The Reynolds-Alberta Museum, in Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada, one of 18 provincially owned and operated historic site

Historic site

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s and museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

s, honours the "spirit of the machine". It traces the mechanisation of Alberta's transportation, aviation, agricultural, and industrial past from the 1890s to the 1970s, as cars and trucks replaced horse-drawn buggies and wagon

Wagon

A wagon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals; it was formerly often called a wain, and if low and sideless may be called a dray, trolley or float....

s, huge factories replaced the village blacksmith

Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...

 shop, and animal and human-powered farm implements were replaced by mechanized equipment. The stories told by each exhibit reveal how the daily lives of Albertans were affected during this period of rapid change.

The museum has one of the world's best historical collections of transportation and industrial machinery, including

• more than 350 vehicles including automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles
• more than 90 aircraft
• more than 1,000 pieces of agricultural equipment including tractor
  Tractor
  A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...
  
  s and farm machinery
• many industrial machines
• a reference collection of more than 3,000 publications and 25,000 pieces of trade literature
  Trade literature
  Trade literature is a general term including catalogues. Definitions of the term "trade catalog" vary, but in general, trade catalogs are printed materials published by manufacturing, wholesaling, or retailing firms...
  
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The holdings continue to grow through the generous contributions of hundreds of donors. Tax receipts are available for donations.

The main gallery takes the visitor along a "highway through time", beginning with a horse-drawn carriage of the late 19th century and featuring four stations, whose themes are a 1911 factory, a 1920s grain elevator

Grain elevator

A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...

, a 1930s service station

Filling station

A filling station, also known as a fueling station, garage, gasbar , gas station , petrol bunk , petrol pump , petrol garage, petrol kiosk , petrol station "'servo"' in Australia or service station, is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants...

, and a 1950s drive-in

Drive-in

A drive-in is a facility such as a bank, restaurant, or movie theater where one can literally drive in with an automobile for service. It is usually distinguished from a drive-through. At a drive-in restaurant, for example, customers park their vehicles and are usually served by staff who walk out...

. The centre of the gallery has artifacts and displays that showcase the agricultural theme through the four seasons of the year.
Visitors can tour the main gallery on their own or as part of a guided tour, take rides in vintage car

Vintage car

A vintage car is commonly defined as a car built between the start of 1919 and the end of 1930 known as the "Vintage era". There is little debate about the start date of the vintage period—the end of World War I is a nicely defined marker there—but the end date is a matter of a little...

s and aircraft, visit an internationally acclaimed state of the art restoration and conservation facility, participate in hands-on programs, watch vintage agricultural machinery being used on 28 hectares of actual crops, or browse the award-winning reference collection or the gift shop

Gift shop

A gift shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs relating to a particular topic or theme. The items sold often include coffee mugs, stuffed animals, t-shirts, postcards, handmade collections and other souvenirs....

. The Museum also features event rooms for group meetings, and is one of only two museums in Canada with fly-in access.

Featured exhibits include:

• a one-of-a-kind 1929 Duesenberg
  Duesenberg
  Duesenberg was an Auburn, Indiana based American luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality passenger cars and record-breaking racing cars.-History:...
  
   Phaeton Royale Model J
• the world's oldest known production Chevrolet
  Chevrolet
  Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
  
  , a 1913 Chevrolet Classic Six
• the world's oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917
• a 1928 American Eagle biplane
  Biplane
  A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...
  
  , the only surviving Canadian example
• a full-scale replica
  Replica
  A replica is a copy closely resembling the original concerning its shape and appearance. An inverted replica complements the original by filling its gaps. It can be a copy used for historical purposes, such as being placed in a museum. Sometimes the original never existed. For example, Difference...
  
   of the Avro Arrow
• a half-track vehicle used in the infamous Bedaux Expedition
  Bedaux Expedition
  The Bedaux Expedition also named the Bedaux Canadian Subarctic Expedition was an attempt by eccentric French millionaire, Charles Eugène Bedaux to cross the British Columbia wilderness, while making a movie, testing Citroën half-tracks and generating publicity for himself...
  
  , the subject of the film "Champagne Safari"

The Museum also serves as home to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation...

, a national organization paying tribute to the men, women and organizations who pioneered and advanced aviation

Aviation

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 in Canada.

Location

The Reynolds-Alberta Museum is located between Edmonton and Red Deer

Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...

 in Alberta, Canada, 65 kilometres (40.4 mi) south of Edmonton. It is located off Highway 2 or 2A, 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) west of the city of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, or east from Highway 2, near the Wetaskiwin airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

.

History

The Reynolds-Alberta Museum opened in 1992 as a project of Alberta Community Development

Alberta Community Development

Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation is a ministry of the Executive Council of Alberta. Its duties involve managing Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas, tourism, sport and recreation....

 and Alberta Infrastructure. It is named after Stan Reynolds, a Wetaskiwin businessman and world-renowned collector, who donated a core collection of 1,500 artifacts between 1982 and 1986, and, along with many other individuals, continues to donate portions of his collection. Stan had owned a local car dealership and always advertised that he would take anything in trade - therefore the large and varied collection of vehicles, airplanes and farm implements.

