Reviews of The Biosphere, Environment Museum (Zoo)

Gaming In The Kitchen

We liked the view, even the show in the cinema was amazing a lot of information even for kids they enjoyed everything highly recommend

Emanuele Spies

Oh my God this place is so beautiful! Despite the fact that I went to visit it in winter days with some parts close due to some construction. The place is colder than the city. It is also hard to walk in some areas. I recommend to go using the street in the lateral of the station not the one closer to the biosphere - because it will be easier to walk - also the view is superb.

Adnan Amin

I haven't been inside of this place. However, the outside looks absolutely beautiful! Especially during the night time.

Michael Angiletta

Very well organized and full of interesting and useful information. I was impressed with the experience. Under utilized for sure. I would not hesitate to bring my kids again, in fact they asked me to bring them again. Worth the trip and cost. Pay for the whole day parking, it will take more than one hour to take it all in.

ken “404” c

The Biosphere is a steel structure that covers the environment museum. It looks good but as far as i know it doesnt really serve any purpose. The environment museum is really small and only have a few exhibits. The view at the observation deck is nice but the steel structure kinda obstruct the view. Also parking is not free and you have to pay abt 20 bucks for the museum. Overall, I believe the cost outweight the benefits you get from this attraction. If youre biking there or walk by it will be nice to take some picture along the way. However, if youre driving there just for this attraction. I believe you will find this place a bit lacking.

Linda Gomes

Very nice place. A must go. The saint Helene island is also awesome and worth a visit. There are spots where you can fish, soak your feet in the water and relax. You can also enjoy a great view of the city

Alex Rotari

Parking is too expensive 8$/h, otherwise it is a nice park.

Pierre Teyssedre

Very nice museum of the weather! Learn and have a great moment with kids and alone ! Very nice view as well

Marc Pilmann

Interesting museum with lots of good information on climatology and climate change blended with some local aspects. The biosphere itself is an intriguing construction and the park around there often features concerts or similar things.

Jarod Tracey

Very boring for me and my nephews, I would recommend for them to make it more interactive and engaging for both children and adults. The best part was going to the roof and looking at the beautiful Montreal skyline

Zoe Jackson

It’s really interesting to go outside and view the city skyline through the bars of the biosphere. However, I felt the inside exhibits were lacking. There wasn’t really much to see in each room other than one large attraction/activity in the middle. I wasn’t engaged to learn more about the exhibits. I don’t think it was worth the price I paid.

Adrian Law

Good centre for learning about the environment and really interesting architecture. However, not ideal for kids younger than 8-10. There just isn't enough interactive exhibits - more reading based. The tour, overall, is also quite short. So value for $$$ is also average.

Bartholomew T

Currently there is construction going on from the Metro Station walking to the Biosphere. So the area is all fence up. The environment museum is worth a visit ($15 for adult per entrance). There are facilitators who are very friendly and explaining everything if you approach them. The exhibits seem very updated and a lot of interactive activities.

Anonymous

I haven't been to the biosphere since I was a kid, I went today and it's really nice! Lots of great permanent exhibitions - and what the website doesn't tell you is there are in fact multiple exhibits all permanent. …

Sebastian Mot

This place is such a uniquely innovate concept for a museum! The exhibits are informative, thought provoking and eye opening with plenty of activities to do. There are six levels with different types of exhibits on each level. Great price for an afternoon of exploration and learning. I only wish we had more time to explore, highly recommend!

Max Bauer

Great outdoor elevated view from inside the sphere, as modern interractive displays on the past history of the structure; from it's original conception as the American pavilion for the universal exposition of 1967, by architect Buckminister Fuller, to today's vocation as the modern St Lawrence river ecosystem awareness Biosphere museum for the greater common good, as for all present and futur generations. My only missing star is for the fact that - although interresting, convivial and well maintained, has not enough actual physical souvenirs of the past half century of the area, rich in history, and relys more on interractive visual displays, but overall still worth the visit. To avoid on busy summer days, as the masses of visitors can sometimes be overwhelming, to fully appreciate the surrounding views in a relaxed atmosphere.

