“History is Objective” …. “It Does Matter”…

“History is Objective” …. “It Does Matter”…
Interview with the Canadian War Museum
Featuring Dr. Peter MacLeod, Historian, Pre-Confederation

 “Capturing the Essence”… for all!

We captured an extraordinary experience during our walk through the War of 1812 Exhibition! … We asked Avra Gibbs Lamey, Communications and Media Relations Officer during our walk about if there was going to be any “on-line” access for people who just can not attend either the CWM or the travelling exhibition.  I for one, would be excited to attend all the activities, but will not be able to get to them all.

“Later on this year, we will be launching a virtual exhibition that will include an overview of each perspective as well as interactive elements to allow visitors to share their own perspectives. This virtual exhibition will remain online after the exhibition at the Canadian War Museum closes on January 6, 2013”

We also have a publication entitled Four Wars of 1812 which looks at the conflict using the same approach as the exhibition and includes photographs of many of the key artifacts in the exhibition for each perspective. It is available at the Museum and through our online boutique (http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/cyberboutique/the-1894/Four-Wars-of-1812/Detail?tsetlock=English_Version)

We also asked Avra Gibbs Lamey if the CWM War of 1812 Exhibition and all activities be accessible to all or will there be some accessibility restrictions.

“All exhibitions designed to be shown at the War Museum are wheelchair accessible. We also follow accessibility guidelines that guide font sizes and graphic design.

For those who cannot visit the museum in person, we also have travelling exhibitions, a virtual exhibition (to be launched in late 2012) and a publication.

The schedule for the traveling exhibition can be found here: http://www.warmuseum.ca/event/1812-1?calendar_date=2012-10-25. Versions of the exhibition will travel across Canada and internationally until 2015.

 

The virtual exhibition will include an overview of each perspective as well as interactive elements to allow visitors to share their own perspectives. This virtual exhibition will remain online after the exhibition at the Canadian War Museum closes on January 6, 2013.

Our publication entitled Four Wars of 1812 looks at the conflict using the same approach as the exhibition and includes photographs of many of the key artifacts in the exhibition for each perspective. It is available at the Museum and through our online boutique (http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/cyberboutique/the-1894/Four-Wars-of-1812/Detail?tsetlock=English_Version)”.

(To Be Continued)