The Finnish Aviation Museum ( fi, Suomen ilmailumuseo, sv, Finlands flygmuseum) is a
museum
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specialising in aircraft, located near
Helsinki Airport
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in
Veromies,
Vantaa
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,
Finland
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.
History
The Aviation Museum Society ( fi, Ilmailumuseoyhdistys ry) was founded on 4 December 1969. Opened in 1972, the museum was initially located in the basement of the
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (; fi, Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, sv, Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. ...
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 ( fi, Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö), founded in 1996.
Exhibition
The museum displays some 9,600 items, and the library has over 16,000 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 1,800 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 th
museum's web page
See also
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Helsinki Air Show 2017
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List of aerospace museums
This is a list of aviation museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits throughout the world. The aviation museums are listed alphabetically by country and their article name.
Afghanistan
* OMAR Mine Museum, Kabul - inc ...
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List of museums in Finland
References
External links
The Finnish Aviation MuseumThe Aviation Museum Society
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Aerospace museums in Finland
Buildings and structures in Vantaa
Museums in Uusimaa