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The Diefenbunker is a once-top secret, four-storey underground bunker, now a museum and national historic site. Tours, exhibitions, escape rooms, and more!
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Immerse yourself in stories and artifacts of the past as you explore this once-top secret, four-storey underground bunker, now a museum and national historic site preserving Canada’s Cold War history.
The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum is a four-storey, 100,000-square-foot underground bunker, built during the Cold War to protect Canada’s top officials in the event of a nuclear attack. Once top-secret, it is now a museum and national historic site preserving and promoting Canada’s Cold War history.
Feb 24, 2015 · Diefenbunker, Canada's Cold War Museum. The "Diefenbunker" is an underground bunker designed to withstand the force of a nuclear blast. It was built in Carp, Ontario, during a peak in Cold War tensions between 1959 and 1961, and named after then-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
The Diefenbunker, formerly known by its military designation, Canadian Forces Station Carp (CFS Carp), is a large underground four-storey reinforced concrete bunker and nuclear fallout shelter located in the rural area of Carp, Ontario approximately 30 km (19 mi) west of downtown Ottawa.
Jun 1, 2024 · The Diefenbunker is Canada’s most significant surviving Cold War artifact — it is an impressive four-storey underground facility that operated as the country’s central communications headquarters during the Cold War, ready at any moment in case of a nuclear attack.
The Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum reminds us that the world was once on the edge of nuclear war but chose peace instead. Experience its exhibitions, programs and events—including popular escape-room adventures—to get a chilling glimpse into Canada's past.
Support the Diefenbunker Museum. This page was last updated on August 15, 2022 and will continue to be updated as new information becomes available. Find out what we're doing to keep you safe. Details on hours, tickets, mask and vaccination requirements, and new ways to explore the bunker.
The Diefenbunker aims to increase, throughout Canada and the world, interest in and a critical understanding of the Cold War, by preserving the Diefenbunker as a national historic site, and operating a Cold War museum. The museum holds over 11,000 3-D and 2-D artifacts relevant to Canada's Cold War history, spanning between 1945 and 1991.