The transportation collection

Highlights of the transportation collection include:

• 1898 Innes
• 1903 Rambler
  Rambler (automobile)
  Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969...
  
   Runabout (conserved)
• 1905 Oldsmobile Curved Dash
  Oldsmobile Curved Dash
  The gasoline powered Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as being the first mass-produced automobile, meaning that it was built on an assembly line using interchangeable parts. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907...
  
   Runabout (restored)
• 1911 Hupp-Yeats Electric Coach (conserved)
• 1912 Harley-Davidson
  Harley-Davidson
  Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
  
   Silent Grey Fellow (conserved)
• 1916 Packard
  Packard
  Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...
  
   Twin Six Touring Car (original)
• 1918 Winton
  Winton Motor Carriage Company
  The Winton Motor Carriage Company was a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Winton was one of the first American companies to sell a motor car.-1896:...
  
   Four Passenger Sport Phaeton (original)
• 1923 Stanley Steamer
  Stanley Steamer
  The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was a manufacturer of steam-engine vehicles; it operated from 1902 to 1924. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers, although several different models were produced.-Early history:...
  
   Sedan (restored)
• 1927 LaSalle Convertible Coupe (restored)
• 1929 Duesenberg Model J, Phaeton Royale (restored, one-of-a-kind)
• 1930 Stewart 3/4 Ton Truck (restored)
• 1936 Auburn
  Auburn Automobile
  Auburn was a brand name of American automobiles produced from 1900 through 1936.-Corporate history:The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in Auburn, Indiana, in 1875 by Charles Eckhart...
  
   Sedan (restored)
• 1940 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton Pick-Up truck (restored)
• 1946 Mercury
  Mercury (automobile)
  Mercury was an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company launched in 1938 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick brand, and Chrysler's namesake brand...
  
   Two Door Sedan (restored)
• 1953 Canadian Pontiac Sedan (original)
• 1955 Chevrolet Nomad
  Chevrolet Nomad
  The Chevrolet Nomad was a station wagon model made off and on from 1955 to 1972, and a Chevy Van trim package in the late 1970s and early 1980s, produced by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors...
  
  
• 1960 Chrysler Imperial
  Chrysler Imperial
  The Chrysler Imperial, introduced in 1926, was the company's top of the range vehicle for much of its history. Models were produced with the Chrysler name until 1954, and again from 1990 to 1993. The company tried to position the cars as a prestige marque that would rival Cadillac and Lincoln...
  
  
• 1966 Mercury M-100 Pickup (original)
• 1975 Bricklin SV-1
  Bricklin SV-1
  The Bricklin SV-1 was a gull-wing door sports car assembled in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The body panels were manufactured in a separate plant in Minto, New Brunswick. Manufactured from 1974 until early 1976 for the U.S. market, the car was the creation of Malcolm Bricklin, an American...
  
  
• 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V
  Lincoln Continental Mark V
  The Lincoln Continental Mark V was a large coupe sold by Lincoln, the Ford Motor Company's luxury division, between the 1977 and 1979 model years. The Mark V was a restyled Mark IV, replacing that car's more rounded styling with a more squared-off, sharp-edged detailing. The Mark V was highly...
  
   Town Car
• 1981 Dodge Aries
  Dodge Aries
  The Dodge Aries is an automobile sold by the Chrysler Corporation from 1981-1989. It replaced the Dodge Aspen as Dodge's family car with "mid-size room" in a size and front-wheel drive format commonly associated with compact cars...
  
   K-Car
• 2008 Bug-E

The aviation collection

Highlights of the aviation collection are:

• 1937 Cessna
  Cessna
  The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...
  
   C-37 Airmaster
• 1942 Hawker
  Hawker Aircraft
  Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history.-History:...
  
   Hurricane MK XII
• 1943 Douglas
  Douglas Aircraft Company
  The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...
  
   DC-3
• 1946 Bellanca 31-55 Senior Skyrocket
• 1946 Sznycer/Gottlieb Intercity Airlines Grey Gull SG VI-D
• 2009 Vindicator Unmanned Drone

The complete aviation collection includes:

Airplanes

Of the 90 aircraft listed below, just under one-tenth are currently available for public viewing, with the remainder stored in the Collection Storage Building.

• 1909 AEA Silver Dart
  AEA Silver Dart
  -References:NotesBibliography* Aerial Experimental Association . Aerofiles. . Retrieved: 19 May 2005.* Green, H. Gordon. The Silver Dart: The Authentic Story of the Hon. J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's First Pilot. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Atlantic Advocate Book, 1959.* Milberry, Larry. Aviation in...
  
   (reproduction)
• 1910 Curtiss Model D
  Curtiss Model D
  |-See also:-External links:...
  
