Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  We plateau at approximately 450,000 visitors yearly. We opened in 2005 and had a large attendance. Usually after the first couple of years the attendance falls off, but we've actually come to a nice level of approximately 450,000 visitors to the site a year.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, sir. With regard to other upcoming anniversaries, we have focused today mainly on the War of 1812 and on the First World War centenary. Other programs are being looked at now, to work with some of those dates. At this point we don't have anything concrete, but some of those are being worked out and discussed right now.

Veterans Affairs committee  With regard to the little Dutch girl's coat, that's a daily occurrence for the museum. The museum has a staff who work with donors and family members to make sure that when an artifact is donated to the museum we get as much history as possible. Although that is a wonderful story, those kinds of artifacts come in with as much history as possible.

Veterans Affairs committee  The centenary project will seek to maximize the museum's national footprint, emphasize accessibility, and appeal to a broad range of audiences both inside and outside the national capital region. At least two travelling exhibitions on John McCrae and Sam Steele, accompanied by off-site and online activities, will be developed and presented across the country.

Veterans Affairs committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for the invitation to appear before you this morning. My name is James Whitham. I'm the acting director general of the Canadian War Museum and vice-president of the corporation of CMC. Joining me in the presentation is Yasmine Mingay, the manager of communications for the War Museum, who also deals with programs and events at the museum and with social media.