{{Short description|Museum in Rwanda}} The '''Campaign Against Genocide Museum''' is one of the eight museums managed by the [https://www.rwandaheritage.gov.rw/en/home Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy]. It is housed in the Parliamentary building of Rwanda (the former ''Conseil National de Development'') and was inaugurated in 2017 by Paul Kagame with an aim to showcase the history of Rwanda during the campaign against the genocide against the Tutsi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Museum for Campaign Against Genocide|url=https://museum.gov.rw/index.php?id=73|access-date=2021-06-11|website=museum.gov.rw|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611124839/https://museum.gov.rw/index.php?id=73|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Background == The parliament building was chosen as the location for this museum because it housed 600 Rwanda Patriotic Army soldiers from December 1993 to 1994 as they were preparing for the formation of the Broad-Based Transitional Government and the National Transitional Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=What is the message behind monuments at the Campaign against Genocide Museum?|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/what-message-behind-monuments-campaign-against-genocide-museum|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The New Times|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704135425/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/what-message-behind-monuments-campaign-against-genocide-museum |archive-date=2021-07-04 }}</ref> Paul Kagame, the RPA Chairman of High Command, later, during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, ordered that the soldiers break out of their confinement to save thousands of Tutsi who were being killed.<ref name=":0" />
The museum opened on 4 July 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-10|title=Rwanda launches new tourism destination: Campaign Against Genocide Museum|url=https://www.atta.travel/news/2014/06/rwanda-launches-new-tourism-destination-campaign-against-genocide-museum/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-30|website=ATTA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730222531/https://www.atta.travel/news/2014/06/rwanda-launches-new-tourism-destination-campaign-against-genocide-museum/ |archive-date=2021-07-30 }}</ref>
== Flaunts == The main flaunt of the Campaign Against Genocide Museum is the campaign against the genocide, how it was planned and executed by the Rwanda Patriotic Army regardless of the withdrawal of the United Nation troops from Rwanda during the genocide. The museum also highlights how the 600 hundred RPA soldiers rescued victims. One of its popular monuments is a machine gun that was used by RPA armies residing in the parliament building to mitigate genocidal forces.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-18|title=RDF defends war memorial monuments at parliament|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rwanda-today/news/rdf-defends-war-memorial-monuments-at-parliament--1326302|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The East African|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730222753/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rwanda-today/news/rdf-defends-war-memorial-monuments-at-parliament--1326302 |archive-date=2021-07-30 }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{official website|1=https://museum.gov.rw/index.php?id=73}} {{Coord|-1.9526|30.0989|display=title}} {{Rwandan genocide footer|state=expanded}} Category:Museums in Rwanda Category:Rwandan genocide museums Category:2017 establishments in Rwanda Category:Museums established in 2017