  
• 1918 Curtiss JN-4
  Curtiss JN-4
  The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S...
  
   Can (Canuck) "City of Edmonton" (C1347)
• 1919 Reynolds "Sport" monoplane
• 1925 Lincoln Sport biplane
• 1925 Reynolds "Star" monoplane
• 1927 Advance Aircraft Co. Waco GXE
• 1928 Advance Aircraft Co. Waco 10 GXE
• 1928 American Eagle A101
• 1928 De Havilland Cirrus Moth DH60X
  De Havilland DH.60 Moth
  The de Havilland DH 60 Moth was a 1920s British two-seat touring and training aircraft that was developed into a series of aircraft by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.-Development:The DH 60 was developed from the larger DH 51 biplane...
  
  
• 1929 Curtiss Robin
  Curtiss Robin
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.-External links:* * ****...
  
   C1
• 1929 Fairchild 71
  Fairchild 71
  -Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Milberry, Larry. Aviation In Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8....
  
  
• 1929 Kari-Keen 60-A Sioux Coupe
  Kari-Keen 90 Sioux coupe
  |-See also:-External links:**...
  
  
• 1929 Travel Air Speedwing
  Travel Air
  The Travel Air Manufacturing Company was an aircraft manufacturer established in Wichita, Kansas in the United States in January 1925 by Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Lloyd Stearman.-Company history:...
  
   D-4D
• 1930 Avro Avian
  Avro Avian
  The Avro Avian was a series of British light aircraft designed and built by Avro in the 1920s and '30s. While the various versions of the Avian were sound aircraft, they were comprehensively outsold by the de Havilland Moth and its descendants....
  
   (CF-CDV)
• 1930 De Havilland Gipsy Moth DH60M
• 1930 Cessna EC-1
• 1931 Laird LCB-200 (CF-APY)
• 1931 Aeronautical Corp. Aeronca C-3
• 1932 J.S. Neys biplane (Homebuilt replica of American Eagle)
• 1932 Amisk Glider Club, Meade glider
• 1933 Air Camper
  Pietenpol Air Camper
  -See also:- External links :* * * * *...
  
   (Pietenpol
  Bernard Pietenpol
  Bernard H. Pietenpol was an aircraft designer.Father of home built aircraft, Pietenpol was a self-taught mechanic who lived most of his life in the small community of Cherry Grove in southeastern Minnesota....
  
  )
• 1936 De Havilland Hornet Moth DH87 (CF-AYG)
• 1936 Fairchild 24C-8E
• 1936 Fleet Fawn II
  Fleet Fawn
  In the 1930s, Fleet Aircraft manufactured a series of single-engined, two-seat training aircraft, based on US designs. The Fleet Model 7B and Model 7C, known respectively as Fawn I and Fawn II were purchased by the RCAF as primary trainers...
  
   7C
• 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub
  Taylor J-2
  -References:* Roger W. Peperell and Colin M.Smith, Piper Aircraft and their forerunners, 1987, Air-Britain , ISBN 0 85130 149 5, Page 18 to 22....
  
  
• 1937 Arrowsport Model F
  Arrow Model F
  -See also:...
  
  
• 1937 Barkley-Grow T8P-1
  Barkley-Grow T8P-1
  |-References:NotesBibliography* Gerritmas, Joop and Hazewinkel Harm. "The Barkley-Grow T8P-1." AAHS Journal 50 , 2005.* Taylor, J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 121. ISBN 0-51710-316-8....
  
   (Prototype CF-BVE)
• 1937 Cessna Airmaster C-37
  Cessna 165
  -External links:* A private owner's , complete with a report on the flying qualities of his plane and links to a restoration project showing the internals of an Airmaster's fuselage and wing.* * , May 1974 American Aircraft Modeler...
  
  
• 1937 Hutter HI7 Glider
• 1937 Waco YKS-7
• 1937 Waco ZQC-6
  Waco ZQC-6
  -See also:...
  
  
• 1938 Grunau Baby GBII Glider
• 1938 Miles Whitney Straight
• 1938 Noorduyn Norseman IV
  Noorduyn Norseman
  The Noorduyn Norseman is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Norseman aircraft are known to have been registered and/or operated in 68 countries throughout the world and also have been based and flown in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.-Design and...
  
   (CF-SAH)
• 1939 Aeronca 65LA Chief
• 1939 Corben Baby Ace
• 1939 Fairey Swordfish Mark II/IV
  Fairey Swordfish
  The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War...
  
  
• 1939 Fleet Finch
  Fleet Finch
  -See also:* List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada -Bibliography:* Molson, Ken M. and Taylor, Harold A. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.* Page, Ron D. and Cumming, William. Fleet: The Flying Years. Erin,...
  
