Ottawa Chronicles: The Aesthetic War Museum

To kick off the Ottawa Chronicles series, I present to you, our first stop that isn't even in Ottawa! 

During the Cold War (aka "YOU'RE a communist. YOU'RE a communist. you're ALL communists!") Prime Minister Diefenbaker signed for this nuclear bunker to be built to prepare for a Soviet attack. Luckily, we never had to put it to use and it has been converted into a Cold War Museum. Since it was built in the 70's, the "artifacts" aren't exactly ancient, but have a charming pastel aesthetic even though it's a bomb shelter. 

Cutest bomb shelter I've ever seen.

I told my brother multiple times that this lamp and projector duo is the kind of thing that would cause bloodshed at your local Goodwill. I don't know what I would do with a pastel blue/mint projector and lamp, but this is what set the aesthetic alarms off. 

Even the halls are painted with the same pastel colours. 

If there was ever a nuclear attack, all of the gold in Canada would be shipped to this bomb shelter and stored in this safe. The tour guide explained how the country's economy (at the time) was based on how much gold the country had. If there was a nuclear attack and our gold was damaged, it would not be good news for our dollar strength. 

If all the gold was spread across the floor, it would be about 30 cm high. Luckily, they had shelving in the room, so it would have looked much better.

I loved everything about this model of a child's room! Every drawer of the desk was filled with mindless clutter and the walls were covered in pulp art posters!

Aesthetic strength carried through the kitchen.

Let's head to Ottawa for real now! We stayed at a super cute Air BNB and for a four day vacation, we managed to cram a lot in.

Thanks for reading!