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Museums and Heritage Centres of Alberta
Aviation Museums in Alberta
Reynolds-Alberta Museum and Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Wetaskiwin, Highway 13, west of Highway 2A, east of
Highway QE2 (1 hr. north of Red Deer)
Featuring outdoor displays including Bristol Freighter Type 170 Mk 31,
Canadair Sabre F-86 Mk 3,
Avro CF-100 Mk 5
Canuck, McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo, Canadair CF-104 Starfighter,
Canadair CL-41A
Tutor, Canadair CF-5D Freedom Fighter, Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw Helicopter
Celebrating 'Spirit of the Machine' - Transportation,
Aviation, Agriculture, Industry
Biplane Rides in summer; extensive collection of aircraft indoors
Airshow July 26 & 27, 2008
Admission: $9.00; seniors (65+) $7.00; children (7-17) $5.00; 6 and
under free; family $25.00
Sept. 4, 2007 to May 20, 2008 - 10 am to 5 pm, Closed Mondays and Dec.
24,25, Jan. 1
May 21, 2008 to June 30, 2008 - 10 am to 5 pm daily
July 1, 2008 to Sept. 1, 2008 - 10 am to 6 pm daily
website:
Reynolds Alberta Museum
Alberta Aviation Museum (The Hangar on Kingsway)
Edmonton, 11410 Kingsway Ave. (2 hr. north of Red Deer
near City Centre airport)
Displays include Avro Anson Mk 2, Avro Avian, Avro CF-100 Canuck, Beech
D18S, Douglas DC-3,
Ercoupe CD, Fleet
Canuck, Fairchild 71C, Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk 1, Canadair T-33 Silver
Star,
de Havilland Cirrus
Moth, de Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland Vampire, McDonnell Voodoo,
Noorduyn Norseman
Mk 5, Vickers Viking Mk 4, Waco Model UIC
Admission: adults $9.00; seniors (60+) $7.00; children (7-12) $5.00;
youth (13-17) $6.00;
6 and under free;
family (parents and children) $24.00; Groups (min. 10) $6.00 ea.
Monday to Friday - 10 am to 6 pm
Weekends and Holidays - 10 am to 4 pm
website:
Alberta Aviation Museum
Aero Space Museum of Calgary
Calgary, 4629 McCall Way NE (1-1/2 hr. south of Red Deer
near Calgary International Airport)
Displays include Avro Lancaster Mk 10, Avro Anson Mk 2, Avro
CF-100 Canuck Mk 3, F86 Sabre,
North
American Harvard, de Havilland Tiger Moth, de Havilland DH-100
Vampire F Mk 3,
Sopwith
Triplane, McDonnell Douglas CF-101B Voodoo, Taylorcraft Auster Mark 7,
plus
several civil and recreational aircraft, helicopters
Admission: adults $7.00; seniors (60+) $4.50; children (6-11) $3.50;
youth (12-17) $4.50;
5 and under free;
family (parents and children) $18.00
Daily 10 am to 5 pm
website: Aero Space
Museum of Calgary
Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum
Nanton, Highway 2 (2-1/2 hr. south of Red Deer)
Featuring Canada's Bomber Command Memorial, displaying Avro Lancaster
and Bristol Blenheim IV
Commemorating the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan displaying
Fleet Fawn Mk 2,
Fairchild Cornell, Avro Anson Mk 2, North American Harvard, North
American Yale,
Beechcraft D-18 Expeditor, Airspeed Oxford (under restoration), BCATP
vehicles
Canadair CT-114 Tutor painted in 'Snowbird' colours, Canadair T-33
Silverstar, Avro CF-100 Canuck
Admission by donation
May 1 to October 1 - daily 9 am to 5 pm
Nov. 1 to June 30 - weekends only 10 am to 4 pm
website:
Nanton
Lancaster Society Air Museum
Museums and Heritage Sites of Central Alberta
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (Red Deer)
Fort Normandeau Historic Site and Interpretive Centre (Red Deer County)
Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery (Red Deer)
Sunnybrook Farm Museum (Red Deer)
Kerry Wood Nature Centre (Red Deer)
Norwegian Laft Hus & Heritage Square (Red Deer)
Historic Downtown Red Deer (Old Court House, Old Canadian Pacific
Railway Station, etc.)
Innisfail Historical Village (Innisfail)
Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens (Dickson)
Dickson Store Museum (Dickson)
Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site (Markerville)
Markerville Creamery (Markerville)
Anthony Henday Museum (Delburne)
Alberta Prairie Steam Train Tours (Stettler)
Big Valley Station and CNR Roundhouse Interpretive Centre (Big Valley)
Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site (Rocky Mountain House)
Nordegg Heritage Centre and Mine Site (Nordegg)
Alberta Central Railway Museum (Wetaskiwin)
Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology (Drumheller)
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