Rideau Branch Archives presents 3 FREE programs designed to provide practical information and ideas for researching, organizing and preserving cherished family history and memories. Presentation and discussion on researching the history of your house or property using documents, photographs, maps and other local resources. Admission is FREE, and no pre-registration is required.
Rideau Branch Archives presents 3 FREE programs designed to provide practical information and ideas for researching, organizing and preserving cherished family history and memories. Bring in your photos, letters, diaries, books, family or business papers, maps, etc. Archivists will be on hand to answer your questions and offer practical information and advice on interpretation and […]
The Digital Records Archivist at the City of Ottawa will present strategies for long-term home preservation of your valued digital images.
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 1:00 pm (Meeting at 1:30)Carlingwood Branch Meeting Room, Ottawa Public Library281 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3W4; 613-580-2940(OC Transpo Routes 11, 16, 87) Come join your fellow Branch members for an afternoon of conversation. After a brief Annual General Meeting, our guest speaker will be Mags Gaulden. Her topic will be “The […]
This event is open to the General public, with free admission and parking. The presentation features author David McGee, who wrote the two Lost Ottawa books and hosts the Lost Ottawa Facebook page. At the start of the event, the Gloucester Chain of Office will be presented by Gloucester's last Mayor Claudette Cain (Coulas) to […]
Every year, this bilingual history fair provides opportunities for students from grades 4 to 10 in the Ottawa region to increase their awareness and understanding of Canadian heritage. This year, the event takes place in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History, where more than 200 students will present creative and innovative projects that […]
A talk by Betsey Baldwin, as part of the Historical Society of Ottawa 2018-2019 program.
England 1696: counterfeiting is rampant, the economy is in crisis and Sir Isaac Newton has been appointed Warden of the Royal Mint. Visit us at 2:00 pm for a thrilling talk about Newton’s single-minded pursuit of master counterfeiter and scammer William Chaloner. Presented by the Ottawa Numismatic Society and the Ottawa Baroque Consort. FREE ADMISSION
World Premiere of the new documentary about the historic On To Ottawa trek, with filmmaker Juan Bellow. In partnership with the Workers' History Museum - Musée de l’histoire ouvrière. This is event is part of MayWorks Ottawa 2019, Toppling the System: 100 years of the working class resistance and the arts. For more on this […]