Museum · Rockcliffe / Rockcliffe Airport
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa K1K 2X5
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Housed in a large hangar-style building at the former Rockcliffe airbase, this museum shows more than 130 aircraft and artifacts from Canadian civil and military aviation. Galleries run from early pioneers through the world wars and the Cold War to the jet age and Canada's astronauts. It is open Wednesday to Monday and works well for families.
Permanent exhibitions
- The Cold War: Canadian jets including the Avro Arrow
- Canada in Space: first Canadarm and Alouette-1 satellite model
- The Second World War: fighters and bombers
- Bush flying and remote-wilderness aviation
- Helicopters and VTOL aircraft in Canada
- Jet age and the rise of air travel
- Pioneers of aviation, aircraft engines, air traffic control, and life aboard the International Space Station
