The “Société franco-ontarienne du patrimoine et de l’histoire d’Orléans“ (SFOPHO) continued several of its activities by going digital via Zoom. We had over 40 virtual participants at our last Annual General Meeting and over 77 participants at our virtual book launch, “If our stained-glass windows could talk…” We continue to reach our members through our […]
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2020 was likely the most difficult year since the Workers’ History Museum founding on January 11, 2011. COVID-19 restrictions hit us hard in early March 2020 as we had to postpone our Annual General Meeting, Public Service Alliance events we had planned on attending were cancelled and all of our regularly planned events, like our Trivia […]
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Built in 1860, Watson’s Mill has remained resilient over 161 years as an operational water powered flour mill. The challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic were met head on by the staff, volunteers, and visitors of Watson’s Mill. Everyone remained committed to the Mill being accessible. We were able to safely open, providing […]
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2020 proved to be a year like no other for all of us. Those of us who are lucky enough to play music and share it with others had to look for ways to keep going, to keep connected, and to keep inspired. In our own ways, the band of the Sons of Scotland was […]
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The Pinhey’s Point Foundation began 2020 with great expectations for marking the 200th anniversary of Hamnett Pinhey’s arrival in Canada and the 40th anniversary of the Foundation. We were helping Pinhey descendants organize a family reunion and were hard at work on special bicentenary exhibits. While the reunion was postponed, we continued to work on […]
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This past year, the Ottawa Jewish Archives has made it a priority to focus on our presences online. With the pandemic pushing everything online it was important that we adapted and found ways to still connect with our community regardless of location. The easiest way to achieve this goal was to increase our social media […]
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The Osgoode Township Museum is located off Bank St. in rural Ottawa south. The site is home to a 10,000 square ft. heritage garden, an Orchard, an Agriculture Barn with an impressive exhibition of early farming equipment and a mid-century school house which houses the collection and permanent exhibits. We are a small but mighty […]
See moreThe Ottawa Museum Network provides a strong voice for Ottawa’s community museums and a collaborative framework within which they can enhance their impact. Resiliency is at the heart of our organization. During the beginning stages of the pandemic, our organization put into place tools and procedures that took care of the mental and physical well-being […]
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The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) is a leader in the collection, conservation, study and dissemination of artifacts and documentation related to the Mississippi Valley and Canada’s industrial textile heritage for over 35 years. This past year, the Museum was awarded the 2020 Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Award (Resilient Historic Places) from the National Trust for […]
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Bonjour, Kwey, Hi, Like all of us in 2020, the Vanier Museopark has faced and overcome many challenges: COVID-19, a fire which devastated our sugar shack, as well as the sudden passing of our general director. 2021 may be equally unpredictable, but the Vanier Museopark has proven that it can reinvent itself by offering digital […]
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