Description of the attraction
Canadian War Museum - National War Museum in Ottawa. The history of the museum began in 1880 with a small collection of military artifacts, but the museum was officially founded only in 1942.
Initially, the collection occupied several premises in Drill Hall in Cartier Square, and in 1967 the museum took over the building of the former State Archives on Sussex Drive. It soon became clear that the new house was too small for the rapidly growing museum collection, and a significant part of it was housed in the so-called "Vimy House". In 2005, the Canadian War Museum moved to a spacious new facility in the Lebreton Flats (Lebreton Plains) area just a few kilometers west of Parliament Hill. The grand opening took place in May 2005 and was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The collection of the Canadian War Museum is vast and varied and perfectly illustrates not only the military history of Canada, starting with wars, alliances and conflicts of the first peoples, but also the main world confrontations of the 20th century (World War I, World War II and Cold War), as well as various peacekeeping operations from 1945 to the present. In general, the museum collection has more than 500,000 exhibits - various types of cold and small arms, tanks, artillery, aircraft, military equipment and equipment, military household items, medals, paintings and much more.
In addition to permanent exhibitions, the Canadian War Museum hosts specialized temporary exhibitions on a regular basis. The museum has its own research center and an excellent library. The archives of the museum contain unique historical documents, letters, maps, drawings, sound recordings, microfilms, photographs, etc.
