Reaper War Museum

Artist's interpretation of what the Reaper War Museum was to look like prior to construction. Note the holographic representations of Allied ships and the Crucible.

"So we never forget."

— Memorial plaque at the museum's entrance.

The Reaper War Museum is a museum that first existed on the the Citadel built prior to the Post-Apocalyptic War to commemorate the end of the Reaper War and the UGC victory, but was later rebuilt in London on Earth after the Citadel's destruction in 2253 CE. Not to be confused with the Reaper War Memorial in London, Earth, the museum is a representation of the entire history of the Reaper campaign, including the exploits of Marcus and his squad during the Eden Prime War, the Collector campaign and the Reaper War itself. Major victories are represented, as well as major defeats. Cerberus also has its own section. Elements of the museum include the intact, real-life (albeit non-functional) SSV Normandy SR-2, Cerberus combat armor, Reaper body parts and a holographic shrine depicting Earth, the Crucible and the Victory Fleet, all of which were located on the Presidium of the Citadel but are now incorporated into the Reaper War Memorial on Earth. The museum was lost with the Citadel's destruction in 2253 CE, but an identical replica was built in London's Hyde Park on the very spot where the Beam had once been, with the Reaper War Memorial incorporated into it, and it remains there to this day, although a fake replica of the Normandy SR-2 had to be built for the museum due to the real one being lost. It was built, maintained and owned by the Reaper War Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving Reaper War-era relics and remembering those whose lives were lost in and irreparably shaped by the cataclysmic conflict.

A project was commissioned in 2292 CE to greatly expand and improve upon the original museum, which was deemed to be 'outdated' and 'no longer relevant.' With the end of the Dominion Civil War and the major astropolitical shifts that came with it, new interpretations of the Reaper War and its side effects arose, and this was incorporated into the new museum. The structure was massively improved, including a new section dealing with the military aspects of the war. Detailed analysis of Reaper ship classes were added. Biographies of major war heroes such as Marcus L. Shepard, David E. Anderson, Hannah R. Shepard, Zaal'Koris, and others. Documentaries of major engagements. Virtual reality simulations allowing users to experience famous actions such as the curing of the genophage and the end of quarian-geth hostilities (although some have questioned the veracity of the interpretations of the witness testimony used to forge the representations). The museum officially opened two years later, and was massively successful. In addition, a clone of the museum was built centuries later in the Andromeda Galaxy, in addition to other museums detailing Milky Way history.