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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
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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,
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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.
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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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