Canadian Museum of Nature

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The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum in Ottawa that showcases Canada's biodiversity, geology, and paleontology through extensive scientific collections and public exhibits.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	museum → national museum → natural history museum →
architect	David Ewart →
architecturalStyle	Scottish Baronial →
buildingCompletionDate	1910 →
collectionSize	over 14 million specimens →
collectionType	biodiversity → geology → natural history → paleontology →
country	Canada →
focusesOn	Arctic research → Canadian biodiversity → earth sciences → life sciences →
formerName	National Museum of Canada → National Museum of Natural Sciences →
governingBody	Parliament of Canada →
hasExhibit	Arctic gallery → bird gallery → earth gallery → fossil gallery → mammal gallery →
hasFacility	collections storage → education centre → research laboratories → special exhibitions space → theatre →
hasOnlineResource	https://nature.ca →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site of Canada →
heritageDesignationDate	1990 →
inception	1912 →
languageOfWork	English → French →
locatedIn	Canada → Ontario → Ottawa →
mandate	to increase interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation and respect for the natural world →
neighborhood	Centretown →
offers	educational programs → public exhibitions → scientific research services →
operatedBy	Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation →
ownedBy	Government of Canada →
partOf	Canadian Heritage Portfolio →
publicTransitAccess	OC Transpo bus service →
streetAddress	240 McLeod Street →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ontario →	containsLandmark
Canadian Museum of Nature ("National Museum of Canada") →	formerName
National Capital Region (Canada) →	hasKeyLandmark
Ottawa →	hasLandmark
Canadian Museum of Nature ("Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation") →	operatedBy