Cold Lake Air Force Museum, Military museum in Cold Lake, Canada
The Cold Lake Air Force Museum is a military museum in Cold Lake, Alberta, displaying aircraft, radar systems, and equipment used by the Canadian Air Force. The collection is spread across indoor galleries and an outdoor area where several planes and a walk-through radar dome sit on the original grounds.
The museum occupies the site of 42 Radar Squadron, which relocated to CFB Cold Lake in 1992 and whose old facility was decommissioned that year. The Cold Lake Air Force Museum opened there on July 1, 1998, one of four museums on the former squadron grounds. A radome was reinstalled at the museum in May 2018.
The museum occupies the site of 42 Radar Squadron, which relocated to CFB Cold Lake in 1992; the museum opened on 1 July 1998. It is one of four museums on the old squadron site, linked by a covered hallway called 'The Tunnel', and together they are known as the Cold Lake Museums or Tri-City Museums. The Kitshop at the entrance sells memorabilia from 4 Wing squadrons.
The museum is open mainly during the warmer months, as much of the collection is displayed outside and the grounds are large enough to require a fair amount of walking. Wearing comfortable shoes makes the visit easier, especially when exploring the outdoor aircraft.
The walk-through radar dome on the grounds is one of the few of its kind in Canada open to the public, and inside, the original technical fittings are still in place. This means visitors can see exactly how the system worked from the inside, rather than just looking at it from the outside.
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