OTTAWA.- Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada’s national museum of natural history, unveiled its renewed historic public exhibitions site in downtown Ottawa on May 22, the International Day for Biological Diversity. The six-year, $216-million refit of the building was funded by the Government of Canada. Five signature exhibitions depicting Canada’s unique natural environment were developed with generous corporate and individual support totalling $12-million. The stunning result is a major national historic site transformed into a 21st-century national museum of the natural sciences. A weekend long public celebration is planned for May 22 to 24, to launch the new Canadian Museum of Nature. “Thanks to the major investment made by the Government of Canada, we now have a fully modern natural science museum housed in a significant national historic site,” said Joanne DiCosimo, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Nature. “Canada now ha