Space for Life () is a museum district in

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. It consists of five natural museums: the

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, Biodome,

Planetarium A planetarium (: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetariums is ...

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and

Insectarium An insectarium is a live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects. Insectariums often display a variety of insects and similar arthropods, such as spiders, beetles, cockroaches, ants, bees, millipedes, centipedes, crickets, grasshopp ...

. Space for Life was established in 2011 as a successor body to Montreal Nature Museums. It describes itself as the largest natural sciences complex in Canada. As of 2013, its executive director is Charles-Mathieu Brunelle and

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member Manon Gauthier is responsible for its political oversight."The Societe des musees quebecois awards it 2013 Prix Excellence to The Montreal Space for Life for the creation of the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium," ''Canada NewsWire'', 10 October 2013
Coderre names executive committee
CTV News, 19 November 2013, accessed 5 December 2013.

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* * {{Coord, 45.5557, N, 73.5555, W, source:wikidata, display=title Neighbourhoods in Montreal Museum districts Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

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