{"id":57,"date":"2021-07-17T18:49:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:53:02","slug":"welcome-to-sam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Shearwater Aviation Museum!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SUPPORT THE MUSEUM FOUNDATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation is running an online fundraiser using the <strong>Rafflebox 50\/50 platform<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/shearwateraviationmuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rafflebox-Logo.png\" alt=\"Rafflebox-Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Rafflebox-Logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflebox.ca\/raffle\/shearwateraviationmuseum-1\">Click here<\/a> to make it a <em>win-win<\/em> by supporting the Museum and having a great chance to bring home half of the jackpot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<p><b>Current visiting hours:  Monday-Friday, 10 am -5 pm. 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For information, please use 902-720-1083 for telephone contact between 9am and 4:30 pm, but to leave us a message, please email us at: curator@shearwateraviationmuseum.ca.**<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Welcome to Shearwater Aviation Museum!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Welcome to Shearwater Aviation Museum!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/intro-widgets.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to Shearwater Aviation Museum! - Shearwater Aviation Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Shearwater Aviation Museum (SAM) is an accredited Canadian Forces Museum who&#039;s mission is to tell the story of Maritime Military Aviation at Canada&#039;s oldest operational military air base. 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