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The Canadian War Museum (CWM) (French: Musée canadien de la guerre) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance.
The home of the Public Archives of Canada from 1906 to 1967, and the Canadian War Museum from 1967 to 2005, this building was constructed as part of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s efforts to transform Ottawa from a lumber town into a capital city with requisite cultural and civic amenities and architecture
Museum Image Location Type Notes Ref Canada and the World Pavilion: Rockcliffe Park: Geography National Film Board of Canada's exhibition space [57] Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography: ByWard Market: Art Closed in 2009 [58] Canadian Postal Museum: Centretown: Postal Dissolved in 2012 [59] Canadian Ski Museum: Centretown: Sport Moved to ...
Since 1940, [4] the National War Memorial is the site of the national Remembrance Day ceremony, organized every year by the Royal Canadian Legion for 11 November. Along with Canadian war veterans, the ceremony is attended by the governor general, sometimes members of the Canadian royal family, the prime minister, the Silver Cross mother, representatives of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal ...
A daring yet little-known mission took place in Canada during World War II, but this stealth mission didn't use bombs and bullets. ... You can see "Weather station Kurt" in the Canadian War Museum ...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (French: Tombe du Soldat Inconnu) is a tomb situated before the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario.The tomb is dedicated to Canadian service members, and holds the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier who died in France during the First World War; selected from a Commonwealth War Grave near Vimy, in the vicinity where the ...
Canadian War Museum; Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum; Carleton Martello Tower; Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society; Citadelle of Quebec; Cold Lake Air Force Museum; Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum; Comox Air Force Museum
The Canadian War Museum exhibition "Truth, Duty, Valour: The Royal Military College of Canada, 1876–2000" celebrates the institution's 125th anniversary. [30] The RMC's Queen's Colour (flag) [31] and Regimental Colour (flag) [32] were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on 1 June 2001. 2003