖✨ Canadian Museum of Nature: A Time-Traveler's Paradise!

The Canadian Museum of Nature—a Gothic Revival gem from 1912—is Canada's OG national museum (and HQ of its museum network!). Inside its historic walls lie millions of treasures: 🦕 Dinosaur bones that roar with history 💎 Minerals that sparkle like galaxy dust 🐋 Whale skeletons floating in the sea of time 🐻❄️ Arctic dioramas where polar bears whisper secrets 🦉 500+ bird specimens singing silent songs 🦋 Insects in all their iridescent glory (including LIVE butterflies!) 🔥 Must-See Zones: 1️⃣ Fossil Gallery 🦖 Home to Canada's largest dinosaurs—T. rex skulls and hadrosaur humps! 2️⃣ Earth Gallery 💎 Sparkling minerals from every continent. Perfect for Instagram flexes. 3️⃣ Arctic Gallery 🐻❄️ Walk through Inuit art, polar bear dioramas, and aurora projections. Bundle up—it’s chilly! 4️⃣ Bird Gallery 🦉 500+ feathered friends + interactive nest-building stations. Tweet tweet! 5️⃣ Insectarium 🦋 Global bugs + live butterflies fluttering around you. Don’t worry, they’re friendly! ⏰ Pro Tips: ▫️ Free entry after 5pm on Thursdays! Book online first. ▫️ Closes at 8pm—plenty of time to geek out. ▫️ Address: 240 McLeod St, Ottawa ▫️ Plan 2-3 hours. Grab a coffee ☕️ or souvenir at their shop! #NatureMagic #OttawaMuseums #DinosaurVibes #CanadaTravel