Adopt a piece of RAF history!

The RAF Museum announces an exciting new programme which offers members of the public the opportunity to adopt one of over 50 objects within the Museum’s collection.

A Request to the RAF Museum’s Archives

Kris Hendrix, the Researcher at the RAF Museum, is telling the story about one of the requests to our Archives and some exciting findings.

Ephemera

An Evening with Wing Commander Andy Green

As part of our new Membership Programme we will be hosting at our London site 'An Evening with Wing Commander Andy Green'

Hendon Pageant at the RAF Museum London

On 15 September 2018, we held the Hendon Pageant at our London site on a warm, sunny day.  The Pageant transported our London site back to the 1930s. In an unforgettable day, visitors enjoyed a marvellous vintage fairground, Merlin engine displays, live vintage #music from Auntie Maureen, The Silver Ghosts and Vintage George Formby Tribute and swing dancing lessons with Swing Patrol. They were also able to explore a fantastic living history area populated with re-enactors and to watch a breath-taking flypast of one of the last airworthy Lancasters in the U.K. courtesy of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. 

If you missed this great day out you can now watch a short video about the event. We’ll be planning a similar pageant for next year. If in the meantime you are interested in the aviation history, why not plan your visit to the RAF Museum now to discover more amazing stories. We are open daily from 10.00am. Admission is free.

1956

Sir Gerard d’Erlanger

Pauline Gower and the Spitfire Women

International Women's Day membership talk by Alison Hill author of Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women

Handley Page V/1500

The early years

Untold Battle of Britain Podcast to be launched on Battle of Britain Day

The National Archives, the RAF and the RAF Museum will release a collaborative bonus episode of On the Record at The National Archives to mark Battle of Britain Day on 15 September.

Maps

2003

Outdoor Cinema

The Outdoor Cinema returns in August with an upgraded set up to give more visitors the opportunity to enjoy an extraordinary cinema experience.

Fairey Long Range Monoplane – one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

In 1929, at a time of relative peace in Europe, countries competed against each other to make and break new aviation records. The Fairey Long Range Monoplane was the first aircraft to successfully fly from England to British India (Karachi) non-stop. 

View a model of this achievement of British engineering industry in ‘RAF: First to the Future’, an exhibition that examines the importance of on-going technological development for the RAF during the 20th Centenary and explores what the 21st Century may bring.

Just one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum.