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 Gallery 2: Gallery 4:
The South African FROM The Cold War
and First World Wars to the Present
Allow 45 minutes Allow 45 minutes
Witness Canadas sacrifices in This gallery examines how
andcontributions to the South Canada became a respected
African and First World Wars. international player through its
Seehow they fostered a new commitments to Western defence
sense of nationhood and earned and peacekeeping.
Canada international respect,
butat great cost.
Gallery 1:
Early Wars in Canada
Allow 30 minutes
From pre-contact warfare and
colonial Canada to Louis Riel
and the Northwest Resistance
of 1885, discover how wars of
the First Peoples, the French Gallery 3:
The Second World War
and the British shaped Canada
andCanadians. Allow 45 minutes
Your journey begins in the
1930s with an introduction to
the aggressive and expansionist
regimes of Germany, Italy and
Welcome to Japan, and leads to Canada
the Canadian joining Britain and France in
declaring war on Nazi Germany.
War Museum.
WE OFFER A NUMBER Regeneration Hall
OF OUTSTANDING Regeneration Hall is a place of rest:
GALLERIES. sublime and subdued, solemn and
quiet, inspiring and memorable.
Itsymbolizes the search for peace
and hope for all humanity.
The Royal Canadian
Legion Hall of Honour
Explore the long history and
many ways in which Canadians Memorial Hall (FREE ACCESS)
have honoured, remembered and Memorial Hall is a place for quiet
commemorated individuals and remembrance and reflection. The
our military past. minimalist, dimly lit space, reached
through a narrow, sloping corridor,
holds a calm pool of water and a
lone artifact: the headstone from the
LeBreton Gallery: grave of Canadas Unknown Soldier.
The Military Technology
Collection
Allow 45 minutes
Get an up-close view of imposing The Roof (FREE ACCESS)
tanks, artillery and other machines Native self-seeding grasses create
of war, and learn about the the Museums low-maintenance
military technology used by and green roof, one of the largest of
against Canadians in times of its kind in Canada. Seasonal access
both peace and conflict. to the roof is outside the Museum.
 Friends of river The royal
the Canadian entrance canadian legion
War Museum access to hall of honour
parking
MAIN LCol John McCrae
Gallery
LEV E L Military
CAF special
exhibitions access to
History 1 lower level
Research
Centre
2
gallery 1
5 Display Corridor
barney memorial
danson hall 13
theatre 4 12
6 gallery 4
6
Ateliers lobby 7 9
TAXI HMCS Rainbow Ship Wheel
gallery 2 7 8
10
1 gift 3 8 Surviving in the Trenches Teddy Bear
shop gallery 3
Caf
Ra m p 11
t o Le
B re t o
n Gall
group ery
entrance Main
Entrance
5
Isaac Brocks Tunic

4 9
Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Hitlers Car
2 3
Military History Research Centre Gift Shop

11

access to Canadian Womens

MAIN level Army Corps
regeneration
LOW E R hall

LEV E L 12
14
16 Back to Civil Life

Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (Iltis) 10

16
Japanese Balloon Bomb

LeBreton
gallery

Legend
17
Ra m
p to
Ma i n
Le ve Automated Teller Nursing Room
l 15
13
Cyprus Coat Check Telephone

Elevator Ticketing
14 15 17
The Breaking of the Sword Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf A Quick Firing 25-Pounder Mk II Field Gun Information Washroom
by Walter Allward
 More Information
To learn more about our special exhibitions, please see the bulletin,
This Month at the Museum, available at the Information Desk.

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The Canadian War Museum was designed by Raymond Moriyama of Moriyama & Teshima
Architects, jointly with Alex Rankin of Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects. The innovative design is
based on the theme of regeneration, which brings to mind not only the impact of war on the land
but also natures ability to regenerate and recover from the devastation of human conflict.
The Canadian War Museum opened on May 8, 2005.

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