Museum Canadian Allied Forces

The Museum Canadian Allied Forces, also called liberation museum or war museum, is a museum about the Second World War, specifically focused on the Canadian forces which Groningen have released. It is located at the Ulgersmaweg 51 in Groningen.

The museum is derived from the collection of Heiko Ates, starting from 1980 old army vehicles began to recover. Over time these names also participated in several parades. In 1995 followed a semi-permanent set up in a shed built on the Beckerweg. Thereupon the collection grew with uniforms, weapons and other utensils from the army. In 2002, the collection because of the historical value housed in the Foundation Museum Canadian Allied Forces 1940-1945. Because the enclosure was too small to the Beckerweg left this Foundation in 2008 her eye fall on an empty municipal building on the nearby Ulgersmaweg for years, that after negotiations with the municipality was made available. On 5 may (Liberation Day) 2010 was the renewed museum officially opened by the Groningen Mayor Peter Rehwinkel.