# Montreal Insectarium

- **Country:** Canada
- **Coordinates:** 45.560833, -73.557778
- **Logo:** Montrealinsectariumlogo.png
- **Opened:** 1990
- **Members:** CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada
- **Location:** 4581 Sherbrooke Street EastMontreal, QuebecH1X 2B2
- **Logo Width:** 200px
- **Date Opened:** February 7, 1990
- **Num Animals:** 160000
- **Num Species:** 95
- **Publictransit:** Pie-IX Viau
- **Annual Visitors:** 695404

The Montreal Insectarium 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. 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 butterflies to bees and ants.

![Photo of Montreal Insectarium](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Montreal_Insectarium_2017.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Insectarium (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)