Museum Camps
Perfect for ages 6-11
Schedule:
Camp runs from 9:00am-4:00pm. Doors open for drop-off open at 8:30am, pick up is from 4:00pm-4:30pm. Picking campers up after 4:30pm may result in a late pick up fee.
Cancellation Policy
We will provide a refund for cancellations made one week prior to prior of your camp minus a $25 administration fee. For cancellations made within one week of the start of a camp, no refunds will be given, but a credit for a future camp will be given.
Discover Our Exciting Camp Adventures
Museum Mysteries –
November 1st, 2024, and June 9th, 2025
NEW! Help uncover true stories of Alberta’s aviation history. Following clues and putting their investigative skills to the test, campers will go on museum wide scavenger hunts and learn about encrypted messages. Campers will build a model reconstruction of the museum’s Fokker Universal wreckage on display in the museum.
Aircraft Test Lab (2 days) – November 12th– 13th , 2024
NEW! Love building and experimenting? Our new aircraft test lab will explore the science of flight with some camp favorites, testing designs for parachutes, paper airplanes, bottle rockets, and design a model aircraft carrier.
History Hunters – January 29th, 2025
NEW! Travel back in time as we turn the museum into a giant board game and join an aircrew. We will learn about different jobs in aviation through the ages and earn our wings as we help historic figures complete missions based on real life events.
Training School (2 days) – February 28th – 29th, 2025
Inspired by the training school housed by the Alberta Aviation Museum’s hangar in the 1940s, campers will learn about different jobs in aviation from military crews to commercial aviation and the skills those crew members need to keep flights running smoothly.
Flight Academy (5 days) – March 24th – 28th, 2025
Our week-long Flight Academy mixes favourite activities from all our day camps with new activities to make history take flight! Campers will learn history through interactive scavenger hunts, practice their flight skills on our flight simulators, design gliders, parachutes and much more!
PD Day Camp Bursaries
We want ensure that camps are accessible to everyone regardless of financial circumstances. For those unable to afford camp fees, we have a limited number of bursaries available.
With the generous support of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Edmonton, we are able to offer bursaries to cover the cost of the Alberta Aviation Museum’s PD Day Camps. Due to the high number of applications, and limited bursaries the following policies are in place:
- There is a limit of one bursary per family each year.
- There is a limit of one bursary per child.
- One bursary is available for each 1 and 2 day PD Day Camps for the 2024/2025 School Year.
