Finnish Aviation Museum
| Suomen Ilmailumuseo | |
Main building of the Finnish Aviation Museum
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 Location within Finland
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| Established | 4 December 1969 |
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| Location | Veromies, Vantaa, Finland |
| Coordinates | 60°18.253′N 024°57.652′E / 60.304217°N 24.960867°ECoordinates: 60°18.253′N 024°57.652′E / 60.304217°N 24.960867°E |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Collection size | 9,000 object 17,000 books |
| Owner | Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation |
| Public transit access | Local and regional bus routes |
| Website | www.ilmailumuseo.fi |
The Finnish Aviation Museum (Finnish: Suomen ilmailumuseo) is a museum specialising in aircraft, located near Helsinki Airport in Veromies, Vantaa, Finland.
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. 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.
The museum displays some 9,000 items, and the library has about 17,000 books 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 1,600 shelf metres.
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.
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