Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Located beside the Winnipeg Airport. We were impressed with the display. You can see the planes from all sides, suspended in the air. This new facility features 17 thoughtfully curated exhibits filled with stories of Canada's rich aviation history and Canadian innovations. Kids can put their hands on different tools, Interesting place to visit,

Well worth a few hours of your time. We learned a lot and will certainly be back again. The exhibits are well put together and contain many interesting anecdotes. Thank you for a very enjoyable morning.

The redeveloped (its a new building??) museum is a 10 min walk from the arrivals hall. Just walk thru the carpark and cross Wellington Ave. Its a nice place to visit if a few hours to spare while waiting for connecting flights. The museum is not huge but has enough different types of planes for your to explore. Some of the exhibits you can go into like the 1960s(?) Air Canada plane that they had on display and compare the extra cabin space air travel had compared to todays offerings. What I would recommend for the museum to do is to add some signage at the arrivals hall in the airport telling people the museum is located and directions.

A great place to tour for all ages. Wonderful aviation playground for kids and lots of hands-on activity. Loved the view of the airport runways from the observation deck. Guided tour was really helpful, thanks to our guide Gerry. Made me even more proud to be Canadian after learning of all our aviation firsts. Good gift shop for aviation fans.

Very informative, lots of staff and great way to learn about Canadian aviation history! Well organized and great sample of planes to learn about. Awesome showcasing many Canadian aviation Heros. Some video displays are missing content. The facility is very clean. The entrance fee is reasonable but should include the cost of parking.

I shared a photo of a C74 when I use to charter this big aircraft to fly in groceries to remote reserves up in Northern Manitoba where the roads don't reach. I mostly enjoyed speaking to the staff that work there and the accounts they tell you of the struggle Bush Pilots had in the early days. It's worth the trip to come and see these marvelous machines

A huge improvement over the original facility. More room and better displays. But, admission costs are a lot higher than the old version - 16 dollars for an adult and youth (3 to 12 years of age) price is insane - 9.50 ! As well, no free parking - it costs 5.00 for up to 4 hours. Mentioned on the website, but, you have to dig down three layers to find it. Should be clearly visible alongside the admission prices. No street (free) parking within reasonable walking distance.

The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is a museum both for aviation enthusiasts and for anyone interested in the history of the Prairie Provinces of Canada. The airplane collection was assembled to illustrate that slice of Canadian history. Therefore, I saw planes there that I had not seen in any other aviation museum. When combined with the photos, videos, and explanatory signs that are spread throughout the museum, the airplane collection becomes the centerpiece of a short course in the history and geography of the Prairie Provinces. For instance, one of planes on display is the Vickers Vedette, an aircraft designed and built in Canada to help map the Canadian prairies. No complete Vedettes remained, so the museum built a new one, based on some wrecks found in various lakes, along with the assistance of one of the workers who helped manufacture the original ones. The museum has a number of bush planes, that is, planes used to fly people and cargo to sparsely settled areas, where airport runways are short (if they exist at all). Sometimes they fly to isolated settlements. Sometimes they fly hunters and fishermen to places where there are no settlements. Such bush planes need to be rugged and need to create a lot of lift, to take off in a really short distance. One of my favorites of these bush planes is the Bellanca Aircruiser. The strange arrangement of its wings reminds me of the pterodactyl, a flying reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs. The struts that support the main wing are not just simple struts; they are actually built as "extra" wings. Those "extra" wings look strange, but they add lift, to help the Aircruiser take off from a short runway. The museum also highlights Canadian innovation. For instance, they display a Canadair Dynavert, an experimental cargo plane. The Dynavert could take off vertically by tilting the wing back so that the engines pointed straight up. The propellers then acted like the rotors of a helicopter. The museum is kid-friendly. For the younger kids, there are "pedal planes" and an aerospace-themed play area/jungle gym. Older kids can try out the controls of a Piper Musketeer, a plane that was used to train new pilots till it was retired. The museum has no snack bar. However, we were able to get back in after lunch; we talked with the staff before we left, and we saved our receipt when we paid for admission.

We went to this museum to kill time between landing at the airport and getting our hotel room. It was right across the street from the airport and they have small lockers for purses, camera bags, and a coat hanging area. We toured the whole exhibit and then they had a 1 hour and 20 min guided tour with a very well informed guide. I was great to have him explain in more detail the planes and their history. They don't have any special discounts except for seniors.