Quinte Museum of Natural History

06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Pride Month is an annual celebration of how far LGBTQIA+ rights have come, and the work still left to do. This month reminds us to reflect on the fluidity of our world and how we can use lenses, such as q***r ecology, to examine our natural world from a unique and less-rigid perspective.

But why is Pride Month important?

Pride Month is so important because it’s a time for us all to reflect on the ongoing struggles that affect the LGBTQIA+ community and how this affects all of us. It serves as a reminder of the perseverance and resilience of q***r communities. We see how far our world has come and the ways in which we still need to work to improve the lives of and advocate for acceptance of marginalized communities.

What is Q***r Ecology and why does it matter?

Q***r Ecology is a field of study that focuses on questioning heteronormative assumptions in our scientific research! It’s important that we don’t make assumptions about scientific research based on what we deem to be “normal”. Same-sex pairings and relationships are incredibly common in many different ecosystems, yet due to our own biases, we may overlook and completely misunderstand what's truly going on in the world around us. It also helps challenge the thought that homosexuality is “unnatural” as we see it frequently in different ways in our natural world!

Interested in learning more? Check out some of these links below!
🔗Q***r Ecology, Explained. By Ingrid Bååth https://www.climateculture.earth/5-minute-reads/what-is-q***r-ecology
Exploring q***r ecology on Alberta’s Eastern Slopes
🔗https://y2y.net/blog/exploring-q***r-ecology-on-albertas-eastern-slopes/
Canada: Pride Month and Beyond
🔗https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/pride-month-canada/

The Quinte Museum of Natural History is located at 99 Dufferin Ave. Trenton, ON. The museum is currently open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm. For more information, check out or website quintemuseum.ca, or contact us at (613) 955-1802 - [email protected]

05/31/2026

As May comes to a close, we'd like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who came by and supported us during May is Museum Month and for your continued support of our museum! We would love to hear about how you celebrated May is Museum Month and share how museums have shaped your understanding of local history recently below!

The Quinte Museum of Natural History would like to also take this time to acknowledge and thank all of the local organizations that support us at the museum. Loans from places like the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Ontario Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ontario Geological Survey in Tweed allow us to showcase so many interesting specimens we otherwise would not have access to, being a small museum. To every person or organization that's helped our museum thrive, we thank you!



The Quinte Museum of Natural History is located at 99 Dufferin Ave. Trenton, ON. The museum is currently open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm.
For more information, check out or website quintemuseum.ca, or contact us at (613) 955-1802 - [email protected]

05/30/2026

It's another Fossil Friday and, even better, the wheel picked one of Finn's absolute favourites! 🌊🦴🪨 Had you ever heard of this guy before?

Resources:
- Eons video on whale evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSRKtT_9vw
- Paper on Basilosaurus stomach contents: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330272942_Stomach_contents_of_the_archaeocete_Basilosaurus_isis_Apex_predator_in_oceans_of_the_late_Eocene
- Paper on Basilosaurus bite marks on juvenile Dorudon skulls:https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/341.pdf

05/29/2026

If your kids just want to play games in their rooms this PA day, bring them to our museum to give our SALIX game a try! This fantastic, open-world game was created for our Expedition Alert exhibit by our incredible student partners at Loyalist College. It let's you explore around Alert, Nunavut through the eyes of an Arctic hare and learn about wildlife research and ecology along the way!

We hope you stop by and check it out! We are open 10am - 5pm.

05/28/2026

We are still looking for feedback in our Museum Expansion Survey! This survey will close on June 12th so we are seeking as many responses as possible until then. Take 7 minutes and help the Quinte Museum of Natural History plan our next chapter 🌿🔬🦕

We want to hear from you! 🎤

In partnership with Loyalist College’s Center for Healthy Communities, we are asking for feedback from you on a potential museum expansion project. We need members of our community to fill out a short survey (it should take about 7 minutes) to help us gauge interest in a larger museum, and input on what future offerings people would be most interested in. Your feedback will directly affect our next phase at the museum, so let your opinions be heard!

Take 7 minutes and help shape the future of your museum. Click here to participate: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/HT82VW2

05/27/2026

Our Education team and Social team sometimes want to convey their enthusiasm for our specimens in different ways... but we can all agree the Museum is pretty cool right now 😎❄️✨

05/25/2026

Let's jump back into our discussion on Arctic foxes! ❄️ Could you tell they're one of Finn's favourites? Thanks to the hard work of our partners, the research students from the Université du Québec à Rimouski studying Alert's wildlife, we have more trail camera footage of these fiesty little guys than almost any other animal, and we couldn't wait to share it with all of you.

Kinda makes you want to learn more and help out, right? We hope you'll check out these links to documentaries, papers, and symbolic adoption programs to find out even more frosty facts:

- Norwegian Polar Institute Report: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3512
- More on how red foxes affect Arctic foxes: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2709
- WWF Arctic fox adoptions: 1) https://shop.wwf.ca/products/arctic-fox-family?srsltid=AfmBOoolSZsQ_ZUbLbVi_s0XdhTkPApH50CJrkA1eUnpadJ2CBaJJotg, 2) https://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/species-adoptions/Arctic-Fox?bgc=101209&srsltid=AfmBOop4uF6R_-wo_bBz4IphXKvgu-PYEMw0aiH4ZpIC7jmWilHRarcD
- Earth Rangers Arctic fox adoption: https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/animals/the-arctic-fox-project/
- Arctic fox documentary by National Geographic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2EjMa2QddI
- A short documentary about a father looking to photograph Arctic foxes for his daughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNnxcMQrK4
- A short documentary about a family of Arctic foxes in Iceland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrq_Njgpglg
- Arctic fox love story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kiyWu_XNc
- Raising Arctic fox pups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgN_v8Ea-ig

05/25/2026

Welcome back to Frosty Facts where today, we are finally talking about Arctic foxes! ❄️

Arctic foxes are polar superheroes with a thousand tricks up their small sleeves to get them through the toughest situations. Here in part one, we give you some context to understand how they physically survive the Arctic, but in the next one, we'll tell you a little more about their families, behaviours, and how you can help them out. We hope to see you there!

05/24/2026

Did all this rain and murky weather put a dent in your plans for this weekend? The Quinte Museum of Natural History is open until 5pm today if you're looking for some fun indoor activity!

The Quinte Museum of Natural History is located at 99 Dufferin Ave., Trenton, ON. The museum is currently open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm.
For more information, check out or website quintemuseum.ca, or contact us at (613) 955-1802 - [email protected]

05/23/2026

The Quinte Museum of Natural History is dedicated to being a space that promotes curiosity, creativity, and a love of lifetime learning. We invite you to join us in celebrating May is Museum Month and let us know how visiting the museum has affected you and your loved ones and encouraged continuous learning in your lives!

At the Quinte Museum of Natural History, we recognize that everyone learns differently. That's why we present information in a variety of ways, including one of our favourites, the Touch Table! You're invited to get up close and personal with some local fossils and use your tactile skills to get to know these interesting specimens! Have you touched and identified all the different types of fossils at the touch table?