Nature in bloom
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
- Verse from Daffodils by William Wordsworth
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As we proceed through week eight of our museum closure, we continue to offer you a variety online resources so you can engage with nature right from your home. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for regular posts.
Nature Scoop
Learn how to press plants
Get out your trowel, notebook and pruners, and head into the outdoors. Our latest Nature Scoop with senior botany research assistant, Paul Sokoloff, shows you how easy it is to press your own plants.
Virtual tours!
Experience Canada's Arctic
Journey to Canada's North in this virtual tour of our Canada Goose Arctic Gallery. Check out a unique ice installation, impressive specimens, artifacts from the Franklin expedition, a recreated beluga smokehouse and much more!
New!
Great resources in #NatureForAll Discovery Zone
Nature-based activities, videos and other learning materials are all at your fingertips thanks to the #NatureFor All Discovery Zone database. Look for the Museum's Nature Scoops, Ignite presentations and other informative videos among the more than 100 resources on this site.
Citizen science
Expedition Arctic Botany on Zooniverse
Have an interest in plants? Keen on the Arctic? The Museum has a role for you! Anyone with internet access can join the museum’s “citizen-science” project to record online data for thousands of Arctic plants and lichens, some collected almost 200 years ago.
