This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Reynolds-Alberta Museum

x
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Phone:
+1 780-312-2065

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Reynolds-Alberta Museum, in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada is one of 19 provincially owned and operated historic sites and museums. It traces the mechanization of Alberta's transportation, aviation, agricultural, and industrial past from the 1890s to present, as cars and trucks replaced horse-drawn buggies and wagons, huge factories replaced the village blacksmith shop, and mechanized equipment replaced animal and human-powered farm implements. The stories told by each exhibit reveal how the daily lives of Albertans were affected during this period of rapid change. The Main Gallery is designed as a highway through time, beginning with a horse-drawn carriage of the late 19th century and featuring four stations; a 1911 factory, a 1920s grain elevator, a 1930s service station, and a 1950s drive-in. The centre of the gallery has artifacts and displays that showcase agriculture through the four seasons of the year. The museum spaces include a cafe, meeting rooms, exhibition display areas, 120 seat theatre, museum store, Resource Centre , Restoration Shop and Conservation Lab. The museum's 248 acre site includes farming fields, industrial equipment display, tour road, Aviation Hangar, collection storage facility, and fly-in access to the Wetaskiwin Airport. The museum has many operating artifacts which can be seen at special events. Some are operational throughout the summer as part of a Vintage Vehicle Tour program. A private company operates a 1939 WACO open cockpit biplane which offers rides.Featured artifacts include: a one-of-a-kind 1929 Duesenberg Phaeton Royale Model J the world's oldest known production Chevrolet, a 1913 Chevrolet Classic Six the world's oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917 a 1928 American Eagle biplane, a full-scale replica of the Avro Arrow a half-track vehicle used in the infamous Bedaux Expedition, the subject of the film Champagne SafariThe Museum also serves as home to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, a national organization paying tribute to the men, women and organizations who pioneered and advanced aviation in Canada.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Reynolds-Alberta Museum Videos

Shares

x

More Attractions in Wetaskiwin

x

Menu