Vanier Museopark

Site: http://museoparc.ca/eng/index.html

300, avenue des Pères Blancs, 2nd floor

Ottawa, ON

K1L 7L5

Tel: (613) 580-2424 ext. 32001

E-mail: info@museoparc.ca

A museopark is a museum in an accessible natural greenspace. Its cultural and heritage activities take place inside the museum as well as outside in the park.

Welcome to the Vanier Museopark, a community museum about the history of Vanier and the Francophone heritage of Ottawa located in the heart of a heritage forest!

The Muséoparc Vanier Museopark is a non-profit, community museum named for its location in the Richelieu Park. The Museopark’s mandate is threefold:
 
•    to showcase the natural beauty of the Richelieu Park and protect its heritage forest;
•    to highlight and protect Vanier’s cultural heritage;
•    to showcase the heritage and history of Vanier’s Francophones and, by extension, of all its cultural components, Francophones of Ottawa and all of Ontario’s French-speaking community. It is the only francophone museum in Ottawa of one of the rare Canadian museums outside of Quebec dedicated to the French-speaking community.

Hours:

Our opening hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, from Noon to 4 p.m.