Page 6 - July 2019

Not Just a Museum

After years of planning and public and private
fundraising, the plans to build a state-of-the-art
complex for the Royal Aviation Museum of
Western Canada became a tangible reality in
2018. As of this writing museum operations are
predicted to move into the new building by the
end of 2020, and the public galleries are
expected to open soon after.

The museum complex will be immediately
The future of aviation looks bright!!
adjacent to the James A. Richardson
International Airport at the west end of
Wellington Avenue and south of the
Greyhound bus terminal. The site is in a highly
visible location, and everyone who goes to the
terminal building to drop off or pick up
travelers and visitors to the province will pass
by the new Royal Aviation Museum of Western
Canada.

So many Kids came out to see One of the numerous advantages to the new
the planes, learn and of course push lots of buttons at the site will be a secured, permanent outdoor area
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2 Annual Aviation Weekend between the museum building and the nearest
airport runway where the museum can host
visiting vintage aircraft or popular current
aircraft that patrons have never been able to
see up close. Security planning for outdoor
events will be much less onerous than at the
current site and the warm months of spring,
summer, and fall will offer new outside
programming.

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Held May 25 and 26th