Canadian Museum of History

Canadian Museum of History

Musée canadien de l'histoire
The museum from across the Ottawa River
Established	1856; 168 years ago (1856)[note 1]
Location	100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°25′47″N 075°42′32″W / 45.42972°N 75.70889°W / 45.42972; -75.70889
Type	Anthropology, cultural, ethnology, and history museum
Director	Caroline Dromaguet (acting)[1]
Chairperson	Carole Beaulieu[1]
Architect	Douglas Cardinal
Owner	Canadian Museum of History
Website	www.historymuseum.ca
Canadian Museum of History network
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The Canadian Museum of History (French: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a 75,000-square-metre-building (810,000 sq ft) designed by Douglas Cardinal.

The museum originated from a museum established by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, which later expanded to include an anthropology division in 1910. In 1927, the institution was renamed the National Museum of Canada. The national museum was later split into several separate institutions in 1968, with the anthropology and human history departments forming the National Museum of Man. The museum relocated to its present location in Gatineau in 1989 and adopted the name Canadian Museum of Civilization the following year. In 2013, the museum adopted its current name, the Canadian Museum of History, and modified its mandate to emphasize Canadian identity and history.

The museum's collection contains over three million artifacts and documents, with some on display in the museum's permanent exhibitions. The museum also hosts and organizes a number of temporary, travelling, and online exhibitions, like the Virtual Museum of New France.

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