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Canadian War Museum
Canada's national museum of military history holds the country's war art, including large paintings by official war artists of both World Wars. Its building by the Ottawa River is shaped like a grass-roofed bunker.
History of the museum
The roots of the museum go back to 1880, when a small collection of war trophies began to be gathered in Ottawa. In 1916 the newspaper owner Lord Beaverbrook started the Canadian War Memorials Fund, hiring painters including A. Y. Jackson and Frederick Varley to record the First World War, and this is the core of the art collection. The museum moved to a dramatic new building designed by Raymond Moriyama in 2005.
Top pieces
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Gas Attack, Liévin A. Y. Jackson, 1918 -
Canadian Gunners in the Mud Alfred Bastien, 1917
In our gallery from here (6)
Camouflaged Nissen HutsMaurice Galbraith Cullen · 1918
Dawn on the Ouse TrenchMaurice Galbraith Cullen · 1918
Cite Ste CatherineMaurice Galbraith Cullen · 1918
Camp at SunriseHomer Watson · 1915
Armistice Day, TorontoGeorge Agnew Reid · 1919
Forging 6-inch Shells - Cluff Ammunition Company, TorontoGeorge Agnew Reid · 1919