Upcoming Events Spring-Summer 2012

 

Please visit City of Ottawa – Spotlight events for family-friendly activities and festivals around Ottawa.

 


Family Favourites Movie Program!

http://www.cineplex.com/Events/FamilyFavourites/Home.aspx

– Weekly program
– Locations in Ottawa – Cineplex Odeon South Keys and SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas
– $2.50 admission
– Portion of proceeds donated to Starlight Children’s Foundation

International Museum Day
May 12 and 13

Join the staff at the Currency Museum as we celebrate International Museum Day with special presentations offered by our curators.

Saturday, 12 May
Money and Technology
English : 11:00
French : 12 :00

Sunday, 13 May
Money and Security
English : 13:00
French : 14 :00

FREE ADMISSION!

Currency Museum
245 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
613-782-8914
museum-musee@bankofcanada.ca
www.currencymuseum.ca

ComODDITY
WE USED WHAT for money?
May 19 to 21

Visit the Currency Museum and learn about different and unusual currencies from other countries and times past, and how they were once used to pay for the most surprising things!

We will be offering English and French tours highlighting some of the fascinating objects that have been used as money.

Tour Hours
English: 11:30 and 15:30
French: 10:30 and 14:30

FREE ADMISSION

Currency Museum
245 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
613-782-8914
museum-musee@bankofcanada.ca
www.currencymuseum.ca

Whales Tohorâ
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
March 2 – September 3, 2012

See a sperm whale hunt giant squid, hear astonishing whale voices, crawl through a model blue whale heart, and be amazed by giant skeletons!
613-566-4700 Visit the Website

York’s 90th Birthday Celebration

Friday, May 4, 2012 @1:00 p.m.

York Street Public School
310 York Street, Ottawa

Seeking all York Street Public School alumni. Contact Teacher Naomi Lindstein at 613-239-2214.

God(s): A User’s Guide
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec
To September 3, 2012

Explore universal religious themes such as the belief in a higher power, a world beyond our own, the use of spiritual intermediaries (such as priests, shamans and prophets), sacred rituals, spiritual holidays and rites of passage.
819-776-7000 Visit the Website