The purpose of the Corporation, as defined in the Act, is to foster scientific and technological literacy throughout Canada by establishing, maintaining and developing a collection of scientific and technological objects, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, and by demonstrating the products and processes of science and technology and their economic, social and cultural relationships with society. It consists of three museums: the Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM), the Canada Aviation Museum (CAvM) and the Canada Agriculture Museum (CAgM).