Col By Day

Kids and parents typing together on an old typewriter, (did you know that the typewriter keyboard was the same as a computer? The kids were amazed at that fact).

Children happily painting images of what people do for “work”. And the public enjoying workers' tools of days gone by.

This was all part of our participation in Col By Day held at the Ottawa locks on August 1st long weekend. Several thousand citizens, and visitors to our fair city, enjoyed the best Ottawa museums and heritage groups had to offer about the City's history.

This was also the day that we launched our new museum banner and leaflet. It was the first time we got to show off our new logo in public. We’re very proud of it and hope you like it as much as we do.

Thanks go to our volunteers on the day, Pat, Arthur, Erika, Barb, Virginia, Evert, Bob, Barry, and Ken.