{"id":9930,"date":"2014-10-21T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2014-10-21T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:41:00","slug":"halloween-family-fun-with-the-city-of-ottawa-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/halloween-family-fun-with-the-city-of-ottawa-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Family Fun with the City of Ottawa Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"

L<\/span>ooking for spooktacular family fun in Ottawa this weekend? Whether you’re a fearless adult or a tiny trick-or-treater, the City of Ottawa museums have an adventure that’s perfect for you. Here’s the details, in their own words.<\/p>\n

Haunted Historic Village \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 24 and 25<\/strong>
\nExperience starts at 7:30 pm with the last admission at 10:00 pm
\nCumberland Heritage Village Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Confront your most basic fears in Ottawa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s newest and hottest Haunted Village! Our cast and crew will chill you to the core as you wander unassisted in small groups through creepy forested areas and dozens of historic buildings in the pitch black dark of night. This experience will disorient and frighten you over and over again until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not sure what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve imagined and what was real. Are you sure you can handle it? We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a safe word, just in case. <\/p>\n

Cost: $10\/person. Not recommended for anyone under the age of 14. Visitors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n

Edwardian S\u00c3\u00a9ances \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 24, 25, and 26 from 7 pm to 9:30 pm<\/strong>
\nBillings Estate National Historic Site<\/a><\/p>\n

Your senses will be in overdrive during these popular events as you look, listen, and feel for changes in the environment that signal a presence from the beyond. Psychic Connie Adams leads a size-restricted group of participants through a traditional s\u00c3\u00a9ance in one of Ottawa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s oldest wood-framed houses. Sign up soon as our s\u00c3\u00a9ances are super popular and sell out fast! <\/p>\n

Cost: $30\/person. Registration required. Adults only, please.<\/p>\n

Ghost Stories of the Ottawa Valley \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 25 from 7 pm to 9:30 pm<\/strong>
\nPinhey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Point Historic Site<\/a><\/p>\n

A common form of entertainment, storytelling has remained popular throughout human history. During this event, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be led through the site in the dark by a costumed guide, making stops at different vantage points next to historic ruins or overlooking the Ottawa River, and listening to different haunting ghost stories. <\/p>\n

Cost: $15\/person. Registration required. 14+ years of age only, please.<\/p>\n

Halloween Party \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 26 from 10 am to 4 pm<\/strong>
\nBillings Estate National Historic Site<\/a><\/p>\n

Child-sized scale models of some of Ottawa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most iconic landmarks – like Parliament Hill and Rideau Hall – set the scene for some truly epic trick-or-treating! But the fun doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t end there. Wear your costume and create your own legendary monster using our large-scale mix -\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122-match book and then use a Nerf gun to capture some of these fiends for further investigation! Have your face painted and be the star of our costume parade! <\/p>\n

Cost: $6\/person, $10\/pair, $16\/family<\/p>\n

Halloween Hijinks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 26 from 10 am to 4 pm<\/strong>
\nCumberland Heritage Village Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for a safe location to trick-or-treat but want a more authentic neighbourhood feeling than a mall can provide? Our Halloween Hijinks lets your family enjoy all the fun of going door to door to pick up treats and learn a thing or two along the way from our historic costumed characters like Little Orphan Annie, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and the all-time classic characters from the Wizard of Oz. Play a game to match our characters to their history and make a 1930s tabletop lantern to take home in your goodie bag!<\/p>\n

Cost: Regular admission<\/p>\n

Halloween at Horaceville \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 26 from 10 am to 4 pm<\/strong>
\nPinhey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Point Historic Site<\/a><\/p>\n

Family-friendly ghost stories, turnip and pumpkin carving, making a miniature birch bark canoe, playing fortune-telling games, and crafting traditional Halloween greeting cards make Halloween at Horaceville a great choice for an October weekend. You and your family will be treated to 19th century snacks cooked over an open fire using historic recipes, too! <\/p>\n

Cost: $6\/person, $10\/pair, $16\/family<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Party \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 26 from 1 pm to 4 pm<\/strong>
\nNepean Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for a safe, family-friendly place to celebrate Halloween? We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pulling out all the spooky stops with a costume parade (make sure to don your Halloween best!), fortune-telling games, bobbing for apples, face painting, and pumpkin decorating. The museum is definitely the place to be for Halloween fun!<\/p>\n

Cost: $6\/person, $10\/pair, $16\/family<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: The City of Ottawa is a sponsor of this blog and provided the information about the various events. I wouldn’t share them if I didn’t think they were terrific family fun!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for spooktacular family fun in Ottawa this weekend? Whether you’re a fearless adult or a tiny trick-or-treater, the City of Ottawa museums have an adventure that’s perfect for you. Here’s the details, in their own words. Haunted Historic Village \u00e2\u20ac\u201c October 24 and 25 Experience starts at 7:30 pm with the last admission at … Continue reading “Halloween Family Fun with the City of Ottawa Museums”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ottawa-family-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9934,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions\/9934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}