The facilities comprise mainly of the permanent collection of the museum's vintage aircraft. The collection has several rare pieces of a Cold War era Avro Arrow fuselage, and a good selection of aircraft which are representative of Canada's role in World War II.
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 pieces which are in storage.
The National Museum of Science and Technology was established as an autonomous Crown corporation on July 1, 1990. It now operates as the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation and is responsible for preserving and protecting Canada's scientific and technical heritage. The Corporation is responsible for three museums
Canada Agriculture Museum
Canada Aviation Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum
External links
Canadian Aviation Museum (http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/)
The museum is part of the Museum of Civilization Corporation, which also runs the CanadianMuseum of Civilization, the Canadian Children's Museum and the Canadian Postal Museum.
The museum was officially established in 1942, but it did not enjoy its own dedicated facility until 1967 when it moved to the former Public Archives building on Sussex Drive in Ottawa, located between the Royal Canadian Mint and the (then) future site of the National Gallery of Canada.
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