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• 1939 Stinson Aircraft HW75
  Stinson Aircraft Company
  The Stinson Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturing company in the United States between the 1920s and the 1950s.-The Company:The Stinson Aircraft Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1920 by aviator Edward “Eddie” Stinson, brother to Katherine Stinson. After five years of business...
  
  
• 1940 North American Yale
  North American BT-9
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Davis, Larry. T-6 Texan in Action . Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1989. ISBN 0-89747-224-1....
  
  
• 1940 De Havilland Canada Tiger Moth DH82C
• 1940 Taylor-Young Aircraft BL-65
• 1940 Stinson Model 10
• 1940 Akron A/C Funk Model 1B
• 1940 Focke-Wulf Weihi
  Focke-Wulf
  Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.-History:...
  
  
• 1941 Bristol Bolingbroke Mark IVT
• 1941 Taylorcraft BC-12
  Taylorcraft B
  -See also:...
  
  
• 1941 Piper J-3 Cub
  Piper J-3
  The Piper J-3 Cub is a small, simple, light aircraft that was built between 1937 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. With tandem seating, it was intended for flight training but became one of the most popular and best-known light aircraft of all time...
  
  
• 1941 Lockheed Lodestar 18-08
  Lockheed Lodestar
  The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era.-Design and development:The prototype of the Lockheed Model 18, which first flew in 1939, was constructed from one of a batch of Lockheed Model 14 Super Electras which had been returned to the manufacturer by...
  
   (CF-TDB)
• 1941 Cessna Crane
• 1942 Hawker Hurricane Mark XII
  Hawker Hurricane
  The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...
  
   (RCAF 5418)
• 1943 Douglas DC-3 "Dakota" (CF-IAE)
• 1943 Beech Expeditor D18S
• 1943 Beech Staggerwing D17S  (CF-DTE)
• 1943 Boeing Stearman
  Boeing Stearman
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Avis, Jim and Bowman, Martin. Stearman: A Pictorial History. Motorbooks, 1997. ISBN 0-76030-479-3.* Bowers, Peter M. Boeing Aircraft since 1916. London:Putnam, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6....
  
  
• 1943 Stinson Reliant
  Stinson Reliant
  The Stinson Reliant was a popular single-engine four to five seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan.-Design and development:...
  
  
• 1944 North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell 44-86726
  North American B-25 Survivors
  -B-25 survivors:-Argentina:Under Restoration.*B-25J Mitchell, s/n 44-31173, Was on display at Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport. Under restoration to flightworthiness by Gustavo M...
  
  
• 1944 Noury/Fleet Canuck
  Fleet Canuck
  -Similar Aircraft:*Cessna 120/140*Piper PA-15 Vagabond*Aeronca 11 Chief*Luscombe 8-References:NotesBibliography* Page, Ron D. and William Cumming. Fleet: The Flying Years. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55046-019-6.-External links:...
  
  
• 1944 Howard DGA-15 Nightingale
  Howard DGA-15
  |-See also:-References:*Bushell, Sue J. "Some Damn Good Airplanes". Air Enthusiast, Thirty-two, December 1986-April 1987. Bromley, UK:Pilot Press. pp. 32–44.-External links:* * * *...
  
  
• 1944 Avro Anson V
  Avro Anson
  The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Named for British Admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance, but was...
  
  
• 1945 Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
  TBF Avenger
  The Grumman TBF Avenger was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air or naval arms around the world....
  
  
• 1945 Fleet Cornell II
  Fairchild PT-19
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Mondey, David. American Aircraft of World War II . London: Bounty Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7537-1461-4....
  
  
• 1946 Auster AOP.6
  Auster AOP.6
  -Bibliography:*Halley, J.J., The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air-Britain, Tonbridge, ISBN 0-85130-164-9....
  
  
• 1946 Republic RC-3 Seabee
  Republic RC-3 Seabee
  The Republic RC-3 Seabee is an all-metal amphibious sports aircraft designed by Percival Spencer and manufactured by the Republic Aircraft Corporation.-Design and development:...
  
  
• 1947 Stinson Voyager "Flying Station Wagon"
• 1947 Luscombe Silvaire
• 1949 Ercoupe 415G
• 1950 Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
• 1951 Canadair
  Canadair
  Canadair Ltd. was a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada. It was a subsidiary of other aircraft manufacturers, then a nationalized corporation until privatized in 1986, and became the core of Bombardier Aerospace....
  
   Lockheed Silver Star 3
• 1951 Meyers A/C MAC145
• 1952 Canadair CL-13/F-86 Sabre 3
• 1952 Bristol Freighter Type 170
  Bristol Freighter
  The Bristol Type 170 Freighter was a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner, although its best known use is as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances.-Design and development:The...
  
  
• 1957 McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo
  CF-101 Voodoo
  The CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. They were manufactured by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri for the United States Air Force , and later sold to Canada...
  
