March 2026
Dear School Administrators and Teachers,
When planning your field trips for this school year, please consider the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon. We offer a student friendly environment with tours to suit all grade levels with specific curriculum links from Grade 1 to 12. We are available for tour bookings now up until the end of October. We normally get booked up for tours all through spring, so book early, or consider a fall field trip!
Our museum tour can be adapted to meet your needs and time constraints. We are open seven days a week and have special rates just for school groups. Our regular rates are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for youth, school groups are only $4.00 per student and with every ten students you are allowed one free supervisor.
A little about us:
We are a National Historic Site and a Manitoba Signature Museum. We are located at the Brandon Municipal Airport. Our museum tells the story of air force training during WWII. Aircrew were trained from across the Commonwealth, and beyond, right here in Canada, including many Manitoba locations! The hangar has many historic aircraft, vehicles, and interactive displays. We also have an active restoration shop, a memorial chapel, historic buildings, and lots of outdoor space to have a picnic lunch. We also have the incredible RCAF WWII Memorial, a 300 foot granite wall that pays tribute to those lost serving in the RCAF. More information can be found on our website (www.airmuseum.ca) or on our social media accounts.
In addition to being an amazing location for an educational field trip, our Education Committee has put together some resources for teachers. You can find them on the education page of our website (https://airmuseum.ca/services/tours-education/). These resources include several activities suitable for high school created by a local history teacher. We also have an amazing learning kit, targeted at middle years, created by a highly regarded, recently retired, Brandon educator. The kit has several modules containing exciting activities, all connected to Manitoba Curricular outcomes. If you are interested in this learning kit, contact the museum.
If you have any questions or would like to book a tour, please give me a call at 727-2444.
Yours truly, Stephen Hayter
Stephen Hayter
Executive Director
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Box 3 Group 520 RR #5
Brandon, MB R7A 5Y5
P: 204-727-2444 c: 204-761-8365
airmuseum@inetlink.ca
www.airmuseum.ca
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 