Location
Regular Hours: 11am to 6pm Th-F, 11am to 5pm Sat
Email: borealmuseum@gmail.com
Passion and Expertise
The Boreal Museum
Based in Thunder Bay, The Boreal Museum is nestled in the heart of Northwestern Ontario.
We are a local start-up company with a passion for Natural History and the Sciences. We saw a need for more accessibility to education, particularly in the sciences in our community and are doing our best to make the world a little bit smarter, one person at a time.
Learn More About Our Mission
Experience History
at The Boreal Museum
We at The Boreal Museum love to see participants experience joy, as well as a spark of excitement for learning.
Our mission at The Boreal Museum is to inspire and educate our community. By creating interactive educational moments we want to tell, and preserve, the story of our area and natural habitats world wide. Inspiring a future generation to become life-long learners, and helping future generations understand our world, climate, and even sometimes beyond. We want to keep growing in our community, to be able to reach wider and wider audiences. To inspire, to educate, and to cultivate, learning and a love for science and natural history.
Initialized: November 2019
Founded by: Jason Feller and passionate community members
Focus: Science kits and educational moments
Goal: Physical space for larger exhibits
The Mighty Collection
Our collection of artifacts is continually growing. We pride ourselves on having unique specimens from all over the world. From Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs to Local Silver Ore, we are excited to help enrich everyone's lives through interpretation and display of our exciting specimens.
500+
Artifacts
184
Lives Enriched
3800M
Years (Oldest Object)
Minerals
Biology
Space
Mammals
Dinosaur
Aquatic
Artifacts from our collection
Explore some highlights from our growing collection
Our Programs
Educational programs designed to inspire learning and discovery
Foragers Walk - Walking Tours
Come join us on these guided walking tours and learn about all the amazing wild foods that grow in the Boreal Forests surrounding Thunder Bay! These guided tours will take place at the LPH Greenspace or the Tree Farm at 25th Side Road and will last from 1 to 1.5 hours long.
Duration: 1-1.5 hours
Science Kits
Our current focus is on creating science kits and science moments that can be enjoyed at home. These educational kits are designed to bring hands-on learning experiences directly to you.
At-home learningFor current events and program schedules, visit our Facebook page
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Every Story Counts
Being able to interpret our natural world can sometimes be hard to grasp through pictures alone.
How big IS a moose when you're standing next to it? How many rings are in the biggest trees in the world?
To help us tell these stories, we use artifacts from our collection. We want to be able to constantly expand our stories, to tell better ones!
Donations of taxidermy, fossils, minerals, and many other science related things can greatly help us tell these important stories.
Contact us about item donations:
Email: borealmuseum@gmail.com
Help Us Grow
At the Boreal Museum, we are constantly trying to accommodate wider audiences, as well as make educational experience more accessible to all.
Your donation could help inspire future scientists by helping us reach our potential.
"An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment."
Get in Touch
We'd love to hear from you! Reach out for questions, donations, or to learn more about our programs.
Hours
Regular Hours:
Thursday - Friday: 11am to 6pm
Saturday: 11am to 5pm