ABOUT THE MUSEUM

ABOUT THE MUSEUM

The Osgoode Township Rural Museum’s mandate is to collect, preserve, display, study, interpret and make accessible the material and cultural heritage of the Osgoode Township as a means to further the understanding of the former Osgoode Township's significance to the greater Ottawa community as an example of rural and agricultural life.

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Events

ThuNov

Museum Talks: Abandoned Graves, The Forgotten Cemeteries of the Former Osgoode Township

Elias is a Heritage Specialist at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum and a guide at the Haunted Walk. They spend as much time in local cemeteries as they can. Elias has...

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SatNov

Gothic Tea + Talk

SOLD OUT Curious about the Victorians' particular rituals and culture around mourning? Love classics by Poe, Shelley and Stoker? Then you won't want to miss this 'to die for'...

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Latest Articles

July 23, 2026

Museum Talks: An Evening with 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers

March 10, 2025

Museum Talks: Ottawa's Early Baseball History 1865-1900

November 28, 2024

Museum Talk: The Board Does the Work:" Domestic Industrialisation and Laundry Technology

November 4, 2024

Museum Talk: Haunting Settled Ground: Haunted Heritage in Settler-Colonial Ontario