Ottawa’s Other Museums!
Visit Ottawa’s OTHER Museums! Located throughout the Ottawa Valley, find Museums both within the downtown core, or the surrounding small-towns. Each of these community museums provide a glimpse into the rich history of our Nation’s Capital!
Places
Private: Watson’s Mill and Dickinson House
Ottawa, Ontario
Dickinson Square shares a remarkable past rooted in industrial ingenuity
Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum
Ottawa, Ontario
A 4-storey underground Cold War communications HQ, now a museum & national historic site.
Private: Goulbourn Museum
Ottawa, Ontario
Tge Goulbourn Museum tells the stories of Goulbourn Township
Muséoparc Vanier
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada's only urban sugar shack and Ottawa's only dedicated Francophone museum
Billings Estate National Historic Site
Ottawa, Ontario
This National Historic Site is on 8 acres of green space
Pinhey’s Point Heritage Site
Dunrobin, Ontario
Pinhey’s Point features a nearly 200 year-old manor telling the story of H.K. Pinhey
Nepean Museum
Ottawa, Ontario
The Nepean Museum is a space where kids and families can learn and explore together.
Fairfield House
Ontario
From cellar to attic, this timber-framed house preserves building skills of 225 years ago.
Road Map
Ottawa, Ontario to Ontario
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Familiar landmarks: heritage lighthouses in Canada
Victoria, British Columbia to 4 places
Stories about Canadian heritage lighthouses, their keepers and families.
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Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories
Shelburne, Nova Scotia to Fredericton, New Brunswick 40 places
geocaches that demonstrate the rich, diverse histories of Atlantic Canada.
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Black Islanders
Cardigan, Prince Edward Island to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 4 places
The surprising Black history of Prince Edward Island.
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50 Great Saves: The Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act
Duncan, British Columbia to McAdam, New Brunswick 10 places
In 1990, the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act came into effect after years of lobbying with the help of the National Trust for Canada. The act has granted over 150 railway stations federal legal protection across the country including the Duncan train station in Duncan, BC and the McAdam Railway Station in McAdam, New Brunswick.
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