Museu do Ar

Air Museum

Museu do Ar
Outdoor static park in Sintra
Established	1968
Location	Sintra, Portugal
Type	Aviation museum
Director	Col. Antero da Silva Coutinho Bernardo
Owner	Portuguese Air Force
Website	www.emfa.pt/www/po/musar/

The Air Museum (Portuguese: Museu do Ar) is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at Ovar and Alverca.

The museum dates back to the Aero Clube de Portugal in 1909 and was created in 1968 in a former Military Aviation hangar at Alverca. Opening for the first time to the public on July 1, 1971.

In 2009, due to the growing of the collection, a new site at the Sintra Air Base complex was created for the museum and part of the collection was transferred there.