The Alberta Aviation Museum is a nonprofit organization built on the passion and hard work of volunteers, staff, and leaders who already know something the city might not yet recognize: The legacy of Edmonton’s aviation story helped shape the city we know and the province we love. Blatchford Field is a small place where big things happened. Where Edmonton’s role as a healthcare, educational, political, and commercial anchor for the province and the north played out on a daily basis. Where men and women learned to serve and to fly. Where entrepreneurs took an idea and turned it into an enterprise. There are stories of challenge, uprooting, risk, heartbreak, and loss alongside those of courage, bravery, and perseverance. They are complex and bold stories that reflect those told in other industries, communities, and boardrooms across Edmonton. These are global stories that touch down right here in the heart of Edmonton.

The Alberta Aviation Museum is a steward of that legacy and the organization charged to share it with the people who live in and visit Edmonton.