Ryan Zacharias

A unique and fun experience for folks wishing to learn more about the environment, and for those who don't, it's at least a cool perspective to be inside a giant ball. Reasonable prices, and lots of material to look at.

J K

Nice place. No student discount. They have fun information about the science expo and on saving the environment. They have a really cool and creative movie about climate change as well. I had fun even though was a little pricey.

Marlène Da Silva

The biosphère is a unique place in the heart of Parc Jean-drapeau which is a very beautiful place to walk on a sunny day. It's a good museum to learn and raise public awareness of our environment. What are the major environmental issues for …

Michael Cannistraro

The Biosphere is an amazing place. If you are interested in the learning about the environment, climate change, renewable energies, self-sustaining cities, or anything eco-friendly related, the Biosphere would be a great place to visit.

Sumeet Ranka

It is an amazing place. The place exhibits museums about Montreal Expo 1967 plans and history of the Biosphere, about climate change, and how Montreal plans to make it the best ecological city in the world. …

Alvin Ho

Great place to go to learn about changing conditions of the Earth's climate and how it's affected the culture and people of Montreal. It's particularly children friendly and although it is geared towards children, it's also appropriate for adults too. Parking is ample and easy to find, although it closes fairly early at 5pm. When people leave however, account for extra time as the exit road is fairly cramped.

LV RB

Great experience - beautifully designed and the staff are helpful. The museum part is limited but its reflective of the admission price

Ion Mocan

Nice place for a walk/bike/skate. Wasn't crowded at all in November.

Ed Truong

It was nice. The sphere itself dominated the view as a landmark. It is very much the centre piece of the park there. There is an admission fee of 15CAD and if you take your time you could be in there for about 2-3 hours. You get to learn about the green initiatives that Montreal is trying to promote. It would be quite educational for young children to learn about being green and the impact of human consumption on our earth.

Lars Elling Lunde

Anyone familiar with the work and thinking of Buckminster Fuller NEEDS to pay this temple for his visionary ideals of sustainable co-existence through design a visit. SO MANY cool ideas expressed here, in cool engaging ways.

Gilles Saindon

Once in, with map in hand I found the initial contact with staff very strict. Many rules, procedures and timelines explained and repeated. To some degree I felt frozen in my tracks. …

Diana Oskov

Great arhitectural design. Nice educational exhibits. It requires time to be able to read and learn. I wished they had more hands on experience and make it more interactive.

Elio Assuncao

Lots of interactive sessions, top viewpoint is closed due to Covid

Javier Fojo

It is a little bit expensive. Kids don't pay, but adults entrance is like $15 plus taxes and parking is like $8 for 1 hour and $14 for 2 hours. This is a place to spend at least two to four hours. Be prepared to watch some videos and do some tests. Next time will definitely go to the next door pool.

Sharath Bennur

Couple of things to clarify up front, it's not expensive too go here, about $18 per adult when we went plus parking. Also the pictures of the Buckminster dome belong to the biosphere, the biodome is different and next to the Olympics stadium. Interesting exhibits, a couple of hours needed for the entire place. There's parking on site and if you have time, you can probably see more of the island too.

Diba Sanatgar

An absolutely fascinating place for both adults and kids!

TheDoubleyou

It's a worth seeing park while you in montreal. The Sphere is an interesting landmark in the park. There are many good trails for a walk as well as bikes with some scenic views. Parking is not an issue there as you find plenty of parking there.

