Reviews of Shearwater Aviation Museum (Museum)

Artjom Belomestny

Got to fly in one of the planes. It's a stunning experience.

Kevin Ward

A must go for any aviation fan.

Dan Lalonde

A great place to visit for the whole family.

louis meneem

good plane

Deenna Chmielewski

Great displays focusing on Canadian content

Renê Valença

(Translated) Anazing place (Original) Anazing place

Emil Edwards

While it may look unassuming from the outside, you would be surprised to see what's on exhibit in the large spaces inside. Several full sized, detailed models and aircraft from Shearwater's history, and a few exhibits on the facets of life on base, actions of RCAF members and an art gallery featuring aircraft from the base and squadron's history. It is worth a couple hours of your time if you like to venture into the past, or if you're doing research for a history project. Admission is by donation as well.

Andrew Eaton

EXCELLENT. Very well done only a donation to get in. Great planes and history. A guide will usually tell you all about the planes and story boards. Worth a visit for sure.

Paul McNeil

Excellent static display

Aaron Miller

Great Museum

Braedon Van Gorkom

This is a great museum! Lots of real historic aircraft, helpful and knowledgeable staff, and awesome displays.

Allana Ross

My Grandfather Carl Snelrove was stationed at CAN Sherwater for many years. He was a contributor to the museum.

Davide FurPharo

Must visit for Canadian management aviation history.

Dave Alex

Wow has this museum ever expanded since our last visit in 2005. We found a picture containing our Dad when he played for the Flyers and sailed on the Bonnie. This place is a must stop for history buffs. It is packed with restored aircraft and the staff are incredibly knowledgeable about every item on display.

Chelsey Hutson

Love the displays and paintings a must visit

Jeff Meaney

Great museum with military history of the Halifax area. Surprising when you enter as compared to what you would expect from the outside.

Laurence Huberdeau

Great little museum with really friendly employees. Good selection of plane operated by Canadian military!

Amel Muskic

Nice display of planes

Conrad Knabenschuh

Wow. Visited many other museums. Difference this time, was Ivor leading the tour. Outstanding knowledge and great stories. Hiring tour leaders who've been there and done that is awesome. Small enough that I and my walker made it around without issue, large enough to have an outstanding inventory of equipment, photographs, memorabilia and artwork. Highly recommended!

Matt

(Translated) Top!! It is a good museum .. Small but comfortable (Original) Top!! It is a good Museum.. Klein aber gemütlich gemacht

Karen RIchard

Took our grandchildren. They loved it and didn't want to leave.

Deb B

Such a neat museum!

Taylor Prue

Great museum. Good place to take kids who are interested in planes.

Ryan Lye

Great place really enjoyed it

Michael Goodine

Really worth a visit if you are into aviation history. Mostly a collection of aircraft with explanations of their history and specifications. There are also some exhibits of pictures and artifacts, though, particularly those from Canada's last aircraft carrier. Admission is free. There is a gift shop if you want to spend some money.

Neeti Jain

Went during the winter time it was quite a drive but was totally worth it. We weren't sure of the timings so went around the closing time but they still let us see it without any problem. Might not look that interesting from outside but you would be surprised to see what they have on the inside. Huge planes it was a sight. Everything had a proper description to it. It was like I am living my childhood again. A must visit for all the first timers.

Melissa Harriott

Amazing displays. Great tour

Tayler Ehnes

Pretty cool to see the old WW2 and WW1 planes

Vincent Magnan

Amazing place. Lots of history and fun things to do. Recommend highly to visit.

Robert DeKelver

Interesting, especially if you have a personal connection here.

Hubert Calculus

Great to spend 30 to 40 min in. lots of recreated planes.

Sam Michaud

The best aviation museum on the east coast. One of the very best in Canada.

Frederick Jamieson

Small museum great historic place

Dave Roberts

Well worth a visit. They have a Swordfish! And a Firefly.

Matthew Watt

Great throw back run be great people.

Scott Nixon

Well done, worth a visit

Kelly Mercer

This is a little known gem hidden on the road to Eastern Passage. The staff are friendly and the entrance fee is a suggested donation. A proud part of Canada's history of peacekeeping!

Da Hy

Keep Safe!...Mask yourself...

BM Khijir Ahmad

Kids enjoyed the outdoor facility. Looks like the indoor meusium is temporarily closed.

HighRolla-J

Loved it enjoyed my time will go back again

Maryna Vyshnivska

Quite an interesting aviation museum

Destiny Edwards

A hidden gem, once it reopens again I will be bringing my daughter. The staff are friendly, it's pay by donation (at least the last time I went it was), and we recieved an amazing tour from a staff member. They explained so much more than I would have understood if we chose to walk around by ourselves.

Marko “Sparky” D

Nice planes and helicopter

Luc Deschenes

(Translated) Interesting visit, full of history and testimonies about Canadian military aviation. This museum has a beautiful collection of our most beautiful aircraft that have marked history. (Original) Visite intéressante, remplie d'histoire et de témoignages à propos de l'aviation militaire Canadienne. Ce musée possède une belle collection de nos plus beaux aéronefs qui ont marqués l'histoire.

