Our members

House History Ottawa specializes in research and writing of house, neighbourhood, and family histories and contributes to other projects, e.g. heritage designations.

Jane’s Walk is a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours that help put people in touch with their city, the things that happen around them, the built environment, the natural environment, and especially with each other.  Jane’s Walk bridges social and geographic gaps and creates a space for cities to discover themselves.  The walks are given by local people who care passionately about where they live, work, and play. Jane’s Walk is a pedestrian-focused event that improves urban literacy by offering insights into local history, planning, design, and civic engagement through the simple act of walking and observing.

Know History provides historical services – which means that they help individuals and organizations that want to research, present or document the past.  They have worked with museums, government bodies, Aboriginal organizations, non-profits, and corporations on a variety of projects both large and small.  Since the company’s founding they have completed more than 100 projects for clients across Canada.

Lanark County Arts & Heritage (LCAH) aims to represents cultural organizations throughout the county, providing a forum for communication and collaboration. LCAH enthusiastically promotes the activities and events of member sites and provides professional development opportunities.

Main activities:

1. To enhance and encourage preservation of the heritage of Lanark County and environs.
2. To bring together those people interested in the diverse arts and heritage of Lanark County.
3. To cultivate interest in the past.
4. To advance education by improving the public’s understanding and awareness of Lanark
County heritage.
5. To promote historical research.
6. To carry out activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above purposes.

Museum Labour offers resources and support to emerging professionals in the museum and museum-adjacent fields.

The Osgoode Township Museum is a community museum that encourages, as well as secures and preserves, research into the history of the Township of Osgoode. It promotes public interest in the history of the area and maintains a museum and the property as a repository for Indigenous and pioneer relics, artifacts, historical documents, and other articles of historical significance.

The Ottawa Jewish Archives collections encompass thematic areas including individuals, families, businesses, congregations, and community organizations and associations established and maintained by Ottawa’s Jewish community. The strengths of the collections are in their capacity to promote social histories that may otherwise be lost to time, and to preserve narratives that trace and celebrate the worth of Jewish people and Jewish heritage in Canada’s capital.

OPL has 34 branches, physical and virtual at BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca, to serve you.  Our mission is to inspire learning, spark curiosity, and connect people.