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Spring Features
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Our Ottawa – Your Ottawa
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Special Exhibits
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
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Taste of Canada
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STAR WARS™ Identities
May 10 – SEPT 2, 2013
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Our Ottawa – Your Ottawa
We asked you to tell us about your Ottawa. And you sent us hundreds of videos, pictures and comments and joined us as we filmed in the city over the course of a weekend in December. This is your Ottawa, thank you for sharing it with us!
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Special Exhibits
Highlights of the special exhibits happening at our national museums and gallery.
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Taste of Canada
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STAR WARS™ Identities: The Exhibition
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
From May 10 to September 2, 2013 the STAR WARS™ Identities exhibition at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum will take visitors on an interactive quest to explore the science of identity.
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BYTOWN MUSEUM
Nestled beside the Rideau Canal locks below Parliament Hill and adjacent to the Ottawa River, the BYTOWN MUSEUM traces the early history of Ottawa to its present day, with a special focus on the construction of the Rideau Canal - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fast Facts
- The Museum is housed in the oldest stone building in Ottawa, beside a series of 8 dramatic stepped locks that connect the Rideau Canal to the Ottawa River.
- The Museum building served as a treasury and storehouse during the construction of the Rideau Canal, built in 1827.
- Ottawa was originally called Bytown - after Lieutenant-Colonel John By, who supervised construction of the Rideau Canal.
- This three-story museum displays artefacts and items chronicling not only the construction of the Rideau Canal, but also the early days of Bytown as a rough and tumble lumber town and its transformation into the nation's capital.
- Audio tours of the BYTOWN MUSEUM are available in 6 languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin and Japanese - included with the price of admission and available to be downloaded from their website prior to visiting.
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