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The Biosphere, also known as the Montreal Biosphere (French: Biosphère de Montréal), is a museum dedicated to the environment in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is housed in the former United States pavilion constructed for Expo 67 located within the grounds of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island. The museum's geodesic dome was designed by ...
The Montreal Biodome (French: Biodôme de Montréal) is a museum of enclosed ecosystems located at Olympic Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. It is one of two large-scale enclosed ecosystem structures in the ...
Space for Life (French: Espace pour la vie) is a museum district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of five natural museums: the Biosphere, Biodome, Planetarium, Botanical Garden and Insectarium. [1] Space for Life was established in 2011 as a successor body to Montreal Nature Museums. [2] It describes itself as the largest natural ...
Saint Helen's Island (French: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is situated immediately offshore from Old Montreal on the southeastern side of the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, and is part of the ...
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. [ 2 ] It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most successful World's Fairs of the 20th century [ 3 ] with the most attendees to that date and 62 ...
Geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The rigid triangular elements of the dome distribute stress throughout the structure, making geodesic domes able to withstand very heavy loads for their size.
Mont Saint-Hilaire. Mont Saint-Hilaire (English: Mount Saint-Hilaire; Western Abnaki: Wigwômadenek, Wigwômadensizek;, [1] Western Abnaki: Wigwômaden; [2] see § Names of Mont Saint-Hilaire for other names) is a mountain, 414 m (1,358 ft) high, [3] in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is about thirty kilometres east of Montreal ...
Montreal Planetarium (2013) The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium is the successor to the Dow Planetarium (known in later years as the Montreal Planetarium), and is located in the Space for Life, near the Olympic Stadium and the Biodome in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] The new installation has two separate theatres as well as exhibits on space and ...