Embedding In Wx5

import wx
import wx.lib.mixins.inspection as wit

if 'phoenix' in wx.PlatformInfo:
    import wx.lib.agw.aui as aui
else:
    import wx.aui as aui

import matplotlib as mpl
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg import FigureCanvasWxAgg as Canvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg import NavigationToolbar2Wx as Toolbar


class Plot(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent, id=-1, dpi=None, **kwargs):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id=id, **kwargs)
        self.figure = mpl.figure.Figure(dpi=dpi, figsize=(2, 2))
        self.canvas = Canvas(self, -1, self.figure)
        self.toolbar = Toolbar(self.canvas)
        self.toolbar.Realize()

        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer.Add(self.canvas, 1, wx.EXPAND)
        sizer.Add(self.toolbar, 0, wx.LEFT | wx.EXPAND)
        self.SetSizer(sizer)


class PlotNotebook(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent, id=-1):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id=id)
        self.nb = aui.AuiNotebook(self)
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer()
        sizer.Add(self.nb, 1, wx.EXPAND)
        self.SetSizer(sizer)

    def add(self, name="plot"):
        page = Plot(self.nb)
        self.nb.AddPage(page, name)
        return page.figure


def demo():
    # alternatively you could use
    #app = wx.App()
    # InspectableApp is a great debug tool, see:
    # http://wiki.wxpython.org/Widget%20Inspection%20Tool
    app = wit.InspectableApp()
    frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, 'Plotter')
    plotter = PlotNotebook(frame)
    axes1 = plotter.add('figure 1').gca()
    axes1.plot([1, 2, 3], [2, 1, 4])
    axes2 = plotter.add('figure 2').gca()
    axes2.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [2, 1, 4, 2, 3])
    frame.Show()
    app.MainLoop()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    demo()