Controversy over decision to change exhibition

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Large close-up shot of the exhibition (photo by Milan Ilnyckyj)

The Canadian War Museum will “adjust” its controversial Bomber Command exhibition this fall so that greater “respect” is shown to Canadian war veterans involved in the Second World War bombing of Germany. Bomber Command veterans have long complained that the exhibition makes them out to be “war criminals” whose bombs needlessly killed thousands of German civilians.

But historian Randall Hansen is calling the museum’s decision craven and appalling and says that the exhibits’ adjustment signals that the museum is ceding to political pressure and is forsaking its credibility as an independent institution. Since last spring the Canadian newspaper The National Post has been reporting on the case and here you can read how the story unfolds:

Read article ‘The risks of rewriting the record’ (April 17, 2007)
Read article ‘Alter bombing display, war museum urged’ (June 13, 2007)
Read article ‘Museum to change bomber exhibit’ (August 28, 2007)
Read article ‘Historian decries change to war museum exhibit’ (August 29, 2007)

Read article ‘Depressing surrender at war museum’ (Toronto Star, 31 August, 2007)

Go to website Canadian War Museum

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This entry was written by Michiel van Iersel, posted on augustus 31, 2007 at 4:45 pm, filed under Exhibition, Heritage, Museum and tagged Bomber Command, Canadian War Museum, Germany, Milan Ilnyckyj, Randall Hansen, Toronto Star. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.