Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum

A suprising treat

This two room museum tell about the history of scouting and the history of the area in the other room. Both docents are excellent and only too glad to talk to you. Exhibits are very interesting. Old ...

Extensive Boy Scout Collection

As a former Girl Scout leader I was primarily interested in that aspect only to learn the area favored Camp Fire Girls until 1985 when Girl Scouting began in the area. There are some GS displays but ...

Great tour here from Dan!

This is an amazing museum with exhibits pertaining to scouting and the history of the Ottawa area. Lots of great I & M canal pictures, historical photos of the area, and so much history pertaining to...

Excellent local museum

We stopped in Ottawa mainly because it was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate. This museum has a small display on that event, including a dress won by a woman who was there, but the museum ...

Great Collection

I was on business trip near Ottawa,IL. By accident I've ended up in the city. I saw the brown sign stating that there is a Scouting Museum nearby. I couldn't miss the opportunity to see this place eve...