Canadian War Museum
.jpg) Exterior view of the building |
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| place | 1 place Vimy, Ottawa ON, Canada 
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| Art |
Military museum
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| architect | Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects |
| opening | 1880 (2005 at the current location) |
| Number of visitors (annually) | ~ 500,000 |
| operator |
Canadian Museum of History Corporation
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| management |
Mark O'Neill (President and CEO)
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The Canadian War Museum ( English Canadian War Museum because of the government Canadian bilingualism equally well French Musée Canadien de la Guerre ) is one of the largest museums in Ottawa , Canada . The museum illuminates armed conflicts in which Canadians, Métis and members of the First Nations have participated to this day.
The museum is operated by the Canadian Museum of History Corporation , a Crown Corporation (a public company ). It also operates the Canadian Museum of History , Canadian Children's Museum , Canadian Postal Museum and the Virtual Museum of New France .
The museum goes back to a collection of military artifacts which was created in 1880.
The museum is divided into several sections:
- the wars of the First People and conflicts on Canadian soil to the Northwest Rebellion
- Canada in the Wars of the Empire
- Canada in World War II
- Cold war , peacekeeping and recent conflicts
- Hall of Honor
- Defense technology exhibition
- Memorial hall
- Special exhibitions
The museum also has a theater and a military history research center.
In the museum, a lot of emphasis is placed on a neutral representation of the events of the war; so the war crimes of the Canadians in the Boer War are not concealed. The representations z. For example, a trench from the First World War and historical film material illustrate the horror of the war very vividly. Therefore, there is also a special “relaxation room” for visitors so that they can process what they have seen there undisturbed.
The special attractions of the museum include the Mercedes-Benz 770 Cabriolet by Adolf Hitler , which was given to the Canadians by the USA after the Second World War, a T-72 of the National People's Army of the GDR , an 8.8 cm anti-aircraft gun , as well further partly very rare military equipment. Many original documents and film and photo documents from the respective wars are of particular historical interest.
Curious exhibits are also shown, such as the radio of the German weather station Kurt , which was built on Labrador in 1943 , which was not discovered by the Canadians during the rest of the war, a crossbow that a German prisoner of war made from his bed frame and an Uzi , which MC Sutherland Brown was given by the Israelis as a thank you for his work as a military advisor.
In early 2005, the museum moved to a completely new building on the Ottawa River in the LeBreton Flats district , as the old premises were nowhere near enough.
Web links
- Canadian War Museum (English, French)
- Weather station Kurt erected in Labrador in 1943 (English)
- Weather station Kurt (German)