Museum · Carp / West Ottawa
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
3929 Carp Road, Ottawa K0A 1L0
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Built as a four-storey underground fallout shelter for the federal government, the Diefenbunker is now a museum in Carp on Ottawa's western edge. Visitors walk through the preserved bunker, including the war cabinet room and prime minister's suite, and see exhibitions on Cold War history. Guided tours, school programs and seasonal family events run through the year.
Permanent exhibitions
- Canada and the Cold War: refurbished exhibition on Canada's role and everyday nuclear fear
- Between the Lines: Cold War Communications in Canada
- Whose Side? Propaganda and the Cold War
- The preserved four-storey bunker with the war cabinet room and prime minister's suite
