Canadian War Museum

Amazing experience. The museum's collection of historic artifacts is vast with many unique and significant items. The displays are a fascinating presentation of world history and Canada's place in it. There's many clever dioramas, and a deeply moving , philosophical and emotional writing style of the story boards throughout the museum. Some displays will bring you to tears for their sensitive, realistic presentation of significant, tragic events and moving tributes to many brave individuals.nHelpful hint- the basement has a large, excellent collection of tanks, heavy weapons, and military vehicles on display. If that's your primary interest, go there first, before the exhibits. We found the main exhibits take at least six hours to thoroughly enjoy, leaving little time to enjoy this collection.nOverall, this is a first rate museum experience. We were so entertained and riveted by the museum we forgot to stop for lunch!nFinally, there's convenient parking on site. Overall, this is a,wonderful, informative and emotional visit. A great deal of money and effort has been spent to build this huge, beautiful building and the displays. Its one of the best museums I've ever seen.nHighly recommended.

Very interesting Museum. Its actually huge inside. A lot of sections and the most exciting one in my opinion is the Tanks section. They have a number of huge tanks different shapes and uses it was amazing. The way there was interactive exhibitions was very unique. There is this part where you can what type of soldier you could have been the time by measuring your height and feet type. It's a very nice site seeing if you are visiting Ottawa

My husband and I enjoyed this museum. It’s a fairly large and It took us around 2 hours to leisurely walk through the entire museum. It’s definitely a great visit to learn more about this particular history of Canada and how Canada’s involvement in war shaped how the country is today.

It was very busy when I visited today but the outside armoured vehicle demonstration was amazing. The museum is worth the trip to visit. Part of our Canadian history. So many lives are lost in wars. We will always remember....

Lots of really cool stuff, they have dozens of real tanks and other vehicles, and lots of different models of all sorts of vehicles and ships, as someone who isn't always a fan of reading the all the information panels at museums, it gives you a lot to look at so you can learn a lot and have a good time without reading a word. Very cool place would recommend!