The Secret Bench of Knowledge

This sculpture, created in 1993 by Lea Vivot, can be found in front of Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa.

The artist came one night and put this work in front of the building. She later removed it, but not before the public had seen and liked it. A copy of the same work was later donated by businessman and philanthropist Eugene Boccia.

The sculpture is engraved with close to 100 handwritten messages about the joy and value of reading, contributed by both writers and ordinary people from across Canada.