The Canadian War Museum 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
Exterior of the museum in 2022
Cartier Square Drill Hall housed the Cartier Square Military Museum from 1880 to 1896. The military museum served as the predecessor to the Canadian War Museum
The original Dominion Archives building housed the war museum from 1967 to 2005
Exterior of Vimy House. From 1983 to 2004, items from the museum's collection that were not on display were stored at Vimy House.
The military history of Canada spans centuries of conflicts within the country, as well as international engagements involving the Canadian military. The Indigenous nations of Canada engaged in confli
Ceremonial Guard stand watch over Canada's national memorial, The Response, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground.
Indigenous weaponry on display at the Canadian Museum of History
Iroquois warriors attack a fort defended by a Franco-Indigenous force at the Battle of Long Sault, 1660
Governor General Louis de Buade de Frontenac with First Nation allies, c. 1690s