Canada Aviation and Space Museum#Collection

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The museum was first formed in 1964 at RCAF Station Rockcliffe as the National Aeronautical Collection from the amalgamation of three separate existing collections. These included the National Aviation Museum at Uplands, which concentrated on early aviation and bush flying; the Canadian War Museum collection, which concentrated on military aircraft, and which included many war trophies, some dating back to World War One, and the RCAF Museum which focused on those aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

In 1982 the collection was renamed the National Aviation Museum and in 1988 the collection was moved to a new experimental type triangular hangar from the Second World War-era wooden hangars it had been residing in. In 2006 an additional hangar was opened, which allows all of the collection's aircraft to be stored indoors.

The museum closed 2 September 2008 for remodeling and rearrangement of the aircraft on display. This project was completed and the museum reopened 19 November 2008. The changes made include making space for a new exhibition entitled Canadian Wings: A Remarkable Century of Flight that was unveiled on 23 February 2009, the centennial of the first heavier than air aircraft flight in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/media/press_releases/13nov08/ |title=Reopening of the Canada Aviation Museum |access-date=16 December 2008 |last=Cadieux |first=Marie-Josée |date=November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614085138/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/media/press_releases/13nov08/ |archive-date=14 June 2009 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=94f2bb37-4e31-4989-8b4e-746d60d0b837|title = Last chance to get in to see the 'old' Canada Aviation Museum|access-date = 15 December 2008|last = Hughes|first = Graham|date = August 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080926092602/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=94f2bb37-4e31-4989-8b4e-746d60d0b837|archive-date = 26 September 2008|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}

In December 2008, the museum announced that approval had been granted for a C$7M expansion to begin in May 2009 and to be completed by the fall of 2010. The improvements carried out included an addition of 2600 m² (28,000 ft²) giving 18% more space and providing room for a new foyer, auditorium, cafeteria, retail space, a landscaped entrance and classrooms.{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/Aviation+museum+expansion/1104373/story.html |title=Aviation museum to get $7M expansion |access-date=26 December 2008 |last=Adam |first=Mohammed |date=December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223162613/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Aviation%2Bmuseum%2Bexpansion/1104373/story.html |archive-date=23 December 2008 }}

In April 2010, the parent Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation announced that the museum would be expanded and that its name would be changed to the "Canada Aviation and Space Museum" in May 2010. The Canadian Press expressed concern that the name change would cause confusion with the existing Toronto-based Canadian Air and Space Museum.{{cite news|title=Aviation museum name change could cause confusion|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/aviation-museum-name-change-could-cause-confusion-1.949736|access-date=3 May 2017|work=CBCNews|publisher=CBC|date=17 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303234121/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2010/04/17/ont-aviation-museums.html|archive-date=3 March 2011|url-status=live}}

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is under the control of Ingenium, previously known as the Canadian Science and Technology Museums Corporation.{{cite book|author=Council of Canadian Academies|title=Science Culture: Where Canada Stands: Expert Panel on the State of Canada's Science Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lheBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA131|date=28 August 2014|publisher=Council of Canadian Academies|isbn=978-1-926558-92-9|page=131}} Ingenium is an autonomous Crown corporation which works to preserve and protect Canada's scientific and technical heritage. The corporation is responsible for three museums: the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canada Agriculture Museum and the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

The museum is also home to 51 Canada Aviation Museum Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets.

The museum's collection contains a wide variety of civilian and military aircraft, representing the history of Canadian aviation from the pioneer era before the First World War up to the present day. Particularly noteworthy is the collection of vintage bushplanes from the 1920s to the 1940s. The military aircraft represent aircraft flown by Canadians in the First World War, Second World War, and the Cold War. The museum's best known exhibit is the surviving components of the Avro Arrow interceptor from the late 1950s.

Also at the museum is Space Shuttle Endeavour{{'}}s Canadarm, the Space Shuttles' Canadian-built robotic arm.{{cite news | author=Elizabeth Howell | url=http://www.space.com/20949-space-shuttle-canadarm-museum-exhibit.html | title=Space Shuttle's Robotic Arm Goes on Display at Canadian Museum | date=2 May 2013 | work=Space.com | access-date=2 May 2013}}{{cite news | author=Canadian Space Agency | url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0502.asp | title=Minister Moore Unveils Exhibit for Canada's National Space Icon: the Canadarm | date=2 May 2013 | work=Canadian Space Agency | access-date=1 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506062113/http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0502.asp | archive-date=6 May 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} It was unveiled on 2 May 2013 with Chris Hadfield on hand from the International Space Station via video screen to aid with the unveiling.{{cite news | author=Andy Johnson | url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/unveiling-exhibit-hadfield-sends-first-canadarm-last-command-from-space-1.1263958 | title=Unveiling exhibit, Hadfield sends first Canadarm 'last command' from space | date=2 May 2013 | work=CTV News | access-date=2 May 2013}} While Endeavour{{'}}s Canadarm, officially known as Canadarm 201, was moved back to Canada, Atlantis's and Discovery's Canadarms went to the museums of their respective Shuttles.{{cite news | author=Chris Gebhardt | url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/11/discoverys-retirement-provide-insight-fate-fleets-robotic-arms/ | title=Discovery's retirement plans provide insight into the fate of the robotic arm | date=17 November 2010 | publisher=NASA | access-date=2 May 2013}}

Also on site are interactive activities on the science of flight, films, demonstrations, a boutique, and guided tours.

A few of the tours take the visitors "behind the scenes" to see conservation and restoration work in progress, and components which are in storage.

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The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

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• {{Official website|https://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/index.php}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110091840/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/VisitorGuide.pdf Canada Aviation Museum floor plan Fall 2008]
• [http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/CanadianAviationMuseum2006/index.htm Canada Aviation Museum Exhibit Photos]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010211124/http://www.pegww2.net/Pages/Ottawa.htm Canada Aviation Museum Photos]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050415141904/http://www.cadets.net/est/51aviation/ 51 Canada Aviation Museum Squadron – Royal Canadian Air Cadets]

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