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Built in 1904, the Dominion Observatory — Canada’s National Observatory — helped nurture the careers of women astronomers in Canadian astronomy until the mid-1970s. Ottawa’s Observatory Campus is turning 120 years old this spring, which calls for a celebration of its remarkable history, its architectural significance, and its social connection to the nation’s scientific achievements.
The Dominion Observatory is a Classified Federal Heritage Building, the highest level of heritage recognition.
Photo at lower left: Ruth Northcott & Miriam Burland, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, June 29, 1938. Canadian Museum of Science & Technology, Archival Collection, Miriam Burland Fonds, Box 1, Folder #5
Top left: Dominion Observatory, WikiCommons
SPEAKER:
Sharon Odell has a twenty-eight-year career in museology at municipal, provincial, and national museums. She holds an M.A. in Art History from Carleton University and a Museum Studies diploma from Algonquin College. She specializes in research on art, architecture, and the history of women in science. She is a member of Heritage Ottawa and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.