Biosphere
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Biosphere is Montreal’s environmental museum on Saint Helen’s Island, in Parc Jean-Drapeau, housed in the former United States pavilion at Expo 67.
Why go
- Expo 67’s most visited pavilion drew 5.3 million visitors.
- Spaceship Earth at EPCOT Center was influenced by the Biosphere’s geodesic dome.
Opening hours
Today09:00 – 17:00Show all
MondayClosed
Tuesday09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday09:00 – 17:00
Thursday09:00 – 17:00
Friday09:00 – 17:00
Saturday09:00 – 17:00
Sunday09:00 – 17:00
Know before you go
- Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 09:00–17:00.
What's inside
- The museum connects current social and environmental issues with science, culture and social innovation, inviting visitors to discuss them.
With kids
- Interactive exhibitions and activities explore water, air, climate change, ecotechnologies and sustainable development.
Interesting facts4
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The pavilion’s steel frame forms more than three-quarters of a sphere.
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The carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene was named after architect R. Buckminster Fuller.
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A constructed wetland treats the museum’s wastewater; its treatment system has been scientifically monitored since opening.
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The dome’s prefabricated steel structure was clad with acrylic honeycomb panels.
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History
- 1965Construction began in December under the George A. Fuller Company.
- 1967The pavilion opened at Expo 67. Exhibits included NASA spacecraft such as Freedom 7, Gemini 7 and Apollo AS-202, Hollywood memorabilia, 22 large-scale works by American artists, and the Minirail monorail.
- 1968Renamed Biosphere, it opened as an aviary and arboretum with four suspended gardens and hundreds of birds.
- 1972Past attractions included a Japanese garden, baboons and a children's adventure area called Sleeping Beauty's Fantasy Land.
- 20 May 1976A welding crew sparked a fire that burned the acrylic bubble but left the steel truss standing. The building remained closed and unused until 1990.
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- 1990Environment Canada funded its conversion into an interactive museum about regional water ecosystems.
- 6 June 1995The museum opened in enclosed buildings inside the original steel skeleton. Éric Gauthier designed the buildings.
- 2007Its designation changed from water museum to environmental museum.
- 12 April 2021Its operations joined Espace pour la vie, Montreal's municipal nature-science museum complex.
- 2021The New York Times named the dome among the 25 most significant works of postwar architecture.
Sources: Montreal Biosphere - Wikipedia · Montreal/Parc Jean-Drapeau - Wikivoyage (see) · Biosphère Montreal - Wikipedia · Biosphère (Montréal) - Wikipedia · checked 28 Sep 2026
Where
160 Tour-de-l'Isle Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal
- Phone
- +1 514-868-3000
Questions and answers
Where is the Biosphere in Montreal?
It is at 160 Chemin Tour-de-l'Isle in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen’s Island.
Did a train run through the pavilion?
Yes. The Minirail monorail ran through it during Expo 67.
Is the solar eco-home still an exhibit here?
The nearby solar eco-home was an exhibit from 2008 to 2013.
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