The Canadian Centre for the Great War museum opens today in Montreal in a refurbished old factory in the St-Henri neighbourhood, next to the Lachine Canal.
The centre’s director is Mark Cahill, a Montreal entrepreneur who spent more than a decade travelling the world collecting more than 3,000 artifacts from the First World War.
According to the Montreal Gazette, “The centre is not so much your typical museum time-capsule as it is an ambitious attempt to celebrate endearing stories of individual soldiers through photos, diaries, medals and old military uniforms.”
Admission is free to the centre, a non-profit heritage organization that receives no government funding, although donations are appreciated.
The Canadian Centre for the Great War is located at 5524A, Suite 202, St-Patrick St.
Visitor hours are Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visit the website at www.greatwarcentre.com.
Learn more and see photos in the Gazette article, A living history of Canada’s Great War effort a century later.
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