  
• 1957 Percival Prospector
  Edgar Percival E.P.9
  -References:NotesBibliography* "Edgar Percival EP.9." Classic Wings Downunder article, Issue 52, Vol. 12, No.4.* Flight, 1955.* Ellison, Norman H.Percivals Aircraft . Chalford, Stroud, UK: Chalford Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7524-0774-0.* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft...
  
  
• 1960 Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
  Canadair CF-104
  The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter was a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence...
  
  
• 1962 Viking Aircraft Division glider
• 1962 C.H. Goddard (Stits) Sky coupe
• 1964 Canadair CL-41A Tutor
• 1964 Haseloh Gyroplane (CF-OMO)
• 1969 Canadair CF-5D Freedom Fighter
• 1973 Eagle Delta Rogollo
• 1975 Haseloh Gyroplane (C-GUAG)
• 1995 Goddard Volkplane
• 2009 Meggitt Vindicator II UAV

Helicopter

• 1946 Intercity Airlines SG-IVD Grey Gull
• 1953 Sikorsky S58
• 1965 Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale Model 3160 Alouette III
  Aérospatiale Alouette III
  The Aérospatiale Alouette III is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by Sud Aviation. It was manufactured by Aérospatiale of France, and under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India as Hal Chetak and Industria Aeronautică Română in Romania.The Alouette III is the...
  
  
• 1965 Hughes 269A

The agricultural collection

Highlights of the agricultural collection are:

• 1908 International Harvester Co. (IHC) gas traction engine - the oldest in the collection
• 1910 Fairbanks Morse - Canadian
• 1910 Holt Caterpillar tractor
• 1911 Nichols and Shepard steam tractor
  Steam tractor
  A steam tractor is a vehicle powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling.In North America, the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of agricultural tractor powered by a steam engine, used extensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.In Great Britain, the term steam tractor...
  
  
• 1914 Rumley steam tractor
• 1920 Call-of-the-West hand feed thresher
  Threshing machine
  The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine , was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was invented for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. For thousands of years, grain was separated by hand with flails,...
  
  
• 1922 Sawyer Massey Steam Traction engine
  Traction engine
  A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it...
  
  
• 1947 IHC Thresher
• 1947 Massey-Harris 10 foot binder

The museum's complete agricultural collection includes:

Baler, hay

• 1967 Minneapolis-Moline Balemaster 760
• ca.1924 McCormick-Deering wire tie baler with 4 hp IHC eng
• New Holland "Hayline" Model 271 Baler

Combine

• ca.1950 Allis-Chalmers
  Allis-Chalmers
  The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. of West Allis, Wisconsin, is an American company known for its past as a manufacturer with diverse interests, perhaps most famous for their bright Persian Orange farm tractors...
  
   Model 60-A (all-crop harvester
  All-Crop Harvester
  All-Crop Harvester, or All-Crop Combine, was the name of tractor-drawn, PTO-driven combine harvesters made by Allis-Chalmers from the mid 1930s to the early 1960s...
  
  )
• 1967 1969 Versatile Model 42 Combine
• ca.1967 Case Model 960 self-propelled combine
• 1935-42 McCormick-Deering Model 31-R pull-type combine

Cultivator, Field

• Noble Blade cultivator Model A
• John Deere
  John Deere
  John Deere was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world...
  
   Model N Spring Tooth Cultivator
• John Deere 10 ft cultivator
• Massey-Harris No. 15 Stiff Tooth Cultivator
• Cockshutt 8 ft. Stiff Tooth Cultivator
• Massey-Harris No. 7 Spring Tooth Cultivator
• Case cultivator 14 foot
• ca. 1920 IHC-International Spring Tooth Cultivator
• IHC No. 8 Duplex Stiff Tooth Cultivator
• ca.1945 Ferguson 8 foot cultivator

Cultivator, Row Crop

• Deere "KA" Foot Guide Cultivator
• Massey-Harris No. 8 Two Row Corn Cultivator

Disk, Oneway

• John Deere Model L Tractor Tandem Disk Harrow Plow
• ca. 1890 John Deere Disc Harrow
  Disc harrow
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• Oliver No. 106 Oneway Disk
• McCormick-Deering No. 2 Harrow Plow
• ca. 1928 John Deere No. 7 Disk Tiller Oneway
• IHC McCormick-Deering Harrow Plow
• Cockshutt No. 33 Tiller Combine Oneway
• Cockshutt Horse Tandem Disk Harrow Plow
• Bissell 8 Foot Horse Tandem Disk Harrow Plow

Harrow Disk

• ca. 1950 CCIL Harrower
• J.I. Case 10 Foot Tractor Single Disk Harrow
• John Deere AW Disk Harrow
• Massey-Harris 7 Ft Horse Single Disk Harrow
• Oliver Wide 32 Ft Single Disk Harrow
• 5 Foot Horse Single Disk Harrow
• Moline 8 Foot Single Disk Harrow
• John Deere Model B 8 Ft Single Disk Harrow
• IHC 12 Foot Tractor Tandem Disk
• Massey-Harris No. 14-7 Ft Single Disk Harrow
• McCormick-Deering Imperial Tractor Tandem Disk
• McCormick-Deering 8 Ft Horse Single Disk Harrow
• John Deere Model OB 7 Foot Single Disk Harrow
• McCormick-Deering 14 Ft Single Disk Harrow
• IHC 8 Foot Single Disk Harrow
• McCormick-Deering Imp. Tractor Tandem Disk Harrow

