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  • Royal Military College of Canada Museum
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  • The Royal Military College of Canada Museum, established in 1962, is located in a Martello tower known as Fort Frederick 4 Passchendale Dr. on the campus of the Royal Military College of Canada (RRMC or RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, and is operated by the college. The Royal Military College of Canada Museum has regular hours from the last weekend in June until Labour Day. Although admission is free, donations are accepted. Guided Tours are offered in English and French. Genealogical Research and archival records services are offered relating to College history or with inquires relating to ex-cadets when permitted by privacy regulations. .
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Name
  • Royal Military College of Canada Museum
Type
  • military history
Established
  • 1962
Latitude
  • 44.227700
curator
  • Ross McKenzie
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Longitude
  • -76.469600
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Location
  • Fort Frederick 4 Passchendale Dr. on the campus of the Royal Military College of Canada Kingston, Ontario Ontario East
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  • The Royal Military College of Canada Museum, established in 1962, is located in a Martello tower known as Fort Frederick 4 Passchendale Dr. on the campus of the Royal Military College of Canada (RRMC or RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, and is operated by the college. The Royal Military College of Canada Museum has regular hours from the last weekend in June until Labour Day. Although admission is free, donations are accepted. Guided Tours are offered in English and French. Genealogical Research and archival records services are offered relating to College history or with inquires relating to ex-cadets when permitted by privacy regulations. . The museum and historic site can also be visited via the Virtual Museum. The Martello tower housing the museum is a 1790 fortification consisting mostly of earthworks with a north wall of stone masonry. It is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada. Fort Frederick is one of four Martello Towers, built by Corps of Royal Engineers between 1846 and 1848 to augment the Kingston defences. The Martello tower was named in honour of Frederick, Prince of Wales.