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Ingenium

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Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation (French: Ingenium – Les musées des sciences et de l'innovation du Canada), formally the National Museum of Science and Technology (Musée national des sciences et de la technologie), is a Canadian Crown corporation responsible for overseeing national museums related to science and technology. The name is based on the Latin root of the word ingenuity.2 It is headquartered in Ottawa.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation (French: Ingenium – Les musées des sciences et de l'innovation du Canada), formally the National Museum of Science and Technology (Musée national des sciences et de la technologie), is a Canadian Crown corporation responsible for overseeing national museums related to science and technology. The name is based on the Latin root of the word ingenuity. Until June 2017, the corporation was branded as Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation (Société du Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada).2

The story

Ingenium was established through an act of Parliament (the Museums Act) on July 1, 1990, and is governed by a board of trustees headed by a president and chief executive officer. The museum's reconstruction, "digital strategy" and change of name were documented in the TVOntario film "How to build a museum for the 21st century", broadcast in December 2018.

Since 2007, Ingenium is supported by the Ingenium Foundation. The foundation achieved official charity status on April 1, 2008.

In 2014, the Canada Science and Technology Museum was forced to close because of toxic mould pollution. Three years into the renovation, in 2017, the three museums under the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation, the museum's CEO Alex Benay announced the rebranding of the network to Ingenium.

In September 2018, the Canada Science and Technology Museum stopped collecting artifacts for the foreseeable future.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ingenium, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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