History of Canada: Join us for a journey of discovery through the three galleries of the Canadian History Hall. Featuring key objects — many of which are national treasures — this entertaining tour also looks at the people, stories and key events that have helped shape this country.

Tickets will be available April 10.

• Neanderthals lived in caves, right?
  Wrong! Neanderthals mainly created open air shelters, such as this one found at the La Folie archaeological site near Poitiers, France.
• Neanderthals would often be seen carrying a club, right?
  Probably not. No clubs have ever been found at Neanderthal archaeological sites.
• Neanderthals didn’t like their veggies and mostly ate red meat, right?
  Wrong! Researchers have found that Neanderthals were omnivorous — eating meat, plants and fish — adapting their diet to what was available. Much like we do.

1. Making tools by hand requires talent that was clearly beyond Neanderthal capacity, right?
   Wrong! Neanderthals were skilled artisans who, for hundreds of thousands of years, fashioned tools like knives, blades and scrapers.
2. Neanderthals were definitely less smart than modern humans are, and that’s why they disappeared, right?
   We don’t know. Their disappearance is shrouded in mystery, but was most likely due to multiple factors that may include the impact of Homo sapiens.