James Mandeville

This is a fantastic museum but can be limited depending on the time of day you come. They had several fantastic exhibits about climatology, meteorology and the effects of the weather. There was a very interesting demonstration and informative exhibit about the floods in Calgary back in 2013. The Biosphere has a fantastic section on Expo 67. It was arguably one of the best put together world's fairs. It happened over 50 years ago yet the technologies and ideas that were displayed we're very much cutting edge and modern even by today's standards. I wish they would talk more about Buckminster Fuller and dive deeper into the history behind this unique geodesic dome. You had to really dig in through the museum to find any history of what is probably the most unusual architectural thing in all of Montreal. the history of the house and the dome was buried inside of a space exploration exhibit on the first floor. if you pick up the headphones and listen to all of the recordings it talks about the history of the museum, Buckminster Fuller and Expo 67. This place is definitely worth going to and spending a few hours!

L E

It was a pleasant experience, I think it would be very enjoyable for people with children because a lot of the exhibitions were created with children in mind. The staff were polite, friendly, and very helpful. I liked the exhibit about futuristic cities and Montreal in the future. Let’s hope that future-Montreal is more accessible for people with disabilities than present-Montreal! Oh, speaking of accessibility, this museum is accessible, with elevators and ramps, which I was happy to note.

regis kwong

Although many people feel there are not much to see inside the biosphere, this is a great place to take pictures of the biosphere at night. The night photos of the sphere with different colors come out very beautiful. When we went there last week, the night sky in Montreal was bright with a full moon. A combination of a full moon with the colorful biosphere rendered an amazing photo. In additional to the biosphere onto opp, the view of the night sky line of Downtown Montreal from here is just as a spectacular a photo spot. I took a photo of the skyline with the full moon on the side. The picture was fantastic with full of colors. Getting to the biosphere is a bit difficult as it is located on a man made island. You can either take a ferry from the mainland or ride an Uber. We chose a latter. Getting Uber to come back to the mainland was easy as well. We only waited less than 10 minutes for an Uber to pick us up and another 15 minutes for us to get back to our hotel in downtown.

Akash Mandal

A nice place to learn about ecosystems. A great place for children, especially. Quite educational in nature with presentations, and labs and interactive stuff.

Lou

This is a wonderful place. My kids enjoyed and learned a lot. So many things I ignore about indoor air contamination. Staff are incredibly kind and helpful. Great views! ❤️ ????????

Michael Salton

Cool looking place, has nice views from the top. Personally wouldn’t say it’s the most exciting museum ever. Mostly just reading and a few interactive screens. But other then the kind of boring contents of the museum it’s a cool place just to check out. The surrounding area is very nice as well and definitely worth exploring.

Bibil Krishna

A natural space of attraction which is unique gives a replica of ecosystem!! Admission at the place cost CAD 20 for adults and its worth visit for students to learn and understand environment studies !!

Eric Davis

The grounds are nice and there is a nice view from the top floor, but there aren't many exhibits. OK for ages 10+.

S.Sulianah Swift-Kendrick -

No regrets. Biosphere was amaze-ball!! Of all Montreal attractions, I can say this is in the top tier of a must-go. There were not many visitors yet at this time. Although it started to drizzle, I could take quite a number of beautiful shots of the massive biosphere structure. This environment museum is located on a large land on Saint Helen's Island. The exhibits tells a story not merely showing the facts, which is astonishing. I know we have climate problems affecting us in some ways but I ignored the facts in a micro perspectives, like how it affects certain types of crops and animals which has disrupted our eco-system. The dilemma has already began, altering our living condition. You should also walk towards the other side of the area where the view of St. Lawrence River is spectacular. The crystal baby blue water is pretty and majestic. There are lots of spots for photography and also this is a place if you need to be in a surreal environment with no traffic. Another go-to spot is to walk towards the cafe, there is a massive space to look out to the view of Montreal city and Mont Royal across the river. Gorg! I planned to stay there for an hour but ended up extending it to three. It was already four in the afternoon when I left the place.

Haley (haley)

Beautiful building amazing for photography was shocked at the sheer size of it . The size of the inside of the museum and sight didn’t really seem worth it plus other reviews saying so but it’s 100% worth visiting the outside

Nile Livesey (Scolirk)

I don't feel we got our money's worth at $15 per person. There's not much to actually do, and the Expo 67 exhibit was mostly just a couple pictures tucked away in a closet. There's so much potential for this venue.

