donated approximately 1,500 artifacts to the museum before his death in 2012. In addition to items donated by Reynolds, artifacts in the collection were either purchased by the museum or were gifted to the institution by members of the public, and the Reynolds Heritage Preservation Foundation. As of April 2019, the museum's collection contained approximately 6,600 agricultural, industrial, and transportation artifacts. In addition to machinery, the museum's collection also includes a number of documents relating to mechanization in industry and transportation. More than 100 major artifacts are on display in the main museum building's exhibition gallery. However, the museum's collections storage facility holds the majority of the museum's artifacts; with over 5,000 items stored there. Several artifacts are also exhibited in travelling exhibitions as a part of the museum's artifact tour program. The museum's agricultural and industrial collection includes 350 agricultural machines and 455 industrial artifacts; including a Bucyrus-Erie 200-B power shovel, and a Bucyrus Class 24 dragline from 1929. The Bucyrus Class 24 the world's oldest existing dragline excavator. The museum's transportation collection also includes 537 cars, motorcycles, and trucks. Automobiles in the museum's collection include a Hupp-Yeats, a 1929 Duesenberg Phaeton Royale Model J, a 1933 Ford Fordor, and one of the two surviving 1934 Citroën P17 half-track used during the Bedaux expedition. The world's oldest known Chevrolet, a 1913 Chevrolet Series C Classic Six, is also held in the museum's collection. Newer vehicles in the museum's collection include the BugE, an electric vehicle donated to the museum. In 2018, the museum acquired one of the two McLaughlin-Buick automobiles used by the Royal Family during the 1939 royal tour of Canada; in addition to other related memorabilia from the tour. The museum's collection also includes 135 aircraft; providing the institution with the second largest collection of airplanes in Canada, after the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The museum also has the full-scale Avro Arrow model used in The Arrow miniseries. Resource Centre The museum's resource centre contains the largest publicly accessible of trade literature in North America, containing more than 70,000 items including service manuals, parts catalogues, technical leaflets, periodicals, and books. See also List of museums in Alberta List of transport museums References External links Aerospace museums in Alberta Automobile museums in Alberta Agricultural museums in Alberta Provincial historic sites of Alberta Industry museums in Canada Wetaskiwin Museums established in 1992 1992 establishments in Alberta