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Ottawa Exploreum is a community-driven effort to create a children’s museum in Ottawa. Through hands-on, interactive experiences, we aim to spark curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning in children and families—one step at a time.

🍎🍩 Donuts for a Cause &mdash; Ottawa Exploreum Fundraiser!Support the Ottawa Exploreum Children&rsquo;s Museum and enjoy something delicious while you&rsquo;re doing it!We&rsquo;re teaming up with Kane Family Farms for an Apple Cider Donut Fundraiser featuring their fresh, locally made apple cider donuts.🍩 Apple Cider Donuts &mdash; $15 per dozenEven sweeter? $5 from every dozen sold directly supports the Ottawa Exploreum and our mission to create a hands-on children&rsquo;s museum where kids can discover, learn, imagine and grow.📅 Important DatesOrder Deadline: September 25 Donut Day: October 2📍 PickupFREE pickup at the Ottawa Visitors Center 1028 LaSalle Street, Ottawa🚗 Local DeliveryCan&rsquo;t make it to the Visitors Center? We&rsquo;ve got you covered!Local delivery within Ottawa city limits is available for just $5 per order &mdash; whether you order one dozen or five.Order a dozen for home, surprise your coworkers, treat the family&mdash;or order a few and tell yourself you&rsquo;re doing it entirely for the children. We support that story. 😂🍩Every dozen makes a difference.Thank you for supporting Kane Family Farms, supporting the Ottawa Exploreum, and helping us build something wonderful for the kids in our community! ❤️

Donuts for a Cause — Exploreum Fundraiser!

🌟Exploreum Building Fund: Help Us Build a Place Where Curiosity GrowsThe Ottawa Exploreum Children&rsquo;s Museum is taking its biggest step forward &mdash; creating a permanent home designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and discovery for children and families throughout Starved Rock Country and beyond.Our future facility will feature open exhibit galleries, a family caf&eacute;, themed birthday and activity rooms, and flexible spaces for workshops, field trips, and community events. With recent building updates and a layout perfectly suited for family use, this space will soon be transformed into a vibrant, hands-on learning destination that welcomes visitors year-round.Your support of the Exploreum Building Fund will help us complete the necessary renovations, build new interactive exhibits, and create a safe, accessible environment where families can learn and play together. Grant funding will cover part of the cost &mdash; but community contributions are essential to bring the full vision to life.By giving today, you&rsquo;re helping us create a museum that will spark imagination, strengthen local tourism, and become a place where families make memories for generations to come. Together, we can build something extraordinary &mdash; right here in the Middle of Everywhere.

🌟Exploreum Building Fund: Help Us Build a Place Where Curiosity GrowsThe Ottawa Exploreum Children’s Museum is taking its biggest step forward — creating a permanent home designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and discovery for children and families throughout Starved Rock Country and beyond.Our future facility will feature open exhibit galleries, a family café, themed birthday and activity rooms, and flexible spaces for workshops, field trips, and community events. With recent building updates and a layout perfectly suited for family use, this space will soon be transformed into a vibrant, hands-on learning destination that welcomes visitors year-round.Your support of the Exploreum Building Fund will help us complete the necessary renovations, build new interactive exhibits, and create a safe, accessible environment where families can learn and play together. Grant funding will cover part of the cost — but community contributions are essential to bring the full vision to life.By giving today, you’re helping us create a museum that will spark imagination, strengthen local tourism, and become a place where families make memories for generations to come. Together, we can build something extraordinary — right here in the Middle of Everywhere.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1787948134/wysiwyg/s1pjndeadhxrtleiobxr.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Ottawa Exploreum&#39;s fundraising event. It&#39;s an event like no other, and we want you to be there! 🎉 Every registration to this event will bring us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

