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Their extensive live and naturalized collections, their educational capacities and their scientific research all contribute to the unique character of our museums.
All his life, Kevin Gauthier has followed the tracks of insects with an unrelenting passion. Today a master’s student–researcher, he shows me around...Read more
Auriane Egal is an astrophysicist and researcher at the Planétarium. It sometimes happens that people confuse her area of expertise with astrology,...Read more
Sampling wetland diversity is a bit like taking part in the Fort Boyard TV show. To get to the research location, you sometimes have to endure the...Read more
Jonathan Gagné is an astrophysicist at Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan who brings the scientific method to bear on his cup of coffee. It’s true: the man...Read more
A writer, poet and musician in his spare time, research botanist Alain Cuerrier is unremittingly curious. Fascinated by the beauty of nature and the...Read more
This past November 15, hundreds of curious people stepped through the doors of the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan to meet, face to face and in an...Read more
I make my way quickly along the damp pathways of the Jardin botanique de Montréal, as though I wish I could get ahead of the leaves swirling down...Read more
Behind the scenes at our institutions, there are all kinds of individuals who cultivate the art of understanding and caring for our live collections...Read more