Harvesting

• ca. 1940 John Deere binder
• Coutts grinder
• ca 1955 Massey-Harris Swather
• ca 1932 Oliver Red River special Thresher
• Bulldog Fanning Mill
• Minneapolis-Moline Windrower
• IHC-McCormick Deering Dumprake
• Clevdstone grinder
• 1962 Massey-Ferguson Combine #72
• Moisture Tester
• feed grinder
• 1945 Massey Harris #21 combine
• ca. 1927 Vessot Grinder
• Vessot feed grinder
• Massey-Harris Binder
• Blacksmithed Grain guards
• IH measuring stick w/advertising
• ca. 1938 McCormick-Deering Model 4E Ten-Foot Power Binder
• ca. 1926 Sunshine-Waterloo One-Man Self-Propelled Combine
• ca. 1916 Stewart Stook Loader
• 1905 Sawyer-Massey 28x44 Thresher
• 1942 Massey-Harris #21 self propelled combine
• ca. 1916 J.I. Case 40x62 Thresher
• ca. 1915 John Goodison 22x38 Thresher
• ca. 1945 Oliver Red River Special 22" Thresher
• ca. 1938 McCormick-Deering Model "E" Eight-Foot Binder
• ca. 1903 McCormick-Deering Ten Foot Push Binder I.H.C
• Massey-Harris Vertical Corn Binder
• ca. 1940 Massey-Harris No.17 Combine
• ca. 1945 Massey-Harris (George White No. 6) Thresher
• 1901 McCormick-Deering Ten Foot Push Header I.H.C
• ca. 1902 McCormick Six Foot Right-Hand Cut Binder
• ca. 1920 Bulldog Fanning Mill
• ca. 1935 John Deere 7 ft. Cut Binder
• 1923 Avery "Yellow Baby" 22x32 Thresher
• ca. 1924 Advance-Rumely 28x44 Thresher
• 1954 Allis-Chalmers Model 66 "All-Crop" Combine
• ca. 1921 J.I Case 28x48 Heavy-Duty Steel Thresher
• 1913 Avery 28 "Yellow Fellow" Thresher
• ca. 1920 IHC Deering Horizontal Corn Binder
• ca. 1927 Champion Six-Foot Binder
• ca. 1915 IHC Deering New Ideal Reaper
• ca. 1915 Desjardins "Call Of The West" 20x27 Thresher
• ca. 1880 Favorite 28x42 Thresher
• 1913 Aultman &Taylor 28 "New Century" Thresher
• ca. 1919 Francouer 28x36 Thresher-(Stanley Jones)
• ca. 1930 Holt Hillside Combine
• IHC Deering Binder
• Header Barge
• 1929 Harris 36' Combine
• ca. 1930 Frost and Wood No.5 Seven Foot Binder
• ca. 1915 The Chatham Fanning Mill

Haying

• ca. 1937 Massey-Harris No. 33 Mower
• ca. 1932 McCormick-Deering Power Baling Press
• 1939 McCormick-Deering Adjustable Crop Loader
• 1947 Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler
• Alex Wild Oat Separator
• Rope Hay Cradle
• Manure fork
• Straw fork
• ca. 1905 Dain Truss Frame Sweep Rake
• ca. 1910 Massey-Harris No. 16 Mower
• B. F. Avery Champion Mower
• Cockshutt Giant Mower
• Bale pick
• 1940 Cockshutt "Champion" Rake
• Emerson-Brantingham Standard Mower
• 1915 Frost & Wood Giant 8 Mower
• 1910 IHC McCormick New 4 Mower
• ca. 1905 Massey-Harris Hay Loader No. 1
• ca. 1900 Massey-Harris Brantford 4 Rear Cut Mower
• 1895 Massey-Harris Sharp's Rake
• ca. 1920 IHC-Milwaukee No. 5 Chain-Drive Mower
• John Deere-Dain Mower
• ca. 1913 John Deere-Dain Two-Horse Pull Power
• ca. 1915 Frost & Wood "Tiger" Rake
• ca. 1900 Jones Chain-Drive Mower

Machine threshing

• ca.1900-15 Desjardin Champion Canadien No. 1
• ca.1910 Ferguson No. 27 hand-feed thresher
• ca.1928 John Deere Model 30 elevator
• 1915 Sawyer-Massey Great West thresher
• 1918 Aultman & Taylor 32 X 50 thresher #34568
• 1924 Goodison 24" thresher

