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A group of people visiting the Ingenium’s collection and looking at the last steam locomotive built by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Visiting the Ingenium Centre

Explore the hidden treasures of the Ingenium Centre

Discover how we care for over 150,000 fascinating objects, from towering locomotives to delicate scientific instruments. With only 12 percent of the national collection on display in the museum, visiting the Ingenium Centre reveals the hidden stories behind the scenes.

Collections unlocked

This summer only, experience unique thematic tours, each week unlocking a different area with a subject matter expert. Step into a world of wonder on our deep dive collection tour of the Ingenium Centre, where every corner holds a new surprise! Guided by a group of passionate experts (including curators, conservators, cataloguers, and more), you’ll journey through incredible spaces – the conservation and cataloguing labs, the rolling stock collection, the automobile collection, and more – and peek into the fascinating worlds of science, aviation, and agriculture.

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Guided tours of the Ingenium Centre collection

Step inside the state-of-the-art facility that houses Canada’s collection of science and innovation. Learn about the life of an artifact in the guided tour of our state-of-the-art Ingenium Centre, home to more than 150,000 objects of different shapes and sizes, including railway locomotives and other rolling stock, an array of farming equipment, beautifully conserved vintage cars, and so much more.

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A large rectangular office building with the Ingenium logo on the side façade. The building is primarily grey with sections in blue, red and green.

About the Ingenium Centre

The Ingenium Centre is a state-of-the-art facility designed to protect and showcase Canada’s national science and technology collection. The building provides controlled environments to properly house and protect the national collection’s artifacts and archives, many of which are fragile, easily damaged, and are one-of-a-kind. Located beside the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, the Ingenium Centre is designed to be one of the most accessible artifact and archive collection storage facilities in the world – for museum professionals, heritage researchers, as well as for the public.

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