More than 250 years ago, French, British and First Peoples collided in a historic struggle for North America. This exhibition presents the story of the first global war, which erupted in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, spread to the gates of Québec City and decided Canada's fate.

The exhibition expands upon the themes explored in the Seven Years War section of the Canadian War Museum's Permanent exhibition. Featuring almost 200 artifacts from 55 different collections and institutions, Clash of Empires explores the international context of this conflict, and how it has helped shape today's world. Collections from Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada have all contributed to the exhibition, including clothing, weaponry, decorative arts, painting and documents, profiling the conflict as it was experienced among the First Peoples, the British and the French.

An exhibition organized by the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, in partnership with the Canadian War Museum. Supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program.

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