The Finnish Aviation Museum (, ) is a
museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
specialising in aircraft, located near
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (, ) , or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport serving Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as well as its surrounding Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region in Finland. ...
in
Veromies,
Vantaa
Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropoli ...
,
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
.
History
The Aviation Museum Society () was founded on 4 December 1969. Opened in 1972, the museum was initially located in the basement of the
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (, ) , or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport serving Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as well as its surrounding Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region in Finland. ...
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 (), 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
The Kaivopuisto, or Helsinki Air Show 2017 was an air show organized by the Finnish Aviation Museum on June 9, 2017, in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europ ...
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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
Planes at the Finnish Aviation Museum
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Aerospace museums in Finland
Buildings and structures in Vantaa
Museums in Uusimaa