Indiegogo campaign: The NEW Canadian Air & Space Museum
The Canadian Air & Space Museum (CASM) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Toronto, Canada. For 15 years CASM has been located at Toronto’s Downsview Park, in the historic de Havilland Aircraft buildings, the oldest aircraft factory in Canada. In September 2011, the buildings were designated to be repurposed and the Museum needed to find a new home.
One year later, the Canadian Air & Space Museum is pleased to confirm discussions with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) regarding the potential opening of a revitalized Museum in an outstanding new location at Lester B. Pearson International Airport which will allow for vastly improved access for residents and visitors to the Greater Toronto Area.
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority, along with several airport based private businesses including Flight Solutions and Services, Partner Jet, UYJ Air & MxAerospace are together providing interim storage of the Museum’s priceless artifacts and archival material while potential development opportunities at Toronto’s Pearson Airport are discussed. A highly accessible location is under consideration as an ideal site for the Museum’s rebirth.
No binding commitments have been made at this time. However the Museum Trustees and the GTAA are evaluating opportunities to preserve and present Toronto’s aviation past which includes watershed achievements at both the Malton (now Pearson) and Downsview airports. All parties involved share a belief that Toronto’s many aviation and space contributions to Canada’s rich history should be presented in innovative and exciting ways for the enjoyment and educational benefit of current and future generations.
We anticipate progress towards a final agreement and are excited about the opportunity to create a vastly improved facility.
But although we have an ideal location opportunity which offers great potential for a NEW Canadian Air & Space Museum, we don’t have the funds for a hangar for our many aircraft, including the WWII Lancaster Bomber and the full-scale Avro Arrow replica, or to renovate the interior of the prospective Museum building.
Canada’s largest and busiest airport, Lester B. Pearson, can provide the Museum with…
Read the rest of The NEW Canadian Air & Space Museum Campaign and see where Harrison Ford and Amanda Tapping (of Stargate fame) fit in!
