Alberta Aviation Museum, Aviation museum in Edmonton, Canada.
The Alberta Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Edmonton that displays a collection of aircraft spanning different eras and types. The museum occupies a large wooden hangar that houses dozens of planes, from bush aircraft to military bombers.
The structure was built in 1943 as a training center during World War II under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. After the war, the building was preserved and later converted into a museum to document aviation history.
The collection tells the story of how aviation shaped settlement and survival in remote areas of the Canadian north. Visitors encounter the aircraft that connected isolated communities and enabled exploration across vast distances.
The museum is open most days of the week and offers guided tours and educational programs for visitors of all ages. Plan time to explore the large collection of aircraft, as the hangar building is quite spacious and can take hours to view properly.
The hangar is one of the last remaining wooden structures of its kind, built with timber from British Columbia and featuring a wide clear span design without interior supports. This construction technique from the 1940s allows the entire floor to remain unobstructed, making space for large aircraft displays.
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