Finnish Aviation Museum

The Finnish Aviation Museum (Finnish: Suomen ilmailumuseo, Swedish: Finlands flygmuseum) is a museum specialising in aircraft, located near Helsinki Airport in Veromies, Vantaa, Finland.

Finnish Aviation Museum
Suomen Ilmailumuseo
Finlands flygmuseum
Main building of the Finnish Aviation Museum
Finnish Aviation Museum is located in Finland
Finnish Aviation Museum
Location within Finland
Established4 December 1969
LocationAviapolis
Veromies, Vantaa, Finland
Coordinates60°18.253′N 024°57.652′E
TypeAviation museum
Collection size9,600 objects
16,000 books
78,000 photographs
OwnerFinnish Aviation Museum Foundation
Public transit accessAirport trains I & P
Local and regional bus routes
Websiteilmailumuseo.fi/en/

History

The Aviation Museum Society (Finnish: Ilmailumuseoyhdistys ry) was founded on 4 December 1969. Opened in 1972, the museum was initially located in the basement of the Helsinki Airport terminal but received its own facilities in 1981.[1] The museum has constantly expanded and today has an office wing, research rooms, aviation library, archive, and an auditorium for 200 people.

Currently the museum is owned by the Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation (Finnish: Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö), founded in 1996.[1]

Exhibition

The museum displays some 9,600 items, and the library has over 16,000 books[2] and 160,000 aviation-related magazines. Furthermore, the museum has a large collection of flight instruction and service books. There are also some 78,000 photographs, negatives, and slides. The archive spans some 1,800 shelf metres.[3]

The whole collection comprises some 80 aircraft, of which 22 are gliders. The following is a list of some of the more noteworthy aircraft:

A complete list can be found at the museum's web page.

See also

References
  1. "Säätiö & historiaa". Finnish Aviation Museum. Vantaa: Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. "Museum information". Finnish Aviation Museum. Vantaa: Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. "Library and archives". Suomen Ilmailumuseo (in Finnish). Vantaa: Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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