Events - Field Trips, Meetings, Shows

** NOTE: Mineral collecting field trips will begin again in the Spring. Click on Previous Events below to browse past field trips, meetings and other events. Come to our monthly meetings which are held every second Thursday each month. Bring your rocks and minerals to have experts identify or exchange for other minerals plus attend fascinating presentations. Presentations are in English but bilingual club members would be happy to translate questions.

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  • OVMC April 2025 Meeting – Student Research Night

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC May 2025 Meeting – Grenville Night and Mineral Auction

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC September 2025 Meeting – The Fabulous World of Fluorescent Minerals

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC October 2025 Meeting – Mineral Photography and Annual General Meeting

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC November 2025 Meeting – The Pleasures of Micromounting

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC December 2025 Meeting – Extraordinary Mineral Diversity at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec and Mineral Auction

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Join us for Door Prizes, Auction and Christmas Treats 6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity...

  • OVMC January 2026 Meeting – The Geology of the Ottawa Area and Silent Auction

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    NOTE: We have rented the Museum's Theatre in the basement for a much more comfortable and quieter space. When you enter CMN, go to the back of the Lobby and go down the stairs, turn left at the bottom and go under the stairs through the door where you will find the theatre. 6:00 PM...

  • OVMC February 2026 Meeting – Fossils of the Ottawa Area

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC March 2026 Meeting – Mineral Cleaning Demystified: Practical Tips to Maximize Mineral Beauty

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6:00 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC Meeting – Mineral Palette: Decoding the Colours of Minerals

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Meeting Location: Canadian Museum of Nature in the Theatre downstairs 5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular...

  • OVMC Youth Program

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Youth Program Workshops Location: Canadian Museum of Nature in the large area past the restaurant Four workshop facilitators will hold two workshops.  Much appreciation is extended to Inna Lykova, PhD, Research Scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature for organizing this Youth Program. 1st Workshop:   Symmetry in minerals: unveiling crystal patterns followed by...

  • OVMC May 2026 Meeting – The Scientific Value of Micromounting and Pinch Award

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Join us and win door prizes! ZOOM For those who cannot make it to the Museum of Nature but would like to attend remotely, we will do a Zoom as well as record the meeting.  To join the Zoom between 6:00 - 6:15 p.m use the following Zoom link: Topic: OVMC Meeting - Quintin Wight Award...