Botwood Flying Boat Museum
Botwood Heritage Society Botwood’s pioneer role in aviation spanned a period from 1921-1946. This museum houses photos, murals, and models which reveal that Botwood was an airport in the early 1920’s, that Charles and Anne Lindbergh were here in 1933, that we were the North American terminus for Transatlantic flights,
Botwood Heritage Centre
Botwood Heritage Society Housed in the former crash-boat terminal for the first Trans-Atlantic Passenger Flights, the Botwood Heritage Center is dedicated chiefly to the preservation of the community’s heritage. Exhibits and artefacts reflect themes including World War I & II, the Botwood Cottage Hospital, shipping and boatbuilding, the Beothuk, antique
Fox Moth Museum & Arts Centre
Norris Arm Heritage Society The Fox Moth Museum is a replica of the original aviation hangar constructed on this site in the mid 1930s. Pioneer pilot Capt. Douglas Fraser, with his plane the Fox Moth, used this building as home base for his meteorological flights gathering data for the first
North Atlantic Aviation Museum
The Museum’s collection focuses on North Atlantic aviation history as it pertains to Gander and Gander International Airport from the 1930’s to the present, with the bulk of artifacts, photos and text centering on the WWII years through the early jet age. Highlights of the collection include a 1940 Hudson