Montreal Aviation Museum — Attraction in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

I went here a couple of weeks ago with a deer friend of mine. The staff were incredibly kind, and the atmosphere was casual-ish, whilst being educational. I suppose the best word is accessible. There were no expectations to know much about planes—only the expectation to remain respectful.

The museum features a workshop where you can watch them restore aircraft, as well as view the completed parts that have already been restored. It contains a timeline of the project that they’re working on, filled with photos and interesting tidbits of information.

It also features a section dedicated to art of aircraft, filled with information about aviation history, as well as scale models. It was very fun to peruse and learn about the history of aviation. This is the best place in the museum to learn about it.

There is also a section filled with full sized, restored aircraft. Depending on if you are accompanied by a volunteer, you can climb inside! This section featured a variety of propeller and seaplanes—as well as an old ford!

There was memorabilia from pilots and airlines, accompanied by more scale models as well.

Beyond that, there was a flight simulator! Actually, quite a lot of flight simulators. One had a full cockpit, as well as a flying instructor. There was also one for children as well, and rows of computers with yokes.

Outside, they had a small airliner (if I remember correctly) as well as a CanadaAir CF-5. Absolutely gorgeous plane, featuring a very cute cone on it. These aircraft, being stored outside, unfortunately came with a bit of wasp nests. As long as you keep away, you should be fine!

All in all, lovely experience. Would go again, just to see how they’re working on the planes! If I were local to the area, I might even volunteer myself.

Admittedly, I was so enraptured by the exhibits that I didn’t think to take more...

We went as a family to the museum with three young kids. The two gentlemen at the welcome counter were really polite and welcoming. The young adult in charge of the simulators was very rude and had no patience with our young kids on the simulator. He told them they were allowed to play with the buttons but after they started to touch and get excited, he told them to “calm the hell down”. He was belittling our 12 years old, because he did not understand how rudder pedals worked on the simulator. It was nice to show our kids airplane history, but due to our experience, we would never go back.

Responding to your question...We came today, July 25th at 10:00am. It was my husband and his father who were with the three kids. My 6 years old son came home telling me the guy at the museum was really mean and told him to calm the hell down. My husband even told the young man to chill a bit. These are boys who love planes, since both their father and grand-father have worked on several different types of aircraft, they were very excited. The simulator was something they were looking forward to.* I do want to thank you for your fast response...

Visited Montréal Aviation Museum with my family. There are no wait times at this unique tourist spot. Entry ticket for adults is 15$ where for my kids we paid 5$. Inside the museum, there is an Art Gallery displaying brief history of Canadian Aviation, involvement of RCAF in world wars and commercial history of various airlines in provincial and federal level. There are two levels of the museum. Ground level is the Gallery and entrance. Second floor has half a dozen full size plane in display, namely Fleet Canuck, Bleriot XI, FC-2 Razorback and Curtiss Seagull. The staffs are friendly and interactive. They have immense knowledge of various plans and models in display. Overall we loved this museum. Thank you Montréal Aviation Museum for keeping the history of Canadian aviation...