Reynolds-Alberta Museum [SEP] inception
national organization paying tribute to the men, women and organizations who pioneered and advanced aviation in Canada.
Location.
The Reynolds-Alberta Museum is located in the city of Wetaskiwin on Highway 13, near the Wetaskiwin airport. The street address is 6426 40 Avenue, Wetaskiwin.
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
Alberta's provincial historic sites. The donation that Reynolds gave to the province of Alberta for all the artifacts in the museum was the single largest donation in Canadian history. 
The museum was built on a 156-acre site on the west side of the Wetaskiwin airport. The government also erected an hangar, which became the home of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. The Reynolds-Alberta Museum quickly became a major tourist attraction. In their first year they had 114,000 visitors. 
Reynolds continued to make donations over the years to