Think you know it all? Prove it!!! Monday, October 29, 2018, 7:00 PM Colonnade Restaurant (Corner of Metcalfe & Gilmour Streets), Ottawa $10 per person /4-6 players per team Reserve your table: call Barb at 613-837-8743 or email [email protected]
Come dressed up in your favourite costume. Discover spooky (and cute) ghosts and monsters throughout the museum to collect treats. There’s plenty of open space to run around and have fun in the Bunker. Feel free to bring a lunch and eat in our cafeteria! Note: The best way to get around underground is with […]
Neighbourhood trick-or-treaters are invited to drop by Fairfields Heritage House along their route for a sweet treat and other Halloween fun. Wednesday, October 31 from 4 pm to 8 pm Cost: Free
The Vanier Museopark invites the citizens of the former Eastview Municipality to our next edition of the Eastview Breakfasts. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 1st at 8:30am at the Sugar Shack around the theme of Daily Vanier . Interested parties are encouraged to bring photographs or other archival material. The Vanier Museopark will take this opportunity […]
Visitors of all ages are invited to join us as we pay respect to the experiences of veterans. Learn more about those who fought for Canada and why it is important to remember. Guest speaker LCol Raymond Corby will share his experiences in the military. Express your thanks by participating in the Postcards for Peace […]
Join the Bytown Museum for their Veterans Week, where they will be asking visitors to express how they remember our Veterans by writing them a postcard and help the Museum contribute to their Commemoration Wreath.
Keeping and digitizing family photographs can be a monumental challenge. From long term care to digitization, this talk will focus on storage solutions, digitization techniques and maintaining digital files. Presented by Kyla Ubbink, UBBINK Book and Paper Conservation.
The workshop will introduce participants to the methods and practices archivists use to arrange, describe, preserve and create finding aids for collections of varying sizes. This will include basic conservation practices, handling problem material, and guidelines for appraisal and weeding. Participants will have the opportunity to work in groups for hands-on processing. Objectives for workshop: […]
Lest We Forget. Have your child join us at the Museum on Sunday, November 11, 2018, 10am-12pm, to learn about and acknowledge the significance of Remembrance Day. Children will participate in the Postcards for Peace program, and help decorate a wreath which we will display while watching the Remembrance Day Parade pass by en route […]
Military members of the National Capital Region and their families and friends are invited to observe the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces (NMC) on Sunday, November 11th, 1030hrs. NMC is located within Beechwood Cemetery, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa. Military members should be dressed in service dress 1A, issued […]
For Remembrance Day, the Bytown Museum is offering free admission. It is open from 12 to 4 PM on this day.
In commemoration of the First World War centennial, the Archives of Ontario presents "Dear Sadie: Love, Lives, and Remembrance from Ontario's First World War". "Dear Sadie" highlights unique, personal stories underlying the war, based on a series of letters between a Canadian soldier fighting overseas and his sweetheart back home.
In November, at the CreActivity Club: Origami Animals! To learn the art of Japanese folding, the animators of our Club offer children to make paper animals! Saturday, November 17th at 10 AM at the Museopark. Activity free of charge for members of the Club or 3$ per child Limited to 30 places only, reservations [email protected] or 613-842-9871 ext. 0.
WEEKENDS ONLY 10am - 4pm: November 17 - 18, November 24 - 25, Dec 1 - Dec 2 An annual event where hand- made crafts and food vendors fill Watson's Mill with holiday cheer.
Sir Guy Carleton Branch, UELAC Fall Social, November 17, 2018 : 11:30-3:30 Speaker: UELAC Dominion President – Sue Morse-Hines All are welcome. New Venue! Salon “D”, Bldg. D, Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Ave. The room is completely accessible and washroom facilities are very close. Handicapped parking is located next to Lot #8. Parking, Pay & […]
Get a head-start on your Christmas shopping at Goulbourn Museum's Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market this Sunday, November 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This annual holiday celebration features local artisans, baked goodies, old world entertainment, historical reenactors, blacksmith demonstrations, and festive crafts. Vendors at this year's event will be selling a diverse array of handmade gift […]
Discover the content and use of this popular genealogy database, and learn some tips and tricks to improve your searches. Ancestry Library is available for free in all OPL branches.
What: Talk with Diego Elizondo, independent researcher on Franco-Ontarian history and heritage. Who was André Laurendeau? - Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Le Devoir from 1958 to 1968 and co-director of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada. When: Wednesday, November 21st at 6PM Where: Vanier Museopark | 300 des Peres Blancs Av. - 2nd […]
The federal government, proud steward of many national historic sites and other designated heritage properties, has an important role to play in the preservation of Canada’s built heritage and historic places. MP John Aldag will discuss initiatives being considered and undertaken at the federal level, including through Parliament, and their implications for our heritage. The […]
The Counting on Culture Symposium, presented by the University of Ottawa Centre on Governance in conjunction with the Ottawa Culture Research Group (OCRG), will provide an overview of key findings and insights from Ottawa’s most comprehensive development of culture indicators ever published. The OCRG is an innovative partnership that includes researchers from government, community organizations, […]
Jennifer Halsall presents her research after interviewing several families impacted by the Greenbelt expropriations particularly in Gloucester Township. This will be a multi-media presentation. The Gloucester Historical Society is celebrating its 40th anniversary and an anniversary cake will be enjoyed by all who attend. Free admission and parking.
Kids and their families are invited to join us at Billings Estate National Historic Site for a day filled with festive fun! Inside the museum, enjoy a seasonal craft, listen to favourite holiday stories, and, of course, meet Santa! Weather permitting we will also be spreading holiday cheer outside on the grounds as we warm […]
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 1st when Santa Clause rolls into the Smiths Falls Canadian Northern Railway station! Bring the whole family down and celebrate the North Pole Express at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario in Smiths Falls. Get ready to hop aboard our very own Christmas cabooses for a ride along the […]
The Vanier Museopark invites you to its Benefit Event as a Casino Evening including a buffet + a bar as well as 7 game tables with croupier for a 50$ entry fee (including the first 500 tokens). Count an additonal 10$ per 500 extra tokens. The Casino Evening will take place on Saturday, December 1st 2018, at the Guigues […]
Come by and enjoy our most festive event of the year on Sunday, December 2nd from 1pm to 3pm. Live music, tea in the parlour, goodies, meet local artists and a jolly old soul at the Victorian Christmas Party. Share in the sights, sounds and flavours of an 1860s Christmas. Gather around a traditionally decorated […]
We're celebrating the new movie Small Foot with an afternoon dedicated to the Abominable Snowman! Ready Yeti takes place Sunday, December 2nd from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Goulbourn Museum. Dress in your frosty best and get Yeti to have fun! Family Craft Day activities are geared to children ages 4-11. Adult accompaniment and registration is required. Cost is $4 per child. […]
Spiritualism played a part in Victorian holiday traditions as people often gathered round the hearth during long winter nights and told ghost stories. Learn more about the popularity of spiritualism during this era and participate in a traditional séance led by a psychic medium. Light refreshments will be served. Space is limited; registration is required. […]