Bournemouth Aviation Museum exists to provide the public with an opportunity to see, feel and experience a range of aeroplanes, helicopters and associated hardware from a golden age of British aviation. We try to make the aircraft as accessible as possible with visitors encouraged to sit in as many of the cockpits to experience what it may have been like to fly in one.
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Bournemouth Aviation Museum is a self-funding Charitable Trust based near Bournemouth Airport. As a charity we do not receive any state funding but rely solely on the income we receive from visitor’s entrance fees, purchases from our Museum shop and the occasional generous donations from well-wishers. The staff are all volunteers who give their time freely to help run the Museum and to assist the visitors.
The Museum is for all age groups right from the very youngest children through to the men and women who may have flown or worked on some of these aircraft during their careers. We truly hope that you will enjoy your time at our Museum as well as inspiring young boys and girls to become the pilots, air traffic controllers, or engineers of the future.
We have worked hard since 2008 to build up the Museum into what you see to-day. We continue to develop it still further with new exhibits being added all the time such as the Jet Provost T5 and the Cri-Cri small aircraft. This highlights the varied mix of exhibits we have with both civil and military aircraft and other interesting exhibits such as the Control Tower, Airport Fire Engine and Double-Decker bus. The Museum encourages visitors to sit in the cockpits of most of the exhibits for a truly hands-on experience and thus provides a memorable and inspiring visit for all those interested in aviation.