Ingenium

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation (French: Ingenium – Les musées des sciences et de l'innovation du Canada), formally the National Museum of Science and Technology (Musée national des sciences et de la technologie), is a Canadian Crown corporation responsible for overseeing national museums related to science and technology. The name is based on the Latin root of the word ingenuity. Until June 2017, the corporation was branded as Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation (Société du Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada).

This article is about the Canadian crown corporation. For the family of motor vehicle engines, see Ingenium engine family.
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
FormerlyCanada Science and Technology Museum Corporation
Company typeCrown corporation
Founded1967 (1967)
Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Christina Tessier, CEO
OwnerGovernment of Canada
Divisions
Websitewww.ingeniumcanada.org

The corporation oversees the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

The corporation's museums are associated with the Canadian Museum Association, the Virtual Museum of Canada and the Canadian Heritage Information Network. Ingenium has an open documents portal where the corporation shares working documents and corporate plans. It also maintains an open data portal.

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