Callout Module
Choose your own path It allows YOU to experience life in the trenches during the First World War. As a young Canadian soldier stationed somewhere along the Western Front in the late Fall of 1916, you will live through some of the excitement, despair, brutality and sheer horror of trench warfare.
Over the Top, Neville-Vitasse
Cards Module - Online Exhibitions
Cards Module - Exhibitions
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Forever Changed – Stories From the Second World War
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A Community at War
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War Games – Opening night
Explore some of the communities that have helped shape our military history
For centuries, Canada’s military history has benefitted from the heroism and achievements of diverse groups and communities. The poignant, thought-provoking, and often harrowing stories of Indigenous, Black and Asian military members, war artists, and support personnel offer a glimpse into the human side of war, and the conflicts that have made this country what it is today.
Indigenous stories
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A Letter from George Stonefish
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His Father’s Memoir
Lebreton Gallery
The Canadian War Museum’s LeBreton Gallery contains the most extensive collection of military technology in Canada. The Museum preserves this collection of large military weapons, vehicles and equipment so that the public can better understand the technology that Canadians have operated or confronted in times of both peace and conflict. The LeBreton Gallery tells stories of the human experience of war. The artifacts on display are not inert hunks of metal, rubber and wood but, rather, they represent tools used by thousands of military personnel in peace and in war. Some are intrinsically linked to an individual soldier’s story, while others can help visitors understand the scale and experience of industrialized warfare. The LeBreton Gallery is one of the Museum’s most popular destinations, visited frequently by adults, intergenerational groups and young families who appreciate its wide open spaces. Museum volunteers, many of whom are veterans, are often present in the Gallery to share their lived experience with visitors.
LeBreton Gallery: The Military Technology Collection
Content Module - Primary
Content Module - Secondary
Content Module - Tertiary
Content Module - Quaternary
Over the Top is an interactive adventure that allows you to experience the life in the trenches during the First World War.
Veterans’ stories
Video
Gulf War veterans reflect, 30 years later
Video
A Community at War
Black Canadian stories
World War Women
The First and Second World Wars transformed the lives of Canadian women, as they took on new roles in response to the inevitable trials and tragedies of wartime. Through photographs, artwork, diaries and mementoes, World War Women explores their stories. The First and Second World Wars transformed the lives of Canadian women, as they took on new roles in response to the inevitable trials and tragedies of wartime. Through photographs, artwork, diaries and mementoes, World War Women explores their stories.
Explore their stories
Women’s stories
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