Travelling Exhibition 2018: Parallels

Women representing the Great War in Canada and Newfoundland

Image: Mary Riter Hamilton. Sanctuary Wood, Flanders. 1920. Oil on Plywood, 59.100 x 45.700 cm. Mary Riter Hamilton Fonds, Library and Archives Canada. Acc. No. 1988-180-21.

Share this article

Let us know what you think

The Rats in the Walls: The Role of Rodents on the Western Front

February 2, 2021 No Comments

Mud-filled warrens littered with dung, detritus, and the dead may sound like a less than hospitable environment, but to the myriad millions that scurried along

The 1914 Toy Shortage

December 24, 2020 No Comments

In August 1914, Europe and its colonies mobilised for war. While the generals of the Great Powers executed their war plans, businessmen anxiously debated amongst

Two soldiers wearing gas masks examining a Lee Enfield rifle

The New Normal: Gas-Etiquette and the Canadian Expeditionary Force

October 26, 2020 No Comments

The face of war changed forever when, on April 22nd, 1915, the Germans threw caution—and roughly 150 tons of chlorine—to the wind, gassing two French

See our collection in person

LOCATION
5524-A Rue St-Patrick, Suite 202, Montréal QC H4E 1A8 Canada

HOURS OF VISIT
The museum is presently closed to all visits due to the declaration of a state of maximum alert in Montreal by the Quebec government.

Visits will resume at a later date.

Thank you for your understanding.

about canadian centre for the great war

contact us

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License