Chris McGrawl (Jasta)

Admission is a donation of your choice. It is alot bigger than we expected with alot of history packed into a small area. Lots of surprises including a snowbird tutor for you to explore.

Corrisa Brown

Awesome place to take the family

Royce Clark

Loved it!! Guides are veterans and are super friendly and insightful

Suzanne McIntosh

Interesting displays, committed volunteers and staff.

Lissette Lemus

Great place! So much to learn, they have great artifacts. There is also a gallery with pieces that portrait the influence of aircraft in our lives. People was nice and helpful and very passionate about this museum. There is a gift shop with good prices and curious things. I love how they made it accessible, bathroom and gallery.

Jordan Crowe

Lots of great information delivered by knowledgeable staff with real world experience!

David Hills

Was excited to see the Swordfish as part of the collection. A great representation of Canadian naval aviation and art.

Francois Nadeau

It is rich in naval aviation history, great site to learn about the air battle of the battle of the Atlantic

Robert Weston

An amazing free way to get some history on some of the many aircraft used by the Canada. The kids really enjoyed sitting In the mock up cockpit.

Walter Rudderham

Love this place

derick13420 0

Nice place for the kids to see Canadian aviation history

Shannon Cowan

Great educational tour. Our guide Ivor helped history come alive through retelling his life experiences working with the aircrafts and life on the base.

Louis Chow

It is a great place to look at air crafts that contributed to Canada. The lower level is full of air crafts histories and upper level is a art museum. Most importantly, there is no entrance fee.

Tom Watters

Spend a day learning about Canada's aviation history. Shearwater is the birthplace of Canadian Maritime Flyer's. An exellent way to spend an afternoon with the kids or just fo yourself. Entry is Donation based and several of the aircraft are working flyers.

Sarah delong

We had a great time exploring this museum and I'm sure it was because of our tour guide. If you go ask for Jim!

tna90210

Great place, loved every moment!

Anitra Carr

Great place for plane lovers and kids

Desiree Chace

Interesting

David Kohli

Nice museum.

Patricia MacDonald

This is an amazing museum! The guides are so nice and can answer any questions you might have. My son and I loved it here and will definitely be back.

Simon Peck

Amazing range of aircraft and interesting displays. And it's all free!

Glynis Mullen

Fabulous museum. Great volunteers

Wendy Swanson

Wonderful museum of Canadian aviation history!

Jordan McIntyre

Excellent place to take the family, my boys had a blast! We went in the afternoon and had the whole place to ourselves.

Rene D Entremont

Awesome place to revisit history

Michael Mcfadden

An excellent place to become aware of the maritime aspect of Canadian aviation history. There's an amazing collection of aircraft and aviation art.

Lisia Bona

We visited Shearwater Aviation with the kids and they so enjoy all the planes. So much to learn about and see!

Bill Bulmer

Excellent facility. Very knowledgeable staff.

Lisa Shears Bullen

Great place for children and adults

Frank Wu

Small but absolutely worth one's time: it has a flight simulator, free for playing, and we ended up hanging there for extended period of time. For museum, being small would allows one to focus and experience better, plus some friendly and knowledgeable stuff: I had a really good exchange with Alex and learned quite a bit there from him and my son, especially the stories about Swordfish, slow-flying and relatively outdated airplane that took down the giant German battleship, Bismarck, and destroyed a major Italian naval fleet in Taranto, Italy. Also learned the important role played in Canadian Navy force in Cuban crisis: we rarely heard that trey detected and followed a Russian submarine all the way. What stroke me more is out politician's lack of gut, and the smart and courageous work of our military personnel,as the commander decided to do a national exercise, to mobilized the navy force...

Mary Mcfarland

Great people giving there time for this aviation museum

Bryan Henry

A great way to spend some time at little to no cost. The exhibits are intriguing and the staff friendly

Robert Daigle

I don't hate the place I just didn't go to it

Jennifer Crews

Loved it and the area

Mark Elgar

Fantastic museum of Canadian naval aviation. Excellent aircraft displays you can get right close to. Brand new exhibit on history of CFB Shearwater. A must see if you're in the Halifax area. We had a great personal guided tour with Jim whose knowledge and experience really brought the whole thing to life. Entry is by donation.

Joshua Clarke

This place has the typical problem of jamming a lot of material in a small space. I've however been to a lot of aviation museums and this was still a learning experience and I liked their work on maintaining and using a WW1 hanger. The staff was also very friendly and knowledgeable.

Lavern Johnston

If you're interested in aviation, this a great museum. It's Shearwater's 100th anniversary this year, so there is long history to draw from.

Jeff Mallinson

If it's your thing please go, fun for everybody and a great place to learn our history.

Ron Carswell

Awesome

james Rhodes

A hidden gem

Ann Marie Mixer

Amazing history!

Chris Watso

Amazing historical museum of Canada 's naval airforce.

M L

Great upkeep

Huw Jones

Very good place to visit, beautiful old planes there.

MR MacG

Better than you think.

N N

Nice museum but it would be nice if there was some more interactive exhibits and planes that you could enter

Jamie Soueiti

Great hill for sledding... Cool helicopter and airplanes.. a few pieces of information about them make for great reading