Family Arts and Crafts Day

Family Arts and Crafts Day

Join us for a family arts and crafts day with Elsa Rickett-Trueman, illustrator of ‘The Animal Train’. Stone Painting * Ladybug Crafts* Mask Making * Colouring Sheets Activities included within your admission ticket Free Entry for Children Under 8 Drop in...
‘Broken Instruments’ A new musical

‘Broken Instruments’ A new musical

Broken Instruments is a story of survival, made possible through the power of music. There is something profound about a beautifully played instrument, especially when you learn that it bears no grudge against those who would have it’s player cruelly treated and...
Coal, Community and Change – Dr David Amos

Coal, Community and Change – Dr David Amos

The centre is set among a rich history of mining communities, from which many of their staff still reside. Even a beloved Survivor was placed with a pit deputy and his family after fleeing Germany and arriving on the Kindertransport. Dr David Amos is offering his...
Holocaust Survivor Testimony – Ruth Schweining

Holocaust Survivor Testimony – Ruth Schweining

Holocaust Survivor Ruth Schweining will be offering her inspiring testimony on Sunday 28th May. Ruth was born in Breslau in 1935. Due to increasing pressure her parents decided to emigrate to Austria hoping to find safety for the family. Kristallnacht changed their...
Vulcan delivery 40th Anniversary

Vulcan delivery 40th Anniversary

On the weekend of 11th/12th February 2023 it will be forty (40) years since Avro Vulcan XM594 landed (actual landing date 07.02.83) on the former wartime runway at Winthorpe Showground to go on display at the museum; the year 2023 it is also the 60th anniversary of...
50th Anniversary Gala & Aeroboot / Aerojumble

50th Anniversary Gala & Aeroboot / Aerojumble

This two-day event is being hosted at the museum, to mark fifty years since the museum was officially opened to the public, on 14th April 1973. The original opening ceremony was led by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane KBE, the former Officer Commanding 5 Group Bomber Command at...
Cockpit-Fest 2023 & Aeroboot / Aerojumble

Cockpit-Fest 2023 & Aeroboot / Aerojumble

This annual two day event provides the perfect opportunity for the public to view a diverse range of visiting aircraft cockpits at the air museum, alongside our own diverse aviation displays. Running for more than twenty years this event allows visitors the...