Skip to main content
Exhibition

Hidden Worlds

Ongoing

From microscopes and large telescopes to underwater devices, explore the world beyond normal human sight in this interactive exhibition.

View some of the world’s earliest microscopes, and examine samples yourself. See if you can line up a refracting telescope to examine a piece of rock across the room. Learn about deep-sea exploration and the plastics polluting our oceans today.

From the smallest of creatures to the vastness of space, you will never look at the world the same way again.

Exhibition highlights

  • Explore Indigenous astronomy through the stunning star maps of the Ininew (Cree) and Ojibwe peoples
  • Discover the beauty of nature through two collections of historical microscope slides, featuring samples of plants, rocks and insects
  • Learn how scientists prepared their samples for study, including the equipment they use
  • See if you can recognize things from images produced by microscopes, satellites, and scans
Included with museum admission

You may also be interested in

Museum exhibit displaying Canadian flags, canoes, and historical artifacts in a glass case.

Artifact Alley

See more than 700 artifacts from Canada’s science and technology collection.

A mom and three kids of different ages are standing in a slanted kitchen with a black and white checkered floor. The mom is taking a picture of the kids as they lean to one side with one of their hands up in the air.

Crazy Kitchen +

This popular interactive experience challenges everything your brain thinks it knows.

A family observing a vintage black car in a museum. An adult and two teens are leaning over a railing, looking at the vehicle with interest while another person examines an interactive display in the background.

Technology in Our Lives

Take a closer look at the technologies we use every day, from cutlery to cars.

Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to learn about what’s going on at the Ingenium museums!

Sign up