Plow, Disk

• Massey-Harris No. 3 Disk Plow
• Massey-Harris Great West #2 gang plow
• Cockshutt New Rotary Disk Plow
• P&O 6 Bottom No. 12 Disk Plow
• Emerson 6 Bottom Disk Plow
• LaCrosse 5 Bottom Disk Plow
• Cockshutt Jewel gang plow, with pole and eveners
• Moline 3 Bottom Disk Plow
• Massey-Harris Power Lift Tractor Disk Plow
• J.I. Case Co. Wheatland Disk Plow
• Hancock Disk Plow
• John Deere Gang plow

Plow, Moldboard

• Cockshutt Steel Beam Breaker Plow
• Cockshutt Traction Scrub Breaker Plow
• Cockshutt 8 Bottom Power Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Cockshutt Wood Beam Brush Breaker Plow
• Case Grand Detour Tractor Plow
• 1900 Casaday Cast Arch Frame Sulky Plow
• Avery 6 Bottom Power Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Arch Frame Gang Plow
• IHC Little Wonder Tractor Gang Plow
• Avery 3 Bottom Power Lift Engine Gang Plow
• ca. 1923 P&O Little Genius No. 5 Tractor Plow
• Steel Reinforced Beam horse Plow
• Paris Scotch Clipper High Lift Sulky Plow
• Rock Island 4 Bottom Tractor Plow
• Rumely 6 Bottom Power Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Cult. Fabricated From A Cockshutt Beaver Gang Plow
• Massey-H. #18A Power Lift Tractor Triple Gang Plow
• McCormick-Deering Oliver Style Brush Breaker Plow
• ca. 1914 Avery 3 Bottom Power lift plow
• ca. 1920 Cockshutt Simplex sulky plow
• ca. 1910 Sattley Hart Parr 8 bottom "Self Lift" engine
• ca. 1900-10 Sattley 4 bottom power lift engine gang plow
• 1927 Van Style Model 427 Breaker Plow
• ca. 1910 Heavy construction Breaker Plow w/ Lacarose wheel
• Oliver No. 400 Series Tractor Quadruple Gang Plow
• Moline Good Enough Stag Sulky Plow
• McCormick-D. No. 460 Tractor Brush Breaker Plow
• Moline Flying Dutchman Eng.3 Gang Tractor Plow
• Oliver No. 300 Series Tractor Triple Gang Plow
• Oliver 12 Bottom Flexible Engine Gang Plow
• Oliver No. 1 High Lift Gang Plow
• 1916-28 Oliver No. 53 High Lift Triple Gang Plow
• Oliver No. 39 Stag Sulky Plow
• 1930-50 Oliver No.383B Adjustable Triple Gang Plow
• Oliver Light Tractor Brush Breaker Plow
• Oliver No. 79 Tractor Quadruple Gang Plow
• Oliver Wood Beam Brush Breaker Plow
• Oliver No. 22A Lever Lift Gang Plow
• Oliver No. 80 8 Bottom Lever Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Oliver Engine Gang Plow
• Oliver #79 Four Bottom Tractor Plow
• John Deere "New Deere" Foot Lift Sulky Plow
• ca. 1912 Original Model Van Slyke Plow
• ca. 1912 Golden Age Stag Sulky Plow
• John Deere No. 5 Pony 3 Bottom Tractor Plow
• J.I. Case Plow Works "Enicar" Tractor Gang Plow
• John Deere Pony 4 Bottom Tractor Plow
• John Deere 12 Bottom Big Engine Gang Plow
• Moline Sulky Plow
• John Deere No. 6 Winnipeg Stag Sulky Plow
• John Deere Ranger Stag Sulky Plow
• John Deere No. 8 Winnipeg Stag Sulky Plow
• David Bradley X-Rays No. 2 Sulky Plow
• Cockshutt 5 Bottom Lever Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Cockshutt J.G.C. Sulky Plow
• Olives IHC No. 1 Improved High Lift Gang Plow
• David Bradley No. 6 Gang Plow
• IHC Hamilton Brush Breaker Plow
• ca. 1905 Diamond No. 1 Gang Plow
• Emerson-Brantingham No. 102E Tractor Gang Plow
• ca. 1913 Emerson Foot Lift Sulky Plow
• CockshuttEmpire Chief Walking Gang Plow
• Cockshutt 12 Bottom Lever Lift Engine Gang Plow
• Massey-Harris No. 2 Wood Beam Brush Breaker low
• ca. 1909 Massey-Harris New ID Box-Frame Sulky Plow
• ca. 1900 Massey-Harris Victoria Foot Lift Sulky Plow
• 1936 Richardson Walking Plow

Seeding

• Massey harris Model 316 Seed Drill
• ca. 1925 Massey Harris Seed Drill
• Canadian Industries Ltd. Seed Treater
• C. K & Co. Hamburg L. Seeder Plow
• Cockshutt 36 Row Single Disk Seed Drill
• Potato planter
• McCormick-Deering drill
• ca. 1928 IHC seed Drill with Fertilizer attachment
• Van Brunt John Deere Seed Drill
• Potato Planter (Aspinwall Type)
• IHC Double Disk Seed Drill
• Fountain City Shoe Seed Drill
• IHC Deering Seed Drill;

