Mission: Afghanistan includes over a hundred artifacts from the war, including autographs, badges, damaged vehicle parts, flags, maps, medical supplies, shrapnel, shell casings, small arms, uniforms, and much more. Also, the exhibit contains over two hundred oral histories from Canadian soldiers and military leaders, including Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hope, Colonel David Fraser and Lieutenant-Colonel Omer Lavoie. It includes governmental decision-makers such as Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay and Bill Graham. The oral histories and artifacts shed light on Canada’s extensive role and help explain what Canadians did during Operations in Afghanistan.
The exhibit opened at The Military Museums of Calgary in November 2021, and the RCA Museum is the second museum to display it. In addition, our curators updated our permanent Afghanistan War display to complement the traveling exhibit. We hope that the general public, including school groups, comes to visit. We also offer guided tours of the museum and are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.
We invite visitors to come and experience Mission: Afghanistan.
