Earth Science Museum
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32469
Welcome to the Earth Sciences Museum
The University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum is open for people of all ages to enjoy, for FREE. No matter what your level of learning is, the museum serves to amaze the general public, elementary and high school groups, and university students alike.
News
- July 29, 2021Wally and Deanna’s Groundwater Adventure has recently been translated into Chinese!
YingYing is a postdoctoral fellowship working at the Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation Group in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo, and is a volunteer at The Groundwater Project!
- Mar. 24, 2021Quinn Worthington Wins Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
- Dec. 10, 2020Explore the Water Cycle with Wally and Deanna
You can now watch and listen to Wally and Deanna's water cycle adventure online! Follow Wally the Worm and Deanna Waterdroplet as they travel to the saturated zone and further.
Wally and Deanna use accurate terminology to describe their journey and explain how water droplets, like Deanna, travel from the sky to the ground, to an aquifer, to rivers and back up to the sky. This book and our new video are the perfect introduction for young children to the water cycle!
Events
- Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, 20232023 Ancaster Gem, Mineral, Bead & Jewellery Show
The Earth Sciences Museum will be hosting kids activities at the Ancaster Gem, Mineral, Bead & Jewellery Show!
- Oct. 27 to 28, 2023University of Waterloo 2023 Gem and Mineral Show
Visit the University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum for our annual Gem and Mineral Show! Admission is always free.
Meet our people
Tamara Koletic
Museum Data Co-ordinator & Website Designer (Winter 2021)
I am a second year student in the Physics and Astronomy program. I love learning about other planets as well as going outside at night and gazing up at the stars. I look forward to sharing my love of nature by helping build the Earth Sciences Museum website this term.