# Shearwater Aviation Museum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shearwater_Aviation_Museum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shearwater_Aviation_Museum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearwater_Aviation_Museum > Source revision: 1356265444 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Aviation museum in Nova Scotia, Canada Shearwater Aviation Museum Location within Nova Scotia Established 1978 (1978) Location Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada, at CFB Shearwater Coordinates 44°37′40″N 63°30′52″W / 44.62778°N 63.51444°W / 44.62778; -63.51444 Type Aviation museum Website shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca The **Shearwater Aviation Museum** is an [aviation museum](/source/Aviation_museum) located at [CFB Shearwater](/source/Shearwater_Heliport) in [Shearwater, Nova Scotia](/source/Shearwater%2C_Nova_Scotia). The museum acquires, conserves, organizes, researches and interprets to [Canadian Forces](/source/Canadian_Forces) personnel and the public at large for their study, education and enjoyment, artifacts and documents which exemplify the history of Canadian maritime military aviation. ## History The museum was founded in 1978 and was originally located a single floor of a barrack block. However, in August 1995 the museum reopened in a former gymnasium on the base. The museum was expanded in August 2001, with the opening of a new addition.[1] Two CH-124s were donated by the [Canadian Forces](/source/Canadian_Forces) in 2018.[2] ## Exhibits A number of permanent exhibits are featured at the museum with maritime aviation and naval history being a key theme. Included is an exhibit about [HMCS Bonaventure](/source/HMCS_Bonaventure), Canada's last [aircraft carrier](/source/Aircraft_carrier).[3] The exhibit includes a reconstruction of the briefing room aboard the aircraft carrier, complete with original seats.[4] Also on display is a replica of the map wall used by the [RCAF Eastern Air Command](/source/RCAF_Eastern_Air_Command) to coordinate the [Battle of the Atlantic](/source/Battle_of_the_Atlantic).[5] ## Aircraft on display - [Canadair CT-114 Tutor](/source/Canadair_CT-114_Tutor) *114075*[6] - [Canadair CT-133 Silver Star](/source/Canadair_CT-133_Silver_Star) *133038*[7] - Canadair CT-133 Silver Star *133618*[7] - [de Havilland Canada CP-121 Tracker](/source/Grumman_S-2_Tracker) *1557*[8] - [Fairey Firefly FR.I](/source/Fairey_Firefly_FR.I) *PP462*[9] - [Fairey Swordfish IV](/source/Fairey_Swordfish) *HS469*[10] - [General Motors AS.3 Avenger](/source/Grumman_TBF_Avenger) *85861*[11] - Grumman CP-121 Tracker *1501*[8] - [McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo](/source/McDonnell_CF-101B_Voodoo) *101063*[12][13] - [McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee](/source/McDonnell_F2H-3_Banshee) *126402*[14] - [North American Harvard IIA](/source/North_American_T-6_Texan) *2777*[15] - [Piasecki H-25](/source/Piasecki_H-25)[16] - Sikorsky CH-124B 12401 (in paint scheme as delivered) - Sikorsky CH-124A 12431 (as retired) - [Sikorsky HO4S-3](/source/Sikorsky_H-19) *55885*[17] ## See also - [National Naval Aviation Museum](/source/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["History of the Shearwater Aviation Museum"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/history/museum.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pugliese, David (30 July 2018). ["RCAF to Present Shearwater Aviation Museum with Two Sea Kings as Part of Base Snniversary"](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/rcaf-to-present-shearwater-aviation-museum-with-two-sea-kings-as-part-of-base-anniversary). *Ottawa Citizen*. Retrieved 1 July 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["HMCS Bonaventure Exhibit and HMCS Assiniboine Exhibit"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/bonnie.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bonaventure Briefing Room"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/briefing.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["RCAF Eastern Air Command Exhibit"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/rcaf-eac.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Canadair Tutor CT-114 (Snowbird)"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/snowbird.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CT-133_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CT-133_7-1) ["Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star (T-bird) 1955"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/silverstar.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CP-121_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CP-121_8-1) ["Grumman CS2F/CP 121 Tracker"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/tracker.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Fairey Firefly PP462"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/firefly.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["The Swordfish HS469"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/swordfish.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["\[Untitled\]"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/avenger.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["McDonnell F-101 Voodoo"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/voodoo.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Airframe Dossier - McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo, s/n 101063 CAF, c/n 620"](http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=26027). *Aerial Visuals*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (1955-1962)"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/banshee.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["The Harvard 2777"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/harvard.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Piasecki HUP-3"](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/hup.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Sikorsky HO4S-3 "Horse""](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/exhibits/horse.htm). *Shearwater Aviation Museum*. Retrieved 17 November 2020. ## External links - [Shearwater Aviation Museum](http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca) - [Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation](http://www.samfoundation.ca) v t e Canadian aviation museums Alberta Alberta Aviation Museum Bomber Command Museum of Canada Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Cold Lake Air Force Museum The Hangar Flight Museum Reynolds Museum British Columbia British Columbia Aviation Museum Canadian Museum of Flight Comox Air Force Museum Manitoba Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Shearwater Aviation Museum Newfoundland and Labrador North Atlantic Aviation Museum Ontario Canadian Air and Space Conservancy Canada Aviation and Space Museum Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Jet Aircraft Museum National Air Force Museum of Canada Quebec Quebec Aerospace Museum Montreal Aviation Museum Musée de la Défense aérienne Vintage Wings of Canada Saskatchewan Western Development Museum See also List of aerospace museums Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shearwater Aviation Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearwater_Aviation_Museum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearwater_Aviation_Museum?action=history)). 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