Montreal Insectarium facts for kids
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Montreal Insectarium
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| Date opened | February 7, 1990 |
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| Location | 4581 Sherbrooke Street East Montreal, Quebec H1X 2B2 |
| Coordinates | 45°33′39″N 73°33′28″W / 45.56083°N 73.55778°W |
| No. of animals | 160,000 |
| No. of species | 95 |
| Annual visitors | 695,404 (2011) including Montreal Botanical Garden |
| Memberships | CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada |
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.
It is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Planetarium and the Montreal Biodome.
Seen from the sky, the Montreal Insectarium resembles a stylized insect. This can also be seen from the observatory of Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
Photos
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Montreal Insectarium
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Bee display
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Danaus chrysippus
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Danaus chrysippus on Asclepias
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Papilio dardanus
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Papilio demodocus
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Insect Display
See also
In Spanish: Insectarium de Montreal para niños
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (in Nairobi in Kenya)
- Monsanto Insectarium (in St. Louis in Missouri in the US)
