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The Servus Free Access Nights, which provide free
admission between 5pm and 8pm on the last
Thursday of every month, have also been very
popular, with about 1000 people visiting in June,
July,August and September. Servus has graciously
agreed to extend the Free Access Nights for
2019/2020 so there will be many more
opportunities to bring family and friends to this
unbeatable deal.
New Programming Filled Hangar with This fall the museum has arranged for student
interns from the province’s Serving Communities
Young Voices
Internship Program (SCIP) and that will allow us to
Lead Interpreter Jean expand the Family Drop-in Programs to every
Middleton tells a group second Saturday beginning this Saturday October
of youngsters about the 5. Plans are also in the works to provide other
museum’s Curtiss Jenny. new programming.
If you were in the museum this past summer you could There are also changes in store for one of the
not miss the din of children’s voices echoing through the most popular programs at the museum, the Grade
historic building. Six Theory of Flight, offered to Edmonton area
Last year we focused on providing new programs schools. Last year more than 1,500 students
specifically geared toward a younger audience. learned about flight and aviation at the museum.
Middleton says the new RedBird flight simulators,
“We’ve been doing tours and activities for daycares and
which were offered as part of a more advanced
summer camps. So they can come in for a visit and see
program, will now be part of the curriculum for all
the museum,” says Lead Interpreter Jean Middleton.
students.
“We’ve had kids from 18 months to 12 years.”
Summer student Daniel
And to keep all those little hands and minds busy
Greenways prepares to
Middleton and her crew designed a bunch of new lead a day care class
programs such as making bird kites and a parachute lab through the museum.
complete with testing facility. More than 650 children
took part last summer. Middleton credits our Young “Teachers said they wanted more interactive
Canada Works summer students Sarah Brunsden and elements. So every class will get about 20 to 25
Daniel Greeways for coming up with original ideas to minutes hands-on time on the simulators. They
appeal to younger minds. will also spend more time looking at airplanes and
“Sarah and Daniel planned most of the activities and they watching other demonstrations.”
facilitated everything. And they helped out around the The Alberta Aviation Museum is committed to
museum with a lot of other things as well.” The pair also offering more programming and exploring new
made it possible to offer a monthly drop-in for children ways to bring people, especially children and
with programs ranging from an aircraft design lab to an teens, into the hangar to explore aviation and
escape room. learn about our important flying heritage.
Summer student Sarah Keep an eye on our social media pages for new
Brunsden helps a child try programs. And for teachers and schools who want
on a real parachute. to sign up for the Grade Six Theory of
Flight, bookings are now being accepted here.