Spreader

• Massey-Harris No. 4 Manure Spreader
• ca. 1940 Cockshutt No. 4 Steel-Bodied Manure Spreader
• ca. 1925 IHC "Corn King" Manure Spreader
• ca. 1930 John Deere-Dain Model C Manure Spreader

Tractor, Garden

• 1920 Kinkade Garden Tractor
• ca. 1940 Simplicity Garden Tractor
• ca. 1938 Standard Monarch Garden Tractor
• ca. 1920 Centaur Garden Tractor
• ca. 1950 David Bradley Garden tractor

Tractor, Farm

• 1919 Rumely "Oil Pull", Type H Tractor
• ca.1937 Minneapolis-Moline, Model ZTS Tractor
• 1938 McCormick-Deering, Model W14 Tractor
• 1944 John Deere, Model BR Tractor
• ca.1943 Massey-Harris "General" Tractor
• 1914 Galloway 12-24 Tractor
• 1920 Eagle, Model H, 20-40 Tractor
• 1948 John Deere Model M tractor
• 1952 Funk converted Ford 8N Tractor
• ca.1950 Cockshutt Model 30 tractor
• 1938 Oliver Model 80 tractor #805540
• ca. 1947Oliver Model 88 tractor #18055812
• 1914 Big Bull Tractor 12-24
• ca. 1945 Rockol Tractor
• 1928 Rumely "Oil Pull", Type W Tractor
• ca. 1920 Sawyer-Massey 11-22 (Waukesha Engine) Tractor
• ca. 1941 Cockshutt Model 90 tractor
• ca. 1920 Sawyer-Massey 12-20 (Erd Engine) Tractor
• ca. 1953 Cockshutt Model 50 tractor
• ca. 1955 Ferguson Model TE Tractor
• ca. 1953 Allis-Chalmers IB Tractor
• ca. 1915 Sawyer-Massey 17-34 Tractor
• ca. 1916 Sawyer-Massey 20-35 Tractor
• ca. 1916 Twin City, Model E 25-50 Tractor
• ca. 1916 Moline "Universal" Tractor
• ca. 1928 Twin City, Model FTA 20-35 Tractor
• 1953 Massey-Harris Model 44
• ca. 1923 Rock Island 18-36 Tractor

Weeder

• Cockshutt Rod Weeder
• Riverside Iron Works Mill's 14 Foot Wire Weeder
• Mill's Wire Weeder
• Single Wheel Rotary Rod Weeder

Well, Water

• Fairbanks "Eclipse" Pump Engine
• Baker "Monitor" Pump Jack with Waterous Pump
• Beatty Brothers Pump Jack
• Beatty Electric Force Pump
• Fuller & Johnson Pump w/Engine
• Beatty Water pump
• 1-1/2 International pump engine
• "Better Systems" Electric Force Pump

Reference centre

This Museum's award-winning reference centre offers visitors the largest publicly accessible collection of motor vehicle, aviation, agricultural and industrial trade publication literature in Canada. Topics covered include automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, airplanes, tractor

Tractor

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s, plows, threshing machines, steam traction engines, fire-fighting equipment, road construction machinery, and more. The collection consists of books, magazines and newsletters, journals, newspapers, service manuals, parts manuals, owners' manuals, price lists, advertisement and subject files, research reports, and audio-visual materials, with more than 3,000 books, 50 current subscriptions and 25,000 pieces of trade literature dating from the mid-19th century to the present. Experienced staff provide a wide variety of reference services, answering thousands of questions each year for restoration enthusiasts, museum and library professionals, historians, collectors, hobbyists, and just the curious from all over the world. Orientation tours are provided to individuals and special interest groups. Photocopies are available for a nominal fee.
(Note: This is a non-lending reference centre. All materials must be consulted on site.)

Restoration shop and conservation laboratory

Artifact restoration, maintenance, and conservation are done in the Museum's Restoration Shop and Conservation Laboratory

Laboratory

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The staff

Employment

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 share their knowledge with serious car enthusiasts interested in learning museum-quality restoration techniques through a popular vehicle restoration workshop series, "Learn From the Experts", held each January and February. Workshops include the vehicle restoration process; metal finish repair on automobile bodies; surface preparation, paints and finishes; and detailing techniques.

The professional conservator in the Conservation Lab repairs and stabilizes the original materials and finishes of rare and unique artifacts, attempting to stop further deterioration. This services requires a combination of patient detective work and chemical wizardry.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA

Canadian Museums Association

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, CHIN

Canadian Heritage Information Network

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, and Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada

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External links

• Official Provincial Government Museum webpage
• Official Museum website (Suspended)
• Official website of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame