 The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. The Canadian War Museum (French: Le Musée canadien de la guerre), located in Ottawa, Ontario, is a Canadian museum that honours Canada's veterans and commemorates the wars and conflicts in which Canada has taken part. The museum is part of the Museum of Civilization Corporation, which also operates the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Children's Museum and the Canadian Postal Museum. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 706 KB) new Canadian War Museum photo taken by Michael Stewart on 2005-12-26 Source: en. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 706 KB) new Canadian War Museum photo taken by Michael Stewart on 2005-12-26 Source: en. ...
Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1850 as Town of Bytown Incorporated 1855 as City of Ottawa Amalgamated January 1, 2001 Government - Mayor Larry OBrien - City Council Ottawa City Council - Representatives 8...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th...
National museums of Canada are operated by four Crown corporations, established on July 1, 1990, by the Museums Act (1990): The National Gallery of Canada Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, the Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation, and the National Museum of Science and Technology Corporation (now the Canada...
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The Canadian Childrens Museum (French: Le Musée canadien des enfants) is a self-contained museum within the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Gatineau, Quebec. ...
The Canadian Postal Museum (French: Le Musée national de la poste) in Gatineau, Quebec was established in 1971 and opened in 1974 as the National Postal Museum. ...
The Canadian War Museum traces the history of conflict from a Canadian perspective, from pre-Columbian times in Canada to the Gulf War and Canada's participation in peacekeeping efforts. The museum has an extensive collection of artifacts and war art, although one of the most popular exhibits remains Hitler's personal Mercedes limousine. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
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History
The museum originated in 1880 as a collection of military artifacts in the possession of the Canadian federal government, organized by militia officers of the Ottawa garrison. Its first facility was a series of rooms in the Cartier Square Drill Hall, and eventually the collection fell under the auspices of the Public Archives of Canada. The museum was officially established in 1942, but it did not enjoy its own dedicated facility until 1967 when it moved to the former Public Archives building on Sussex Drive in Ottawa, located between the Royal Canadian Mint and the (then) future site of the National Gallery of Canada. This location was quite small and much of the museum's collection had to be stored at a west-end warehouse known as Vimy House, which was formerly Ottawa's streetcar garage. The Sussex Drive facility and Vimy House were closed to the public in September 2004. Download high resolution version (933x569, 61 KB)A view of the old Canadian War Museum building in Ottawa, Ontario, taken from Sussex Drive. ...
Download high resolution version (933x569, 61 KB)A view of the old Canadian War Museum building in Ottawa, Ontario, taken from Sussex Drive. ...
The Global Centre for Pluralism on Sussex Drive, Ottawa. ...
The Cartier Square Drill Hall is a historic drill hall in Ottawa, Canada. ...
Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a cultural institution created by the Parliament of Canada in 2004 (S.C. 2004, c. ...
Sussex Drive is a major street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ...
Mint flag The Royal Canadian Mint produces all of Canadas circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. ...
National Gallery of Canada on Canada Day. ...
Vimy House is a warehouse in western Ottawa that stores most of the collection of the Canadian War Museum. ...
New building In the 1990s, the government made plans to relocate the War Museum to a new site east of central Ottawa, near the Canada Aviation Museum. The proposed site was criticized for its distance from downtown and most of the National Capital Region's other attractions. A new, more prominent location was chosen at Lebreton Flats, along the Ottawa River, just to the west of Parliament Hill and other national institutions. The new location also allowed for ceremonial processions between the National War Memorial and the new War Museum. The Canada Aviation Museum (French: Musée de laviation du Canada) is the national aviation history museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario. ...
The National Capital Region is an informal designation for the Census Metropolitan Area consisting of the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec and the surrounding area. ...
Lebreton Flats is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada undergoing redevelopment by the National Capital Commission which had earlier expropriated the land in 1965 as part of the Greber Plan. ...
This is about the river in Canada. ...
Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada Parliament Hill, (French Colline du Parlement), -The Hill for locals- is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ...
The National War Memorial Canadas National War Memorial is located in Confederation Square in Ottawa, the nations capital. ...
The new facility was opened with much fanfare in May 2005. The new, modern building, subject to much architectural acclaim, emerges eastward from the ground, with textured concrete reminiscent of a bunker, but with rooftop gardens consistent with the museum's theme of regeneration. The building rises to a large fin, clad in copper that matches the rooftops of other prominent public buildings in the capital. The small windows on the fin spell out Lest we forget (in English) and N'oublions jamais (in French) using Morse code. The copper used on the interior of the building is from the roof of the Library of Parliament, which itself was refurbished in 2004. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ...
The exterior of the Library has changed little since this 1877 drawing. ...
The new museum has enjoyed substancial attendance and won praise from many circles. However starting in 2005, the Museum was subject to a protest campaign by some veterans who objected to a single panel in the World War Two exhibit which presents the controversy over the usefulness and human cost of strategic bombing in World War Two. The city heart of Rotterdam after being terror bombed by Nazi Germany in 1940, the ruin of the (now restored) Laurens Kerk is the only building that reminds people of Rotterdams medieval architecture. ...
Exhibit Galleries While mostly all on one floor, and all organized in a continuous path, the museum is divided into four identifiable galleries.
Royal Canadian Legion Hall of Honour
Gallery 1: Battleground This gallery looks at the earliest wars Canada was involved in, many of which were pre-Confederation. Beginning with First Peoples Warfare, it highlights New Alliances between the Natives and Europeans, the resultant Clash of Empires, The American Revolution, The War of 1812, and finally Conflict and Confederation. First Peoples is a term used in Canada as an alternative to Native Americans to refer to the First Nations, the Inuit, and the Métis, collectively. ...
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that...
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At the end of the Clash of Empires displays, a movie called the Battle for Canada illustrates warfare in the time period, with three narrators reacting to the events as if they were part of a televised hockey game. The three viewers make comments on behalf of the British (represented by an actor wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey), the French (Montreal Canadiens), and Aboriginal Canadians (Vancouver Canucks, whose logo design is like Haida art). Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
The Vancouver Canucks are the professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...
The Haida are an Indigenous nation of the west coast of North America. ...
Gallery 2: For Crown and Country The museum progresses chronologically into the period from 1885 to 1931, beginning with The South African War. The First World War is introduced, leading into The Western Front, In the Trenches, Vimy, Passchendale, Costly Victory, and Aftermath. Combatants British Empire Orange Free State South African Republic Commanders Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener Lord Roberts Paul Kruger Louis Botha Koos de la Rey Martinus Steyn Christiaan de Wet Casualties 5000 - 6000 Battlefield casualties, 15,000 disease related. ...
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Combatants Belgium British Empire Australia[1] Canada[2] India[3] Newfoundland[4] New Zealand[5] South Africa[6] United Kingdom France and French Overseas Empire Portugal[7] United States Germany Commanders No unified command until 1918, then Maréchal Ferdinand Foch Moltke --> Falkenhayn --> Hindenburg and Ludendorff --> Hindenburg and Groener Casualties...
Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. ...
Combatants Canada United Kingdom German Empire Austria-Hungary Commanders Arthur Currie Julian Byng Ludwig von Falkenhausen Strength 30,000 Unknown Casualties 3,598 dead, 7,104 wounded 20,000 dead or wounded, 4,000 captured The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British...
Passchendaele village, before and after the Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders...
There are two films playing constantly in this gallery. One is on Vimy, while the other looks at the aftermath. Highlighting the dark, mucky, and dangerous conditions faced during trench warfare is a simulation. Those with ancestors who served in the First World War can view records of health inspection on a computer system; as of summer 2006, the scanning project had only reached surnames starting with "C". 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Gallery 3: Forged in Fire
 A M101 105 mm howitzer on display. Just as The Rise of Dictators started the era leading to the Second World War, this gallery looking at 1931-1945 begins with Adolf Hitler (whose personal limousine is on display), Mussolini, and Tojo. Continuing through the gallery, visitors learn about The Battle of the Atlantic, Japan Strikes in the Pacific, The Home Front, Dieppe, The Air War, Italy and Normandy, both of which are created in detailed lifesize displays, Liberation and Victory, and Homecoming. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...
Tojo can refer to: Tojo, Hyogo (Japanese town) Hideki Tojo (Japanese prime minister during World War II) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Combatants Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy United States Navy (1941–5) Kriegsmarine Regia Marina (1940–3) Commanders Sir Percy Noble Sir Max K. Horton Percy W. Nelles Leonard W. Murray Ernest J. King Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Casualties 30,248 merchant sailors 3,500 merchant vessels 175 warships 28...
Dieppe is the name of several places and events: Dieppe, France (pop. ...
Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ...
In the midst of the Normandy display is The Lookout onto LeBreton Gallery.
Gallery 4: A Violent Peace Spanning 1945 to present day, A Violent Peace begins with Welcome Home, showing the rise of suburban Canada. From World War to Cold War, Korea, NATO, NORAD, U.N. Peacekeeping, The Cold War at Home, Cold War Twilight, and The Savage Wars of Peace all are featured. Short films play continuously regarding both peacekeeping and modern conflicts, the latter covering events as recent as the September 11, 2001 attacks and the fall of Saddam Hussein. The NATO exhibit includes a simulation game, and visitors can also take a self-guided physical to compare their stamina to military requirements. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ...
Regeneration Hall "An architecture of hope"[1]
Regeneration Hall is a soaring, peaceful space. The north wall of the hall is a tall series of windows through which it is possible to view the Peace Tower of the main Canadian Parliament building.
The rooms features the plaster casts (maquettes) of the figures which were incorporated into the design of the Vimy Memoria which commemorates the military victory of the Canadian forces attacking and taking Vimy Ridge during World War I
LeBreton Gallery
Weather Station Kurt on display in the LeBreton Gallery. "The military technology collection",[1] numerous land vehicles are on display in this lower level section. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 326 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (444 × 816 pixel, file size: 73 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Taken by SimonP in August 2005 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License...
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The collection is quite large and, except where the damage to the vehicle is intended to be part of the display, in excellent condition. The pieces on display include:
The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a German designed and produced main battle tank that first entered service in 1965 and was used as the main battle tank for Germany, several other European countries, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile. ...
The FV 4201 Chieftain was the Main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s. ...
The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...
The Volkswagen Type 183, more commonly known as the Iltis is a military vehicle built by Volkswagen for use by the German military and under license by Bombardier for the Canadian Forces. ...
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the m114 was a towed 155MM howizter. ...
WWII foreign variants and use: Lend-Lease Sherman tanks Post-WWII foreign variants and use: Postwar Sherman tanks The Medium Tank M4 was the primary tank produced by the United States for its own use and the use of its Allies during World War II. Production of the M4 Medium...
The Medium Tank M3 was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called General Lee named after General Robert E. Lee, and its modified version built to British specification, with a new turret, was called General Grant named after General Ulysses S. Grant. ...
The most numerous British manufactured tank of World War II, the Infantry Tank III Valentine was known mainly for its inexpensive cost and high reliability. ...
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940. ...
The Panzer II was a German tank used in World War II. Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. ...
Jagdpanzer IV/48 Jagdpanzer IV/70 (V) Jagdpanzer IV/70 (A) Prototype The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd. ...
Combatants British Empire Orange Free State South African Republic Commanders Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener Lord Roberts Paul Kruger Louis Botha Koos de la Rey Martinus Steyn Christiaan de Wet Casualties 5000 - 6000 Battlefield casualties, 15,000 disease related. ...
USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of nine 16/50 and six 5/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. ...
Two 409 Squadron CF-101s in the mountains of British Columbia The CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. ...
Weather Station Kurt on display at the Canadian War Museum Weather Station Kurt, officially Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26, was a weather station erected by a German U-boat crew in northern Labrador, Newfoundland in 1943. ...
U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...
Labrador (also Coast of Labrador) is a region of Atlantic Canada. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ...
Military History Research Centre While not part of the main tourist experience, the Research Centre provides a wealth of information for those wanting to study Canadian warfare in greater depth. Due to its nature, the centre's hours are comparatively limited.
Other facilities Some facilities of note exist beyond the main ticketed exhibition hall.
Large, minimalistically bare, square, and soundproof, the Memorial Hall is somewhat hidden within the lobby, and receives relatively little visitor traffic. The museum describes it as "a space for quiet remembrance". Inside the Hall is the headstone of the Unknown Soldier. On Remembrance Day at 11:00 a.m., sunlight refracts through a single window directly on to the headstone.[1] A theatre onsite plays war movies. One wall outside the theatre features a collection of war art. This article is about minimalism in art and design. ...
The Landsoldaten (The Foot Soldier) monument in Fredericia, Denmark Throughout history, many soldiers have died in numerous wars without their remains being identified. ...
Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day (United Kingdom, Australia, Canada), also known as Poppy Day (South Africa and Malta), and Armistice Day (United Kingdom, New Zealand, France, and many other Commonwealth countries; and the original name of the holiday internationally) is a day to...
The war film is a film genre that has to do with warfare, usually focusing on naval, air, or land battles, but sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training, or other related subjects. ...
Military art often served the purpose of documentation of battles in a time before the existence of documentary tools, such as the camera and modern journalism. ...
The museum also has a dining patio and indoor cafeteria (similar in appearance and name to a military mess hall) managed by Chartwells, boutique, and ateliers. There is a group entrance, the main "Vimy Entrance", and a river entrance facing the Ottawa River. Washrooms are ecologically friendly; partially filtered river water is used to flush toilets. Signs inform visitors to not be alarmed by the yellow tint to the water. All other public water supplies in the building are provided by the City of Ottawa's normal piping. One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ...
Chartwells Educational Foodservices Inc. ...
Art studio A studio is an artists workroom. ...
This is about the river in Canada. ...
Storage and Conservation The Museum has state of the art storage and conservation facilities that bring the entire collection of the War Museum together in one building for the first time in many decades. Several conservation workshops include a special vehicle and large weapons workshop and a loading bay which can slowly adjust the temperature and humidity of an entire 60 foot trailer.
Museum directors The three most recent directors of the War Museum are: Victor Suthren is a Canadian writer and historian. ...
Professor Jack Lawrence Granatstein, OC , Ph. ...
See also Canadian soldiers advancing behind a tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, one of Canadas greatest military victories. ...
References - ^ a b c Canadian War Museum, 2006 English visitor's guide
Sources - Moriyama, Raymond. In Search of a Soul: Designing and Realizing the Canadian War Museum, (Douglas & McIntyre: Vancouver, 2006). (ISBN 1-55365-207-X)
External links - Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 45.417156° -75.716829°
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