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🎄 Help Us Make a Little Christmas Magic!This holiday season, the Ottawa Exploreum is introducing the Exploreum Merry Makers Market, a brand-new indoor holiday market and family experience happening for three weekends in November and December.Along with unique holiday shopping, we&#39;re creating a place where kids can play, create, explore, and enjoy a little Christmas magic of their own.We&#39;re inviting local businesses, organizations, families, and friends of the Exploreum to help us keep our children&#39;s activities free for families to enjoy through one of our Merry Makers sponsorship opportunities.🧸 Exploreum Play Zone Sponsor &mdash; $500Help make play possible throughout all three Merry Makers Market weekends. Sponsor recognition will be prominently displayed in the children&#39;s Play Zone and on our Merry Makers Sponsor Board.📮 North Pole Post Office Sponsor &mdash; $250Help create a magical place where children can write their letters to Santa and send them on their way to the North Pole. Sponsor recognition will be displayed at the North Pole Post Office throughout the market.🎨 Merry Makers Craft Table$150 per weekend | $350 for all three weekendsHelp provide supplies so children can create a holiday project to take home at no charge. Sponsor recognition will be displayed at the Craft Table during your sponsored weekend(s).✨ Christmas Magic Sponsor &mdash; $100Help provide the decorations, supplies, and special touches that make the Merry Makers Market memorable for families. Christmas Magic Sponsors will be recognized on our Merry Makers Sponsor Board.🎁 Santa&#39;s Helper &mdash; $50Every little bit of Christmas magic helps! A great option for small businesses, families, or individuals who want to support the Exploreum and be part of our very first Merry Makers Market. Santa&#39;s Helpers will be recognized on our Sponsor Board.❤️ Thank You for Making the Magic PossibleThanks to our sponsors, Merry Makers children&#39;s activities will be free for families to enjoy.Choose your sponsorship below and help us Shop a Little. Play a Lot. Make Some Christmas Magic.Sponsorship deadline: November 6, 2026.Thank you for supporting the Ottawa Exploreum and helping us create something special for the kids in our community! 🎄✨

Exploreum Merry Makers Market Sponsorships

🎄 Exploreum Merry Makers Market 🎄Something new is coming to Ottawa this holiday season!The Ottawa Exploreum is excited to introduce the Exploreum Merry Makers Market, a brand-new indoor holiday shopping and family experience happening for three weekends this November and December.We are looking for talented makers and vendors offering handmade, unique, creative, specialty, and gift-worthy items to help us create a festive place where families can shop, play, create, and enjoy a little Christmas magic together.🎁 2026 Market WeekendsNovember 27, 28 &amp; 29 Friday &amp; Saturday: 12:00&ndash;7:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.&ndash;3:00 p.m.December 4, 5 &amp; 6 Friday &amp; Saturday: 12:00&ndash;7:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.&ndash;3:00 p.m.December 11, 12 &amp; 13 Friday &amp; Saturday: 12:00&ndash;7:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.&ndash;3:00 p.m.🎄 Vendor InformationEach vendor will receive a 10&#39; x 10&#39; indoor space.$200 per weekend $500 for all three weekendsElectricity is included. Vendors are responsible for providing their own tables, chairs, displays, and decorations.Vendors participating in multiple weekends may leave their booth set up between their scheduled weekends and will not need to tear down until their final weekend is complete.Initial setup will be available during Thanksgiving week, with specific setup times and additional information provided before the event.Vendor fees are non-refundable.✨ More Than a MarketThe Merry Makers Market isn&#39;t just about shopping.Along with our vendors, the Ottawa Exploreum will be creating a children&#39;s play and activity area with hands-on holiday fun, our Community Christmas Tree, opportunities to create and explore, special family activities, and maybe even a few visits from some familiar North Pole friends!While the grown-ups shop, the kids can play, create, explore, and experience a little Christmas magic of their own.❤️ Become One of Our First Merry Makers!Because this is our first year, we want to make it something special.Space is limited, and our goal is to offer shoppers a wonderful variety of quality products while limiting too much duplication.Register below to join us for one weekend or all three and help us create a brand-new Exploreum holiday tradition.We can&#39;t wait to see what our Merry Makers bring to the market! 🎄

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