The Museum was established in 1956 under the authority of the Regimental Executive Committee with the following mandate:
“to encourage the study of Canadian military history and in particular the history of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, to rescue from oblivion the memories of its members, to obtain and preserve narratives in print, manuscript or otherwise of their travels, adventures, labours and observations, to secure and preserve objects illustrative of the civil, literary and military history of the Regiment, and to maintain a museum and a library.”
The museum’s interest includes First World War CEF Battalions perpetuated by the Queen’s Own Rifles:
- 3rd Battalion
- 83rd Battalion
- 95th Battalion
- 166th Battalion
- 198th Battalion
- 255th Battalion
