OTTAWA Skiing, skating and visiting museums are some of the options available to do in Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec this weekend. Here’s a look at things you can do with the family now that the stay-at-home order has been lifted for the region.
MUSEUMS Museums in Ottawa and Gatineau are reopening as the COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed. Canadian Museum of History is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.historymuseum.ca Canadian War Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit https://www.warmuseum.ca/ Canadian Museum of Nature is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit www.nature.ca
This is a City-wide policy at the moment.
Residents in Belleville and Kingston areas are currently in the green or least restrictive zone. You have to pre-book your trip so the museum can continue to follow public health guidelines and keep everyone safe. Glanmore National Historic Site located in Belleville’s east end is open Tuesday to Friday from 1 pm to 4:30 pm.
If you have any questions about visiting Glanmore, please call 613-962-2329 or email glanmoreinfo@belleville.ca
There’s a brand new travelling exhibit at the museum as we continue to celebrate Heritage Week. The exhibit was developed by the Canadian Museum of History and the Inuit Heritage Trust. It looks at what stories were passed down through generations about the Franklin Expedition.
OTTAWA Museums across Ottawa are reopening this week now that the stay-at-home order has been lifted. Ottawa moved back into the Orange-Restrict category of Ontario s COVID-19 framework at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Local museums say they will be ready in the next couple of days to welcome back guests. The Canadian War Museum says it will be reopening to the public Wednesday morning. All of our exhibitions are now open, with physical distancing and safety measures in place. Please be sure to follow directional signage and other temporary restrictions. And don’t forget that you must book your timed admission ticket online (available as of February 15) before you visit, the museum said in a statement on Monday.
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The fate of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition was one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries, until the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were found in 2014 and 2016. Glanmore National Historic Site is pleased to present The Ones We Met – Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition, an exhibition developed by the Canadian Museum of History and the Inuit Heritage Trust, which explores the role of Inuit oral history in solving that mystery.
“Without the shared memories passed down through generations of Inuit stories of sick and starving men, and an abandoned ship locked in the ice we might still be searching for the Franklin Expedition,” said Caroline Dromaguet, Interim President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of History. “With The Ones We Met, the Canadian Museum of History is proud to bring well-deserved attention to the importance of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or Inuit traditional knowledge, in keeping history alive and ensuring that