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Your Definitive Source of Ottawa Workers’ History

Since 2011, the Workers’ History Museum has celebrated, interpreted, and preserved the history, heritage and culture of working people in the National Capital Region, the Ottawa Valley and far beyond.

WHM creates permanent, travelling and virtual exhibits, maintains an extensive photographic archive and an artefact collection, organizes storytelling evenings, walking tours, oral history seminars and other events, publishes books and graphic novels and even makes movies. Our collections are focused on workers as individuals, as well as employees, as trades, as industry and many other aspects of the life of working people.

The volunteer board collaborates with other heritage, academic and labour organizations to bring workers’ history to the public, over a wide range of platforms. 

Latest Projects

The Eddy Papermill Collection

FIGHTING BACK, HOW BONNIE ROBICHAUD MADE HISTORY

WHAT IS A FAMILY? THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL BENEFITS

Terms from the Past

Images of the Month

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Donations Appreciated

Donations of materials and/or funds make our work possible.
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Latest Happenings

Welcome Hannah

We had some very good candidates for our research assistant for this summer. We selected Hannah McCourtie, who is [...]

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