The Reynolds-Alberta Museum , in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, one of 18 provincially owned and operated historic sites and museums, 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 wagons, huge factories replaced the village blacksmith 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 70 aircraft
- more than 1,000 pieces of agricultural equipment including tractors and farm machinery
- many industrial machines
- a reference collection of more than 3,000 publications and 25,000 pieces of trade literature.
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 1800s and featuring four stations, whose themes are a 1911 factory, a 1920s grain elevator, a 1930s service station, and a 1950s drive-in. 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 cars 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. 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 Phaeton Royale Model J
- the world's oldest known production Chevrolet, a 1913 Chevrolet Classic Six
- the world’s oldest dragline, a Bucyrus Class-24 built in 1917
- a 1928 American Eagle biplane, the only surviving Canadian example
- a full-scale replica of the Avro Arrow
- a half-track vehicle used in the infamous Bedaux Expedition, the subject of the film “Champagne Safari”
The Museum also serves as home to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, a national organization paying tribute to the men, women and organizations who pioneered and advanced aviation in Canada.
Location
The Reynolds-Alberta Museum is located between Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta, Canada, 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Edmonton. It is located off Highway 2 or 2A, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the city of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, or east from Highway 2, near the Wetaskiwin airport.
History
The Reynolds-Alberta Museum opened in 1992 as a project of Alberta Community Development 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:
- 1905 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout (restored)
- 1911 Hupp-Yeats Electric Coach (conserved)
- 1912 Harley-Davidson Silent Grey Fellow (conserved)
- 1916 Packard Twin Six Touring Car (original)
- 1918 Winton Four Passenger Sport Phaeton (original)
- 1923 Stanley Steamer 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 Sedan (restored)
- 1940 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton Pick-Up truck (restored)
- 1946 Mercury Two Door Sedan (restored)
- 1953 Canadian Pontiac Sedan (original)
The aviation collection
Highlights of the aviation collection are:
- 1937 Cessna C-37 Airmaster
- 1942 Hawker Hurricane MK XII
- 1943 Douglas DC-3
- 1946 Bellanca 31-55 Senior Skyrocket
The complete aviation collection includes:
Airplanes
Of the 79 aircraft listed below, just under one-half are currently (mid-2008) available for public viewing, with the remainder stored in secure premises.
- 1909 AEA Silver Dart reproduction
- 1910 Curtiss Model D
- 1918 Curtiss JN-4 Can (Canuck) "City of Edmonton" (C1347)
- 1919 Reynolds "Sport" monoplane
- 1925 Lincoln Sport biplane
- 1925 Reynolds "Star" monoplane
- 1928 Advance aircraft Co. Waco
- 1928 American Eagle
- 1928 De Havilland Cirrus Moth DH60X
- 1929 Travel Air Speedwing
- 1929 Fairchild 71
- 1929 Kari-Keen 60-A Sioux Coupe
- 1929 Curtiss Robin
- 1930 De Havilland Gipsy Moth DH60M
- 1930 Cessna EC-1
- 1930 Avro Avian (CF-CDV)
- 1931 Laird LCB-200 (CF-APY)
- 1931 Aeronautical Corp. Aeronca C3
- 1932 J.S. Neys biplane
- 1932 Amisk Glider Club, Meade glider
- 1933 Air Camper (Pietenpol)
- 1936 De Havilland Hornet Moth DH87
- 1936 Fairchild 24C-8E
- 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub
- 1936 Fleet Fawn II
- 1937 Arrow Model F
- 1937 Barkley-Grow T8P-1
- 1937 Cessna Airmaster C-37
- 1937 Waco YKS-7
- 1937 Waco ZQC-6
- 1938 Miles Whitney Straight
- 1938 Noorduyn Norseman IV
- 1939 Stinson Aircraft HW75
- 1939 Corben Baby Ace
- 1939 Fleet Finch 1
- 1939 Aeronautical Corp. Aeronca Chief
- 1939 Fairey Swordfish Mark II/IV
- 1940 North American Yale
- 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
- 1941 Bristol Bolingbroke Mark IVT
- 1941 Taylorcraft BC-12
- 1941 Piper J-3 Cub
- 1941 Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 (CF-TDB)
- 1941 Cessna Crane
- 1942 Hawker Hurricane Mark XII (RCAF 5418)
- 1943 Douglas DC-3 "Dakota" (CF-IAE)
- 1943 Beech Expeditor D18S
- 1943 Beech Staggerwing D17S (CF-DTE)
- 1943 Boeing Stearman
- 1943 Stinson Reliant
- 1944 North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell 44-86726
- 1944 Noury/Fleet Canuck
- 1944 Howard DGA-15 Nightingale
- 1944 Avro Anson V
- 1945 Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
- 1945 Fleet Cornell II
- 1946 Auster AOP.6
- 1946 Republic RC-3 Seabee
- 1947 Stinson Voyager "Flying Station Wagon"
- 1947 Luscombe Silvaire
- 1949 Ercoupe 415G
- 1950 Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
- 1951 Canadair Lockheed Silver Star 3
- 1951 Meyers A/C MAC145
- 1952 Canadair CL-13/F-86 Sabre 3
- 1952 Bristol Freighter Type 170
- 1957 McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo
- 1957 Percival Prospector
- 1960 Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
- 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
- 1975 Haseloh Gyroplane (C-GUAG)
Helicopter
- 1946 Intercity Airlines SG-IVD Grey Gull
- 1953 Sikorsky S58
- 1965 Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale Model 3160 Alouette III
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
- 1914 Rumley steam tractor
- 1920 Call-of-the-West hand feed thresher
- 1922 Sawyer Massey Steam Traction engine
- 1947 IHC Thresher
- 1947 Massey-Harris 10 foot binder
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 Model 60-A (all-crop harvester)
- 1967 1969 Versatile Model 42 Combine
- ca.1967 Case Model 960 self-propelled combine
- 1935-42 McCormick-Deering Model 31-R pull-type combine
Combine, Self Propelled
- 1955 Mc Cormick Model 127SP Combine
Cultivator, Field
- Noble Blade cultivator Model A
- John Deere 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 Cultivato
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