![]() However, little effort was put into re-establishing the museum, with the department opting to not renew the building's lease in 1905. In July 1901, the Department of Militia and Defence negotiated a lease to house the museum in another building in Ottawa. ![]() ![]() The militia office originally planned to relocate the museum, storing its collections in an old military warehouse below Parliament Hill (present location of the Bytown Museum). The museum was eventually closed in 1896, with militia units that used the drill hall requiring more space, and to make room to accommodate a new shipment of Lee-Enfield rifles. As the museum continued to solicit donations for its collection the museum quickly outgrew its space in the drill hall, and appeals for a new facility were made by 1886. A proposal to establish a library operated by the museum was made in 1882, although these plans never came to fruition. Established with the intention to be a museum of national interest, the institution sought to preserve historical records and materials relating to the Canadian Militia, and any of its colonial predecessors. The collections of the Canadian War Museum originated from the collections of the Cartier Square Military Museum, established through a general order on 5 November 1880. The military museum served as the predecessor to the Canadian War Museum In addition to its permanent exhibition, the museum has hosted and organized a number of travelling exhibitions relating to Canadian military history.Ĭartier Square Drill Hall housed the Cartier Square Military Museum from 1880 to 1896. The museum's collection contains over 500,000 pieces of materials related to military history, including over 13,000 pieces of military art. Designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects, the new Canadian War Museum building was opened to the public in 2005. Plans to expand the museum during the mid-1990s resulted in the construction of a new building at LeBreton Flats. Management of the museum was later assumed by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (later renamed the Canadian Museum of History Corporation) in 1990. In the same year, the war museum was relocated from its original building to the former Public Archives of Canada building. The museum was operated by the Public Archives of Canada until 1967, when the National Museums of Canada Corporation was formed to manage several national institutions, including the war museum. The Canadian War Museum was formally established in 1942, although portions of the museum's collections originates from a military museum that operated from 1880 to 1896. The building also houses the Military History Research Centre, the museum's library and archives. The museum houses a number of exhibitions and memorials, in addition to a cafeteria, theatre, curatorial and conservation spaces, as well as storage space. The 440,000 square metres (4,700,000 sq ft) museum building is situated south of the Ottawa River in LeBreton Flats. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history, in addition to serving as a place of remembrance. ![]() The Canadian War Museum (French: Musée canadien de la guerre CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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