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Since September 6, 2004, the museum has been closed to the public pending a move to a new location. The museum was formerly located on Sussex Drive next to the Royal Canadian Mint and the National Gallery of Canada. This location was quite small and much of the Museum's collection had to be stored at a west-end warehouse known as Vimy House, which used to be Ottawa's streetcar garage.

The new building is under construction at Lebreton Flats just west of Parliament Hill. It will be far more modern and will be large enough to allow the museum to display more of its artifacts. The new Museum will open in May 2005. Its architecture was designed to mimic a bunker, and the small and large windows on the part of the roof that spikes up spell out Lest we forget and N'oublions jamais (the French equivalent) in Morse code.

The Canadian War Museum has a large collection with artifacts from early colonial times up to the Gulf War and Peacekeeping. Perhaps the Museum's most famous possession is Hitler's personal MercedesThis page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. For other uses of the name Mercedes see Mercedes. Mercedes-Benz is a brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler company (f limousine. The Museum also has a very extensive collection of war art .

The museum traces its history back to 1880Events January 1 Construction of the Panama Canal begins February 2 The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana February 13 Thomas Edison becomes the second person to observe the Edison Effect. February 17 Bomb explodes in Winter Palace when a small museum in the Drill Hall at Cartier Square was founded by Militia officers of the then Ottawa garrison. After many years as part of the Public Archives, the collection became the foundation of the Canadian War Museum in 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass. In 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat the museum became part of the National Museum of Canada. Today, the museum is part of the Museum of Civilization Corporation , which also runs the Canadian Museum of CivilizationThe Canadian Museum of Civilization is Canada's most visited museum. Located in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa River from the nation's capital the museum's current building opened on June 29, 1989, and has been proclaimed as an architectural lan, the Canadian Children's museum and the Canadian Postal Museum .

The three most recent heads of the War Museum are:

• Victor Suthren 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa- 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting
• Jack Granatstein 1998- 2001
• Joe Geurts 2001-

See also: Military history of Canada