Space for Life () is a museum district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of five natural museums: the Biosphere, Biodome, Planetarium, Botanical Garden and Insectarium.Max Harrold, "'It will be the most avant-garde planetarium'; Building to attain high environmental certification," Montreal Gazette, 2 February 2012, A4.
Space for Life was established in 2011 as a successor body to Montreal Nature Museums."Space for Life: New way to view nature," National Post, 5 May 2012, WP7. It describes itself as the largest natural sciences complex in Canada.What Is Space for Life?, Espace pour la vie Montréal, accessed 7 December 2013. As of 2013, its executive director is Charles-Mathieu Brunelle and Montreal executive committee 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.
See also Montreal Science Centre, a science museum in the Old Port
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