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
Latest Happenings
National Day of Mourning, April 28
In 1991 the federal government officially recognized the National Day of Mourning, held annually on April 28, eight years [...]
ROGERS TV 2023 03 10 Interview of Arthur Carkner about the Workers’ History Museum
https://youtu.be/MMKjbYQBX2U Host: Welcome back to the show. I always love introducing things to our viewers on the show, and [...]
Pat McGrath Scholarship Winner 2022
Sarah Kadach from Vernon, BC, is the recipient of the Workers’ History Museum Pat McGrath Scholarship for 2022. She is [...]