Guest Speaker: Holly Benison, Masters Candidate (Public History), Carleton University Details: What meals were being served on the dinner tables of early Bytown? For example, what fare might the Grey Nuns have fed the Irish Famine Refugees upon their arrival in Bytown in the 1830s? Holly Benison explores what might have been the typical diets...

Join us on May 2 for a guided tour of equipment and artefacts related to more than 180 years of firefighting in Bytown and Ottawa! Where:  The Bytown Fire Brigade Historical Society Unit 1, 2880 Sheffield Road, Ottawa, ON, K1B 1A4 When: Friday, May 2, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. (Get-together afterward at the nearby Tim Horton’s...

Guest Speaker: Ursula Buchan, Author, “Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan” Details: Join us as award-winning British journalist/author Ursula Buchan recounts the remarkable life and legacy of her grandfather, John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), war correspondent, journalist, prolific thriller writer, barrister, British Member of Parliament and Governor General of Canada. Admission is free. All...

Join us for June’s exciting HSO Museum Club excursion – an exclusive HSO guided tour of Canada’s Cold War Museum, the Diefenbunker, on Sunday, June 29. Guests and family members are welcome. Please visit the HSO website for full details on admission fees, accessibility and how to sign up: https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/activities/events/eventdetail/175/16,17,18,19,20,21,22/diefenbunker-hso-guided-tour Please note that the museum requires...

Meet at Laurier House @ 10:15 a.m. Tour of Laurier House, followed by Sandy Hill historic walking tour.  Approximately 90 minutes in total. Walking tour led by HSO member Ben Weiss. All are welcome, but capacity is limited to 15 participants per tour. Early registration is advised. Please email us: museumclub@historicalsocietyottawa.ca Note the closest parking lot to the...