The Reynolds- Alberta museums are a major tourist attraction in central Alberta and a great tribute to the Machine Age.

Built around the collection of Wetaskiwin businessman Stan Reynolds, the $22.5-million facility features more than 100 restored artifacts ranging from ancient fire engines to vintage automobiles, many in perfect working condition. Opened in 1992, the museum uses glossy exhibits, hands-on dispays, videos, fascinating film archive material and interactive computors to tell Alberta's history of mechanization in three areas: Transportation, Agriculture and Industry. - But above all, it's a monument to the Car in Alberta.

Consider what motorists endured at the begining of the century, when the automobile was introduced to Alberta. Back then, roads followed old trails, railway allowances, ruts in farmers fields, and even river and creek beds. By the 1920's, the roads were usually good when dry but boggy or totally, trecherously slippery when wet.