Canada Aviation Museum
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The Canada Aviation Museum (French: Musée de l'aviation du Canada) is the national aviation history museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport.
The museum's collection contains a wide variety of civilian and military aircraft, representing the history of Canadian aviation from the pioneer era before the First World War up to the present day. Particularly noteworthy is the collection of vintage bushplanes from the twenties to the forties. The military aircraft represent aircraft flown by Canadians in the First World War, Second World War, and the Cold War. The museum's best known exhibit is the surviving components of the Avro Arrow interceptor from the late fifties.
Also on site are interactive activities on the science of flight, films, demonstrations, a boutique, and guided tours.
A few of the tours take the visitors "behind the scenes" to see conservation and restoration work in progress, and pieces which are in storage.
The National Museum of Science and Technology was established as an autonomous Crown corporation on July 1, 1990. It now operates as the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation and is responsible for preserving and protecting Canada's scientific and technical heritage. The Corporation is responsible for three museums
- Canada Agriculture Museum
- Canada Aviation Museum
- Canada Science and Technology Museum
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| National museums of Canada | |
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| National Gallery of Canada Corporation: | National Gallery of Canada | Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography |
| Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: | Canadian Museum of Civilization | Canadian Postal Museum | Canadian Children's Museum | Virtual Museum of New France | Canadian War Museum |
| Canadian Museum of Nature Corporation: | Canadian Museum of Nature |
| Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation: | Canada Science and Technology Museum | Canada Agriculture Museum | Canada Aviation Museum |
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