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The Canadian War Museum is located on the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg. This land has held, and continues to hold, great historical, spiritual and sacred significance. Read the full land acknowledgement.

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The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, featuring a unique building with a roof made of metal and grass.

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Dutch civilians celebrating liberation
Temporary exhibition

Liberation! Canada and the Netherlands, 1944–1945

Until May 9, 2025
A group of people in Ottawa looking at an old truck in the Canadian War Museum.
Ongoing exhibition

From The Cold War To The Present – Canadian Experience Gallery 4

Canada became a respected international player through its commitments to Western defence and peacekeeping.

The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa showcases a historic plane hanging from the ceiling.
Ongoing exhibition

LeBreton Gallery: The Military Technology Collection

The most extensive collection of military technology in Canada

Coloured poster with soldiers and poppies
Temporary exhibition

Winners of the National Youth Remembrance Contests 2024

Until Oct. 13, 2025
A man and a woman standing in front of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Ongoing exhibition

Memorial Hall

A place to remember

A man is looking at a statue at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Ongoing exhibition

The Royal Canadian Legion Hall of Honour

Canada’s rich history of honouring and remembrance

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Ways We Remember War: Film screening and discussion

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Canadian War Museum is looking back even further to April 22, 1915, and Canada’s baptism by fire at Ypres. This special event features a screening of Ways We Remember War: The Second Battle of Ypres and Canada’s Memory, along with a panel discussion on remembrance and the roles played by art, literature and pilgrimage. Ways We Remember War follows two Canadian artists through Ypres, and marks centenary commemorations in 2015 with two Canadian regiments. Veterans, artists, guides, curators and historians — including the War Museum’s Stacey Barker and Tim Cook — also share insights on interpretations of the battle over the past 110 years, and its enduring significance.

A sculpture

Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair 2025

Join us in a celebration of Canada’s rich and diverse heritage. Each year for more than 18 years, this bilingual history fair has been providing Ottawa-area students, from grades 4 through 10, with opportunities to increase their awareness and understanding of Canadian heritage. This year, the event takes place in the LeBreton Gallery, where more then 120 students will present creative and innovative projects that share stories about Canadian heroes, legends, milestones, and achievements. You won’t want to miss it! Please visit Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair for more information.

A group of students

Digital on demand

Video

World War Women

Video

A Community at War

A group of people on the top of a tank at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Online exhibition

Liberation! Canada and the Netherlands, 1944–1945

Faces of men and women
Online exhibition

In Their Own Voices: Stories From Canadian Veterans and Their Loved Ones

Video

An introduction to zero-waste living