Where is duxford war museum

Assistance Dogs. A warm welcome to Guide dogs and registered assistance dogs, water bowls can be provided at the Visitor Centre. Accessing Visual Information. Audio guides to AirSpace and the Historic Duxford exhibition specifically designed for blind and partially sighted visitors are available free of charge. Please telephone or contact us, to reserve the audio guide subject to availability. In other words, we expect our stories to change the way people think about war.

The museum holds huge collections of material relating to 20th and 21st century conflict. It has a particularly rich collection of post objects. IWM is also the official repository for relevant film and photographs under the terms of the Public Records Act This means that a substantial proportion of official military photos and films from are held by the museum, alongside personal collections donated by service personnel and civilians.

Many of these buildings are of particular architectural or historic significance and over thirty have listed building status, Duxford "retain[ing] the best-preserved technical fabric remaining from [a historic airfield] up to November " and being "remarkably well-preserved". The site also features a number of purpose-built exhibition buildings, such as the Stirling Prize-winning American Air Museum, designed by Sir Norman Foster. The site remains an active airfield and is used by a number of civilian flying companies, and hosts regular air shows.

The site is operated in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and the Duxford Aviation Society, a charity formed in to preserve civil aircraft and promote appreciation of British civil aviation history.

Rating No reviews yet. Translate to English. Learn about the role the site played during the First and Second World Wars and hear the stories of those who took part in key battles such as Dunkirk, D-Day and the Battle of Britain. See live conservation in action and even watch restored aircraft take to the skies from the historic airfield.

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