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🎄 Exploreum Merry Makers Market 🎄Shop a Little. Play a Lot. Make Some Christmas Magic.
Something NEW is coming to Ottawa this holiday season!
Join us for the very first Exploreum Merry Makers Market, a three-weekend indoor holiday experience filled with unique makers, holiday shopping, kids’ activities, creativity, and plenty of Christmas fun!
🎁 Shop handmade, unique, creative, specialty, and gift-worthy finds from our Merry Makers.
🧸 While the grown-ups shop, kids can enjoy our Exploreum Play Zone, hands-on holiday activities, crafts, our Community Christmas Tree, the North Pole Post Office, and a few special surprises along the way.
And you never know who might stop by from the North Pole! 🎅🤶
🎄 2026 MARKET WEEKENDS
November 27, 28 & 29
December 4, 5 & 6
December 11, 12 & 13
Friday & Saturday: 12:00–7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
📍 601 W. Norris Drive, Ottawa
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, children’s activities will be FREE for families to enjoy! Donations to the Ottawa Exploreum are always appreciated.
🎁 WANT TO BE A MERRY MAKER?
We are currently accepting vendors for one weekend or all three. Spaces are 10' x 10' indoors, with electricity included.
Merry Makers Vendor Registration
✨ WANT TO HELP MAKE THE MAGIC?
Businesses, organizations, families, and friends of the Exploreum can help us keep the children’s activities free with sponsorship opportunities starting at just $50.
Merry Makers Sponsorships
This is our first year, and we can’t wait to see what this new Exploreum holiday tradition becomes.
Come shop. Let the kids play. Make a memory or two.
And help us make a little Christmas magic in Ottawa! 🎄✨
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