Welcome to Shearwater Aviation Museum!

UPDATE 5 July 2025: The museum will be closed this afternoon for a private function. Hope to see you tomorrow when visiting hours resume at 12 noon. Visiting hours: Monday-Friday, 10-5 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 pm.
**NOTE: Our voicemail message is currently inoperable. For information, please use 902-720-1083 for telephone contact between 9am and 4 pm, but to leave us a message, please email us at: curator@shearwateraviationmuseum.ca.**

MUSEUM REOPENING

The SAM has reopened following essential building works. While we haven’t completed reinstallation of exhibits and aircraft, it is safe to visit. Why not check out our progress? For more information contact Christine Hines, Curator, at curator@shearwateraviationmuseum.ca.

SAM Virtual Tours

Partnering with the staff of local company Canaview Real Imaging, we are pleased to present a number of Virtual Tours, both of our buildings and of some of our aircraft.

You can choose which ones you would like to see by clicking here.

Summer Hours

The SAM will open for it’s summer visiting schedule on June 1st, 2025. Visiting hours will be: Monday-Friday, from 10 am – 4 pm, Saturday, Sunday and Statutory Holidays: 12 noon – 4 pm.

SUPPORT THE MUSEUM FOUNDATION

The Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation is running an online fundraiser using the Rafflebox 50/50 platform.

Click here to make it a win-win by supporting the Museum and having a great chance to bring home half of the jackpot.

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34 Bonaventure Street
Shearwater, NS, CANADA B0J 3A0

Public Hours
The Museum exhibits are open, but reinstallation of the exhibits following essential building works continues-don’t mind our mess!

Visiting hours are from 10:00AM – 5:00PM, Monday-Friday, effective 10 March 2025.

Admin Office Hours
Monday–Friday: 9:00AM – 4:30PM (staff are now on site).

Library and Archives – Research: The Library and Archives are open for on-site use, although an appointment is recommended. Please call 902-720-4096. For queries please email: library@shearwateraviationmuseum.ca

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About The Museum

Shearwater Aviation Museum is located at 12 Wing Shearwater in Shearwater, Nova Scotia. The museum acquires, conserves, organizes, researches and interprets to CF personnel and the public-at-large for their study, education and enjoyment, artifacts and documents which exemplify the history of Canadian Maritime Military Aviation.

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 Lt. Hampton Gray, VC and the HMCS Bonaventure, Canada’s last aircraft carrier. The exhibit includes a reconstruction of the briefing room aboard the aircraft carrier, complete with original seats.

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