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Bytown Museum

Bytown Museum

1 Canal Lane, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
613-234-4570
http://www.bytownmuseum.com/
Winter Hours - Oct 15, 2013 to May 16, 2014 - Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm. Closed Mondays. Summer Hours - May 17 to Oct 13, 2014 - Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm and open Thursdays until 8 pm. Extended Summer Hours - Sat, June 21 to Sun, Aug 31- Open daily from 10 am to 7 pm & open Thursdays until 8 pm.

Discover Ottawa’s best kept secrets! The story of the BYTOWN MUSEUM begins with the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO), founded in 1898 who quickly amassed a collection of artifacts relating to the history of Bytown/Ottawa. In 1917, the BYTOWN MUSEUM opened its doors. Proudly Ottawa’s oldest community museum, the BYTOWN MUSEUM opened its doors in its current home, alongside the Rideau Canal, in June 1952.

Photo Credit: "Bytown Museum, 2011" by D. Gordon E. Robertson - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Text Credit: Site description from Bytown Museum

NEWS FEED
  • Bang sur la rang
    guestBook Guestbook/ Naluukti/ Aug 13, 2016

    The logger's song on the second floor will get stuck in you head. Be sure to read about the Bytown riots, Joseph Monferrand, and bonus points if you find the creepy jug that stares at you (you'll know it when you find it!).

  • Hidden treasure
    guestBook Guestbook/ Rabiahakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    Bytown museum is a hidden treasure below the locks in the core of downtown Ottawa.

    Can't wait to visit this hidden treasure one day :)

  • Cool place
    guestBook Guestbook/ Bilalhakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    It would've been cool to be able to visit this place. Hope to get to go back one day.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Bilalhakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Old Ottawa
    guestBook Guestbook/ LiliaLockwood/ Nov 21, 2014

    Fun to see the historic and humble beginnings of the nation's capital.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Rabiahakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ LiliaLockwood/ Nov 21, 2014
  • I have never been inside
    guestBook Guestbook/ ahakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    I have never been inside but can't wait to go in and explore

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ ahakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Tommy2z/ Nov 19, 2014
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Upon completion of the Rideau Canal, Col John By was recalled to England because the project was over budget. How much did the Rideau Canal end up costing?

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Upon completion of the Rideau Canal, Col John By was recalled to England because the project was over budget. How much did the Rideau Canal end up costing?

£822,000 £600,000 £750,000 £522,000
NEWS FEED
  • Bang sur la rang
    guestBook Guestbook/ Naluukti/ Aug 13, 2016

    The logger's song on the second floor will get stuck in you head. Be sure to read about the Bytown riots, Joseph Monferrand, and bonus points if you find the creepy jug that stares at you (you'll know it when you find it!).

  • Hidden treasure
    guestBook Guestbook/ Rabiahakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    Bytown museum is a hidden treasure below the locks in the core of downtown Ottawa.

    Can't wait to visit this hidden treasure one day :)

  • Cool place
    guestBook Guestbook/ Bilalhakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    It would've been cool to be able to visit this place. Hope to get to go back one day.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Bilalhakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Old Ottawa
    guestBook Guestbook/ LiliaLockwood/ Nov 21, 2014

    Fun to see the historic and humble beginnings of the nation's capital.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Rabiahakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ LiliaLockwood/ Nov 21, 2014
  • I have never been inside
    guestBook Guestbook/ ahakim/ Nov 21, 2014

    I have never been inside but can't wait to go in and explore

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ ahakim/ Nov 21, 2014
  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ Tommy2z/ Nov 19, 2014

Discover Ottawa’s best kept secrets! The story of the BYTOWN MUSEUM begins with the Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO), founded in 1898 who quickly amassed a collection of artifacts relating to the history of Bytown/Ottawa. In 1917, the BYTOWN MUSEUM opened its doors. Proudly Ottawa’s oldest community museum, the BYTOWN MUSEUM opened its doors in its current home, alongside the Rideau Canal, in June 1952.

1 Canal Lane, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
613-234-4570
http://www.bytownmuseum.com/
Winter Hours - Oct 15, 2013 to May 16, 2014 - Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm. Closed Mondays. Summer Hours - May 17 to Oct 13, 2014 - Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm and open Thursdays until 8 pm. Extended Summer Hours - Sat, June 21 to Sun, Aug 31- Open daily from 10 am to 7 pm & open Thursdays until 8 pm.
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Photo: "Bytown Museum, 2011" by D. Gordon E. Robertson - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

How does this place make you feel?
amazed lonely fearful secure exhilarated appreciative frustrated reflective guilty surprised sad curious empathetic inspired happy calm