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The Naval Museum of Halifax (Admiralty House) is a Canadian Forces museum and National Historic Site of Canada located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which collects, preserves and displays the artifacts and history of the Royal Canadian Navy.〔A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums –Operations and Administration 2002-04-03〕 From 1974 to 2013 it was named the Maritime Command Museum. The museum is located in the historic Admiralty House within CFB Halifax and is open to the public year-round. ==Admiralty House== The museum occupies Admiralty House, which served as the official residence of the admiral commanding the North American Station of the British Royal Navy from 1819 to 1905. Construction of the large Palladian Style Georgian house overlooking the Halifax Naval Yard began in 1814. Squadron commanders previously resided aboard a flagship moored at the Naval Yard. The house was completed in 1819. It became the summer residence of the admiral of the North American Squadron when the squadron shifted its main base to Bermuda in 1818. As the residence of one of the most important officials in Halifax, Admiralty House hosted many social and ceremonial events in the 19th century. One of the largest was a ball for 600 guests hosted by Admiral Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald in 1848.〔Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, ''Founded Upon a Rock'', (1967), p. 28〕 Another famous resident of the house was Admiral Francis Austen, brother of the famous novelist Jane Austen. In all, 36 admirals lived in the house, the last being Sir Day Hort Bosanquet.〔Erickson, Paul A. ''Historic North End Halifax'' Nimbus Publishing, Halifax (2004) p. 25〕 Admiralty House was taken over by the Canadian government in 1905 as Canada took responsibility for the Halifax Dockyard from the British Royal Navy.〔Parker, Mike, ''Fortress Halifax: Portrait of a Garrison Town'' Nimbus, Halifax (2004), p. 42〕 In World War I it served as a naval hospital. The roof was blown in by the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917. Despite the damage, hospital staff, many of them injured themselves, treated many wounded in the house in the hours after the explosion. After repairs, the house was used as a clinic by the Massachusetts Halifax Relief Commission to assist survivors after the explosion. From 1925 to 1954 it became part of the Royal Canadian Navy base HMCS ''Stadacona'', serving as a Wardroom Officer's Mess and later as office space. In 1961 it became the library for the Royal Canadian Navy and provided classroom space.〔''Founded Upon a Rock'', p. 28〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naval Museum of Halifax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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