Canadian Museum of History

The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, is Canada’s national museum of human history, anthropology, and cultural heritage. Evolving from a museum authorized in 1856 by the Geological Survey of Canada, it expanded from geological and archaeological collections into a major centre for anthropology, shaped by scholars including Edward Sapir, Marius Barbeau, Franz Boas, and Diamond Jenness. After several reorganizations, it opened in its prominent Ottawa River building in 1989, became the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1990, and took its current name in 2013. Today it is known for its architecture, vast collections, exhibitions on Indigenous cultures and Canadian history, and its central place in Canada’s cultural life.

Québec · Canada