The Canadian Museum of history is a part of the capital’s group of world-class museums. It’s right on the shore of the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Quebec and the only major national museum in the capital region to be in the French-speaking province.
Gallery to the echibitions 
Atrium
The museum comprises of three parts – pre-colonial history, post-colonial history, and modern Canadian history from 1914 onwards. The first section of the museum is almost entirely dedicated to the history of First Nations and First Peoples. It’s not unlike the generic prehistoric sections of history museums in New York or Vienna, but it tries to give respect to people that were here before European invasion.
One of the most fascinating artefacts of this first section is also one of the first artefacts of the museum in visitation order. It’s an ivory carving of a face from the Arctic regions from over 3,600 years ago featuring what seems to be an elderly woman with facial tattoos.
Face carved from ivory 
Exhibition hall 2
The second exhibition hall aptly played “Rule, Britannia!” on a loop to signify the arrival of European invaders via the high seas. It drove me nuts because I actually know the words to all four verses to the songs and the lyrics kept leaping into my ears as I tried to read the explanatory text in the exhibition to no avail.
St. Onuphrius Church 
Exhibition hall 2 
Modern Canadian history
This section also features the St. Onuphrius Church consecrated by the Ukrainian Catholic church. It was moved piece by piece from its original location in Alberta to the museum in 1996. Many museums from around the world also use this practice of relocation including the Ballenberg Open Air Museum and the Doon Heritage Museum.
