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2010

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Extended hours during Winterlude
The Museum will be open on Mondays during Winterlude (Feb 5 – 21); 11am - 4pm.

The Museum Café & Boutique is pleased to offer a free hot beverage with every paid admission.

Weekends on the Canal During Winterlude
Visit the Echoes from the Past site (Bronson Avenue) on the Rideau Canal Skateway to meet personalities from Bytown. Experience working on the Rideau Canal works! Who were Mother McGuinty's ladies? Make a pledge to the Temperance League! FREE; Feb. 6 - 21, 12 - 3pm

Heritage Day 2010
Tuesday February 16, 2010 at 11:30am; 110 Laurier,
Ottawa City Hall

The City of Ottawa and the Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa, (CHOO/COPO) invite you to celebrate Heritage Day by learning about Ottawa's immense historical, cultural and natural heritage. Discover all of its beauty, diversity and vitality.

At this year's event, we at the Bytown Museum are pleased to offer a sneak peak of our new website, Capital Neighbourhoods. The site explores the history of Ottawa through the city's buildings, parks, commemorations and hangouts. More importantly, we invite you to share your stories!
Extended hours during March Break
The Museum will be open on Mondays during Quebec and Ontario March Breaks (March 1 - 5 and 15 -19); 11am - 4pm.
The Museum Café & Boutique is pleased to offer a free hot beverage with every paid admission.

The Irish in Bytown
The story of the Irish in Bytown is full of danger and tragedy. But through all the hardship shines the hope of people who helped build our community. Join us for an evening of literary readings where local writers will bring to life the story of the Irish in Bytown.

Readings by GG award winning author of Greener Grass, Caroline Pignat; Craig McCue from his Rideau Whispers in Stone as well as a reading by Kevin Dooley from Labourers on the Rideau Canal. Poetry by Mike Heenan from Urban Affairs and Country Matters. FREE; Please email
stevedezort@bytownmuseum.ca to RSVP. Space is limited. March 18, 6:30 - 8pm.
A Community Project Discussed
April 1, 2010; 6:30 to 8:00pm

The coordinators of My Neighbourhood, My Voice will provide insights, their perspectives and a behind the scenes look into the photo voice project.

Free event; Please RSVP:
stevedezort@bytownmuseum.ca

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DOORS OPEN OTTAWA 2010: Saturday, June 5 & Sunday, June 6; Free admission!

Guided architectural tours of the Bytown Museum on the hour beginning at 10 a.m. Last tour departs at 4 p.m.

The Bytown Commissariat was commissioned by the British military in 1827 as a sturdy supply storehouse and treasury. At the time, it was one of the largest buildings in town. It remained a government storehouse until 1951 when it became the home of the Bytown Museum. Many original features of this utilitarian building can still be viewed, as well as the museum's exhibits.

 
Colonel By Day 2010: Monday, August 2, 2010

Join us to celebrate Colonel By Day, an annual, free, family-fun heritage festival that commemorates Ottawa’s founding brought about by the construction of the Rideau Canal (finished in 1832) under the direction of Lt. Colonel John By.

The festival will take place on Monday, August 2, 2010 from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm next to the Bytown Museum (located between the Parliament buildings and the Château Laurier; Click here for map).

The festival – organized in partnership with CHOO/COPO – serves as the finale event to the Rideau Canal Festival.

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