Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum is a national museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, dedicated to the country's military history. The museum acts as a place of commemoration as well as an instructional facility about Canadian military history. The museum building on LeBreton Flats, south of the Ottawa River, spans 440,000 square meters (4,700,000 square feet). There are several exhibitions and monuments in the museum, as well as a café, theater, curatorial and conservation areas, and storage space. The Military History Research Centre, as well as the museum's library and archives, are all housed in this structure.

Although the Canadian War Museum was initially founded in 1942, some of its holdings date back to a military museum that existed from 1880 to 1896. The Public Archives of Canada ran the museum until 1967, when the National Museums of Canada Corporation was established to oversee a number of national institutions, including the war museum. The military museum was moved from its original location to the old Public Archives of Canada building in the same year. Over 500,000 items linked to military history, including over 13,000 works of military art, are housed in the museum's collection. The museum has sponsored and arranged a number of traveling exhibitions about Canadian military history in addition to its permanent exhibition.

Location: 1 Vimy Pl, Ottawa, ON K1R, Canada

Website: warmuseum.ca