Billings Estate National Historic Site traces one of Ottawa’s founding families. Settled in 1812, the Billings shaped early farming, trade, and the ByWard Market. Explore the historic home, gardens, and one of the city’s oldest community cemeteries.
Ottawa historic site showcasing the Billings family legacy, early farming, and one of the city’s oldest cemeteries.
Hours
We-Su 10:00-17:00
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Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) is a dynamic cultural hub in Ottawa, fostering dialogue through art, learning, and experimentation. Founded in 1992, it grew from the Barwick collection and gift, and continues to present exhibitions that engage communities.
Ottawa university gallery showcasing art and ideas, founded on the Barwick collection and dedicated to community engagement.
🕐 Mo off; Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00
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G101 exhibits contemporary visual, media, and performance arts that explore self-representations of decolonizing, feminist, intersectional counter-narratives.
Wheelchair accessible: powered front door at grade, accessible gender-neutral washroom, and 2 story lift
🕐 closed
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The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada’s national natural history museum, housed in a historic castle in downtown Ottawa. Explore engaging exhibits and discover how research, collections, and science have advanced understanding of the natural world since 1912.
Natural history museum in a historic Ottawa castle. | Musée d'histoire naturelle dans un château historique d'Ottawa.
🕐 Mo 09:30-16:00; Tu off; We 09:30-16:00; Th 09:30-20:00; Fr-Su 09:30-16:00
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Discover engaging exhibitions, food demonstrations, multi-sensory spaces and memorable animal interactions. Visitors to the museum experience Canadian innovations in agricultural science and technology through the lens of a working farm.
Ottawa working farm museum with animals, exhibits, and hands-on experiences exploring food, agriculture, and sustainability.
🕐 Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
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