You are cordially invited to A Jane Austen Garden Party at Prescott House Museum! While being a guest at the home; one can see games to play, treats to have, tours to partake in, guests in costumes, and of course a beautiful garden to stroll in! The Event Takes Place Sunday August 10th, 2025 Free […]

Government House SK is proud to be part of Historic Places Days. This year’s theme is Makers from Coast to Coast to Coast: Honouring Arts, Crafts and Storytelling . In celebration of #HistoricPlacesDays, join us Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 from 1 – 4 p.m. and experience what was once domestic chores of the Victorian […]

Enjoy FREE admission to the Bytown Museum with the purchase of an ice cream!

Make a square for the Bytown Museum’s paper quilt! Decorate a small cardboard square to show off your favourite thing, the place you call home, or a cool pattern. Then join the museum’s mosaic of squares in our giant paper quilt!

Health care and nursing, both formal and informal, have a long and colourful past in Bytown (later Ottawa). Individuals and organizations affected and saved countless lives. Wives of canal workers nursed their injured husbands. Early doctors cared for patients, including an ailing Lieutenant-Colonel John By. Nuns risked deadly diseases to assist new immigrants. Trained nurses […]

This guided tour takes visitors through the evolution of Ottawa and the people who call it home while they explore the Commissariat, Ottawa’s oldest stone building. Historical accounts of this region—from the time of its first inhabitants, to its early days as Bytown, to present-day Ottawa—reveal the major changes it has experienced and what has […]