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Montreal Biodome

The Montreal Biodome (Biodôme de Montréal) is a facility located in Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome. It hosted both cycling and judo events. Renovations on the building began in 1989 and in 1992 the indoor nature exhibit was opened.


The facility allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas:


• The Tropical Forest is a replica of the South American rainforest.


• The Laurentian Forest is a replica of the North American wilderness.


• The Saint Lawrence Marine Eco-system is an estuary habitat modeled on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


• A polar area that is divided into Arctic and Antarctic.


All the exhibits are housed inside the velodrome (cycling stadium) that was used for the cycling and judo events of the 1976 Summer Olympics, with each of the four environments taking up a portion of the stadium. A variety of animals live in each simulated habitat, ranging from the macaws in the Tropical Forest, to the lynx in the Laurentian Forest, to the penguins in the Antarctic and the different kinds of fish that inhabit the waters of the Saint Lawrence River.


The building was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert as part of his much larger plan for a massive Olympic park.


Montreal Biodome

4777, avenue Pierre-De Coubertin

Montreal, QC

(514) 868-3000