Celebrate Winterlude at the Bank of Canada Museum! Currency isn’t all bank notes and coins. Sometimes it’s food. Discover how the food we ate was used as money. Tea, cocoa, salt, Parmigiano cheese, mash potatoes… experience this surprising money with nearly all your senses. Guess what the currency is, how it was used and where […]
Find out more »Celebrate Winterlude at the Bank of Canada Museum! How does fur from the Canadian wilderness become a hat in fashionable Paris? Trapper and Métis educator Archie Martin will be here with his collection of trapping artifacts and furs. Look, ask and touch.
Find out more »February 2nd-3rd, 9th-10th and 16th-17th from 11am to 2pm Costumed characters from the early days of Bytown will be roaming through the Byward Market to share their knowledge of the past. Discover the fascinating history of Ottawa and the stories of its residents.
Find out more »February 2nd - 3rd, 9th - 10th and 16th - 17th 11am to 4pm Do you think you know Ottawa’s history? Join our Youth Council at the BYTOWN MUSEUM for some historical trivia during the Winterlude Weekends and test your knowledge! Learn all about the rough and tumble city of Bytown (now Ottawa), the construction […]
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