The Canadian History Hall traces the history of Canada and its people from the dawn of human habitation to the present — a span of some 15,000 years. Through authentic artifacts and compelling stories, the Hall invites visitors to explore the events, personalities and historical currents that have shaped, and continue to shape, this country. The Hall is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on Canadian history ever developed, and offers a new take on Canada’s national story.
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The Passageway is a long and curving passageway lined with 101 silhouettes of familiar Canadian landmarks, symbols and activities.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0341-0016-Dm
The Passageway is a long and curving passageway lined with 101 silhouettes of familiar Canadian landmarks, symbols and activities.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0341-0016-Dm
The Hub is a grand rotunda that serves as a gathering place and a point of orientation. It features a colossal image of Canada, captured from space, and a timeline of more than 500 historical events on a touchscreen.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2018-0032-0008-Dm
The Hub is a grand rotunda that serves as a gathering place and a point of orientation. It features a colossal image of Canada, captured from space, and a timeline of more than 500 historical events on a touchscreen.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2018-0032-0008-Dm
Nuvumiutaq, the Arctic Bay kayaker
A vivid scientific reconstruction, based on human remains, of the face and figure of an Inuk man who lived about 800 years ago.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0092-0004-Dm
Nuvumiutaq, the Arctic Bay kayaker
A vivid scientific reconstruction, based on human remains, of the face and figure of an Inuk man who lived about 800 years ago.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0092-0004-Dm
Large symbolic family tree
The family tree of Catherine Moitié, one of the first “filles du roi” (king’s daughters) to come to New France, with more than 600 of her descendants represented as branches and leaves.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2018-0032-0037-Dm
Large symbolic family tree
The family tree of Catherine Moitié, one of the first “filles du roi” (king’s daughters) to come to New France, with more than 600 of her descendants represented as branches and leaves.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2018-0032-0037-Dm
An Inuit carving of a European, dated to around AD 1350 — the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere.
Canadian Museum of History, KeDq-7-325, IMG2009-0063-0154-Dm
An Inuit carving of a European, dated to around AD 1350 — the earliest depiction of a European in the Western Hemisphere.
Canadian Museum of History, KeDq-7-325, IMG2009-0063-0154-Dm
An ivory carving between 3,900 and 3,600 years old — the oldest known depiction of a human face in Canada.
Canadian Museum of History, S97-13698, IMG2013-0146-0008-Dm
An ivory carving between 3,900 and 3,600 years old — the oldest known depiction of a human face in Canada.
Canadian Museum of History, S97-13698, IMG2013-0146-0008-Dm
An evocation of a Plains tipi
Installation based on the painting Inside of an Indian Tent (1824) by Peter Rindisbacher.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0043-0020-Dm
An evocation of a Plains tipi
Installation based on the painting Inside of an Indian Tent (1824) by Peter Rindisbacher.
Canadian Museum of History, IMG2017-0043-0020-Dm
Model canoe with figures representing individual Indigenous warriors and leaders, made by the Odawa chief, Assiginak, in about 1825.
Canadian Museum of History, NMH III-M-10, IMG2009-0063-0017-Dm
Model canoe with figures representing individual Indigenous warriors and leaders, made by the Odawa chief, Assiginak, in about 1825.
Canadian Museum of History, NMH III-M-10, IMG2009-0063-0017-Dm
Handgun found in the pocket of the convicted assassin of Father of Confederation Thomas D’Arcy McGee.
Canadian Museum of History, 2005.89.1, IMG2009-0063-0158-Dm
Handgun found in the pocket of the convicted assassin of Father of Confederation Thomas D’Arcy McGee.
Canadian Museum of History, 2005.89.1, IMG2009-0063-0158-Dm
Suffragist’s flag, symbolizing the struggle of Canadian women for equality in the early 1900s.
Canadian Museum of History, 2010.232.1, IMG2012-0263-0004-Dm
Suffragist’s flag, symbolizing the struggle of Canadian women for equality in the early 1900s.
Canadian Museum of History, 2010.232.1, IMG2012-0263-0004-Dm
Cabriolet sleigh made in Québec City, featured in the Canadian Pavilion at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, England.
Musées de la civilisation, Collection de voitures hippomobiles Paul-Bienvenu, 2010.1596
Cabriolet sleigh made in Québec City, featured in the Canadian Pavilion at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, England.
Musées de la civilisation, Collection de voitures hippomobiles Paul-Bienvenu, 2010.1596
Dress dating 1964 and an Apollo model stereo and speakers from the late 1960s.
Canadian Museum of History, 2007.182.14, 2004.7.1.1, 2 a-b, IMG2017-0043-0017-Dm
Dress dating 1964 and an Apollo model stereo and speakers from the late 1960s.
Canadian Museum of History, 2007.182.14, 2004.7.1.1, 2 a-b, IMG2017-0043-0017-Dm
Guitar played by Randy Bachman, of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, while recording hits such as “These Eyes” and “Takin’ Care of Business.”
Canadian Museum of History, 95-26, IMG2016-0106-0006-Dm
Guitar played by Randy Bachman, of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, while recording hits such as “These Eyes” and “Takin’ Care of Business.”
Canadian Museum of History, 95-26, IMG2016-0106-0006-Dm
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