Biosphere, Environment Museum

Exhibitions

Permanent

• Water Wonders!

  Come get wet and dive into action by putting your ideas into practice and your skills to the test while exercising your creativity. With this series of eight interactive modules, you can take part in games, conduct experiments and take water-filled challenges such as building a ship, creatin energy and even walking on water.

• The Ecoological House

  Just a few steps from the Biosphère, the environmentally friendly solar house awaits you. Its modern architecture might surprise you! Take our guided tour to find out more about its features, construction materials and technological innovations, which combine to create a healthy living environment. Discover ways to green your own home, and learn about simple, economical, accessible solutions to improve the quality of your environment.
  
  The solar house was designed by students from McGill University, the Université de Montréal and the École de technologie supérieure for an international competition, the 2007 Solar Decathlon, in Washington, D.C.

• Planet Bucky

  This exhibition provides concrete examples of the principles of sustainable development with depictions of contemporary innovations that follow in the footsteps of the creator of the Biosphère, Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), and of the philosophy behind his inventions.

Temporary

• Tic Tac Tox

  2010-01-01-2010-10-31

  This exhibit gets people thinking about the reality of sharing their world with chemical substances. Although these products are essential to a variety of activities, it is important to draw attention to their potential risks.

• U TURN, Towards sustainable transportation

  2010-04-24-2010-10-31

  With a dissected automobile as its centrepiece, this exclusive outdoor exhibit illustrates the history of our relationship with the automobile, shows the impact of personal motor vehicles on the environment and human health, and encourages visitors to consider more sustainable transportation solutions.

• Watt’s up?

  2010-05-22-2010-09-08

  You will learn everything there is to know about renewable energy in this exhibit that features stations for both children and adults. A perfect family outing for those in search of educational entertainment.

Activities

• GeoTour 67

  2010-05-01-2010-10-01

  Visitors use a hand-held global positioning system (GPS) device to rediscover the sites of former Expo 67 pavilions on Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame from a new environmental viewpoint. Two four-kilometre circuits have been set up and feature information and audio commentary and stories.

• All the Water in the World

  2010-01-01-2011-05-30

  Water in oceans, glaciers, lakes and rivers and in the ground covers 71% of the planet, but only a minuscule amount of that water is drinkable. What can we do on a day-to-day basis to protect it?

• Migratory Birds

  2010-05-01-2011-05-30

  Follow the gripping stories of four species of migratory birds and discover the importance of a healthy environment for these species.

• Man and his world

  2008-06-02-2011-05-30

  This impressive short film illustrates the wealth and slendour of Canada’s biodiversity and reminds us of the importance of preserving it.

• X-treme Weather

  2009-06-02-2011-05-30

  You will be on the edge of your seat with this film showing nature raging wild. Thunderstorms, floods, snowstorms, droughts, tornadoes, violent winds here and everywhere… Relive the great natural disasters, discover the extreme meteorological phenomenoms and learn about how you can prepare for them.

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