The Rideau District Museum is housed in a former blacksmith shop, coffin and furniture manufacturer, boat and carriage works and residence, the building itself is brimming with history.

This regional museum located in the village of Westport provides an inside perspective on the early history of Rideau Lakes through artifacts, imagery, and stories. The most amazing artifact in the collection is the Statue of Justice 1844, "Sally Grant”. She stands eleven feet tall and was carved in 1844 from a single white cedar tree!

Operating season is weekends in June and daily from July through Labour Day ( first Monday in September ).