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Montreal Insectarium


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #50 of 276 attractions in Montreal
Traveler Description: Part of the city's large Botanical Garden, the Insectarium includes a broad selection of insects from throughout the world.
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Attraction type: Museum, Nature center, Specialty museum, Science museum
Activities: Viewing wildlife
Address: 4581 rue Sherbrooke Est
at the Botanical Garden Montreal, Quebec H1X 2B2
Canada
Tel: 514-872-1400
Fax: 514-872-0662

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So boring.
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1 of 5 stars
TofuKat   11 contributions
Philadelphia,PA
Nov 7, 2009

This place was really boring and small. Now I know why there were no lines and no one outside. By the time we finished seeing everything, I was looking around for the start of the museum---I thought were in the lobby, but turns out it was the entire museum. The beehive is cool, but not worth the admission price and... more

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5 of 5 stars
ScoobyDoo2020   5 contributions
Darlington, england
Sep 5, 2009

Went there during one of the red hot September days and it was a relief to get out of the sun. Make sure you get the joint biodome / insectarium ticket as much better value for money. Plenty of interesting beetles and stick insects to look at as well as a good complement of spiders, and scorpions. Check out the... more

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5 of 5 stars
Rob1957   5 contributions
Toronto, Can.
Aug 7, 2009

If you like nature, this place is great. Live & mounted insects from all over the world. Lots of information. There's even a working bee hive behing glass where you can watch the bees at work. more

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1 of 5 stars
tecouag   56 contributions
Guadalajara, Mexico
Jan 20, 2008
1
person found this review helpful

This place has notting interesting to you, really boring, when I get there nobody was inside the place (now I know why), . I feel like I lost valuable minutes in this place. The place is quite simple, I advise you to expend time if you are in this area of Montreal, in Biodome or Gardens, or in Olympic City. more

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5 of 5 stars
luckydeann   4 contributions
syracuse
Jan 28, 2007
3
people found this review helpful

The museum had many strange and wonderous insects displayed and labeled inside glass cases. Several live specimens were also housed there for public observation. This is definitely worth the visit! more

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3 of 5 stars
mags2198   63 contributions
Millwood, NY
Jul 26, 2006
2
people found this review helpful

Lots of insects, but unfortunately most of them are stuffed. The museum is very small and you can see it all in about 30 minutes. My son (8 y.o.) enjoyed it, but overall you don't get a lot of bang for your buck. more

Just So-So
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3 of 5 stars
NYC_Tourist1   55 contributions
NYC
Aug 6, 2005
4
people found this review helpful

The Insectarium is located on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens. It was good for kids, but was very small. There was an interactive computer and screen show center. Then there were some exhibits on bugs with some interesting bug models. You should at least see it since when you get the tickets to the gardens this is included. more

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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Boston, MA
Oct 1, 2002
12
people found this review helpful

We took our 5 year old and 1 year old on a day trip of the Botanical Gardens and visited the insectarium as part of the trip. It has an amazing collection of, well, bugs! It's not the most spectacular pleace I have ever seen, but engaging and we all learned a few things. Some of the beetles were incredible,... more

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4 of 5 stars
clarisse18   11 contributions
France
Aug 27, 2009

l'insectarium est intéressant pour les enfants, mais c'est surtout le jardin botanique qui vaut le détour. Immense, il comprend en... more

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Montreal Insectarium Address

4581 rue Sherbrooke Est | at the Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec H1X 2B2, Canada
Tel: 514-872-1400 Fax: 514-872-0662