Michael Wu

The place introduce a lot about sustainable developments, resourses and earth sciences, good place to go if you are interested. Meanwhile it's also really relaxing due to thw good environment. The price is fair, too.

Philip DeCosse

This place re-opened in August under management of the Montreal environment office after having been managed for years by the national government. Exhibits were redone and they are of the highest professional quality. For anyone interested in understanding environment and its the challenges globally and in the city of Montreal and the Quebec province this is fantastic. And the building itself and exhibit about the 1967 expo are also exquisitely done. The hanging Garden at the entrance is a good example of presenting something fascinating and beautiful and explaining the mechanics behind it at the same time. And this is a wonderful place for children to learn through tactile interactions. Very much worth the visit!

Dipesh Nepal

If you are interested in architecture and structures this will be the place to go. This place also has futuristic elements and positive vibes for future of our world. You can also walk a little to the bridge to see Saint Lawrence River and adjacent parks

Amrita Nagarajan

This museum is perfect for a day trip and you can occupy yourselves heat for a long while. This museum focuses on the environment and how it is being badly impacted through our day to day activities. The biosphere has conveyed this in many ways. For example, through hour long speeches using interactive presentations as well as short films. The museum has an ecolab with short experiments you can involve yourself in and lookout point where you can look at the view from a high point. I would highly recommend going to this museum. It is very suitable and educational for children as well. The museum makes learning fun!!!

Maria E Eduarda

After going to the Biodome, I had high expectations for this place. Honestly, the exterior structure is the only thing I enjoyed about it. I would pay $5 to see what I saw.. I Paid $21, and after 10min I just wanted to leave. There's no restaurant working as well because of Covid restrictions. Disappointing!

Jeff Heskin

A super interesting architectural facility. Many great exhibits about the environment. The nearby park and trails are also nice to experience.

J

This museum is a waste of money. If you’re an average informed person then you already know all the information presented here about climate change. There are interactive things for young kids so I would really only recommend for families.

Michael T

A must visit museum for all ages. Very beautiful decors. I love the 360 video presentation and the fifth floor outdoor visit where you have an amazing high view of the surrounding. Don't forget to take some pictures with your loves one. …

Neil Cavendish

Ok wow. Was not sure what to expect from this place. I saw it and had to go and dam it did not disappoint. I'm sure it won't be for everyone but I found this place to be fantast. Super interesting and well presented rooms that take you …

Pei-Yu Lin

We had a great time visiting. Interactive and educational museum where me and my 6 years old spent nearly 4 hours. The top floor viewing area is a must see (altho a lot of construction going around). The structure itself is simply beautiful. A great discovery: admission free for 17 and under. Don't drive, take the metro. It's only 3 minutes walk from metro Jean Drapeau.

Parvez Fattah

Although the Biosphère is not that interesting, the area surrounding it is nice. Places to have a picnic on the grass. Accessible by both train and public bus. Parking onsite for 20 dollars for the whole day.

David Mark

Interesting structure....wish it was open to the public.

Arnav Gupta

Great museum! Lots of interesting things to do. I really liked the exhibit on one of the top floors about the next generation of community loving, so insightful. Also the dome is a wonder to look at. I highly recommend spending atleast 2 hours exploring.

Melania Di Biase

Very nice place. A lot to learn about environment: air and water pollution, weather condition and indoor plants. It was science day so admission was free. From the last floor of the biosphere you get an amazing view of Montréal. Around the biosphere you can walk and see amazing spots. Interesting and well organized.

Justin Wood

Fantastic place that's perfect for both kids and adults! Lots of new animals everywhere you look. I would definitely recommend getting a package deal with the biosphere and observatory.

Michelle Massaro

Way too much reading, not enough to actually see. The 360 movie was.the best part of the museum. Checking out the building/structure itself and the view from the top (inside) was the main highlight.