Our Wildfires Theatre is a must-see attraction at the museum. With 4 educational and inspiring movies playing all day, covering a wide range of topics. Learn about wildfires and forest conservation efforts with our “Wildfires!” and “Gone Forest Fire Fighting!” movies. Or learn more about key figures in aviation as well as ecology with our “Blake” and “Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope” movies.
Wildfires! is an award-winning 2011 movie by Science North that takes you into the heart of a major forest fire. Experience how fires are created and how they are controlled from the air and on the ground by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Drawing on decades of work by the world’s most famous ethologist and environmentalist, Jane Goodall-Reasons for Hope, is 2023 film that journeys around the globe to highlight good news stories that will inspire people to make a difference in the world around them. Featured stories include the re-introduction of the American Bison by the Blackfeet Nation, the Sudbury Regreening Story.
The 1991 film by Lloyd Walton for the Ministry of Natural Resources about city-slicker Jack Minor’s first season as a FireRanger in Northern Ontario. It’s an adventure, but he doesn’t do much fishing!
