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The Montreal Insectarium (French: Insectarium de Montréal) is a natural history museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring a large quantity of insects from all around the world. It is the largest insect museum in North America and among the largest insectariums worldwide.[1] It was founded by Georges Brossard and opened on February 7, 1990. Its average attendance is 400,000 visitors per year. It displays both live and dead insect collections, from butterfliestobees and ants.
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Montreal Insectarium
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| 45°33′39″N 73°33′28″W / 45.56083°N 73.55778°W / 45.56083; -73.55778 | |
| Date opened | February 7, 1990 |
| Location | 4581 Sherbrooke Street East Montreal, Quebec H1X 2B2 |
| No. of animals | 160,000[1] |
| No. of species | 95[2] |
| Annual visitors | 695,404 (2011) including Montreal Botanical Garden[3] |
| Memberships | CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada |
| Public transit access |   Pie-IX Viau |
| Website | espacepourlavie |
It is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Planetarium and the Montreal Biodome.[citation needed]
Seen from the sky, the Montreal Insectarium resembles a stylized insect. This can also be seen from the observatory of Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
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