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The Fleet Air Arm Museum is home to Europe’s largest naval
aircraft collection. With over 100 aircraft, 2 million
records, artefacts, and objects you are sure to find
something that will capture your imagination.
The
Museum is also home to Concorde 002, the first British
prototype Concorde which visitors can climb aboard. As well
as this, visitors can watch live flying of the Royal Naval
Air Station’s Merlin and Wildcat helicopters from the safety
of our two viewing areas.
Visitors will be able to
enjoy the updated Aircraft Carrier Experience, where you
will be taken on an immersive journey of discovery through
the evolution of Aircraft Carriers from the dawn of naval
air warfare, through the heyday of jet aviation right up to
the workings of the modern-day Queen Elizabeth Class
Carriers. As well as the Carrier Experience, there is the
refurbished Falklands exhibition which commemorates the 40th
anniversary of the conflict. This features ‘Humphrey’ the
famous Mk3 Wessex helicopter.
Alongside being
Europe’s largest naval aviation museum, Fleet Air Arm Museum
is home to groundbreaking conservation in action, in the
form of Barracuda Live: The Big Rebuild. Not a single Fairey
Barracuda exists in the world today, so piece by piece, a
passionate team of staff and volunteers at the museum has
been given Ministry of Defence (MOD) permission to gather
scattered parts from wreck sites across the British Isles.
'Barracuda Live: The Big Rebuild,' is a long-term project
which will employ a delicate balance of reclaimed original
parts and newly manufactured components. New for 2023,
visitors can see Barracuda live in its new home in the
museum - the Arthur Kimberley Viewing Gallery. Barracuda
Live is free with a valid ticket to the museum.
Make sure to
visit Warnefords to relax and refuel, our refurbished café
located inside the museum which serves a variety of hot and
cold snacks as well as drinks. Little ones can also enjoy
the new Search and Rescue inspired soft play area inside the
Museum and our outdoor Queen Elizabeth Class Carrier
adventure play area.
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