“A Modern Castle” is the story of the massive $250 million rebuilding project of one of Canada’s most treasured historical buildings, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. Using source material filmed over five years, including construction time lapse photography, historical recreations and 3D animations, the film documented the progress and pitfalls encountered by the team of world-class architects, artisans, historians and scientists as they sought to rebuild and rededicate one of greatest natural science museums in the world.

“A Modern Castle” premiered as the inaugural film shown in the Museum’s new HD theatre, attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, and was subsequently broadcast on Discovery Canada.”