building of that identity is this scribble this of this museum. the canal museum opened in the old quarter of panama city in one nine hundred ninety seven. recreated scenes from the lives of canal workers the famous photograph of president theodore roosevelt s visit to the canal a rusty wagon from what was then the world s largest construction pit pictures newspaper articles and tools not least for the newly created railway department the collection has its very own history. this museum on began without anything so i put an ad in a paper that said be a part of the history of you half so and so and saw these kind of things please contact me and the. response of the people was a.b.c.