Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Shropshire
Admission is free to the museum in the West Midlands, which houses 70 aircraft and is home to War Planes, Missiles, Transport & Training and Research & Development collections. The National Cold War Exhibition with its interactive kiosks and hotspots gives visitors a chance to see what life was like behind the Iron Curtain.
Latest News: 14 May 2008
Spy “little Nellie’s” Little Sister, Bond Style (28th May 2008)
Kenneth Wallis, creator of the famous autogyro used in the James Bond film, ‘You Only Live Twice’ will be holding an exclusive talk at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford on 28th May 2008 as part of the Museum’s Half Term Spy Week.
He will be bringing with him autogyro XR944, one of the 3 autogyros built for evaluation by the Army in the1960’s as aerial reconnaissance platforms. His autogyro will be on display in the Museum’s National Cold War Exhibition for one day only.
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May's Podcast News - 2 New Podcasts Available For Download
Given the popularity of our 1st Podcast "Hendon Pageants and Air Displays", we decided that rather than posting one Podcast in May we would give you two!
This month's podcasts are Lucky Charms, which compliments a current exhibition that is being held at our Cosford site - so why not download it and listen to it whilst viewing the exhibition - and the birth of the Royal Air Force in 1918.
Each podcast is available on iTunes, My Yahoo, Google Reader and RSS. To automatically receive each podcast just copy and paste our “Feed URL” into your podcast software or RSS feed reader.
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May's Additions To Our Navigator Online Collection
This month we have added 3 new exhibitions to Navigator "Tools", "Coastal Command" and "Briefing".
Tools, test pieces and test equipment were vital to the maintenance of Royal Air Force aircraft, vehicles, installations and equipment. In this informative exhibtion we have posted a selection of the Museum's large collection of tools online.
RAF Coastal Command was founded in 1936 but when war began in 1939 the Command was ill equipped to fight the German U-boats making do with obsolete aircraft and weapons as priority for equipment and aircraft was given to Bomber Command.This selection of fine art shows the some of the aircraft and people of Coastal Command.
Briefings were given to RAF air crews before and after operations. Intelligence groundwork would have been relayed during the briefing prior to flying their missions so the crew would be aware of the threat scenarios, the target and how the attack would unfold. Here, you can witness photography of briefings.
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Place Your Bids For A Top Flight Conservation Day
As part of May’s Museums and Galleries Month we have teamed up with online auction house Top Lots to offer an exclusive experience behind the scenes at the Museum’s Cosford site.
A must for any aviation enthusiast this exclusive day will allow the successful bidder and a guest to witness the ground-breaking conservation and preservation work undertaken by the staff at our Michael Beetham Conservation Centre.
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Museum Offers Children A Sideways View Of The Cold War
The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford and the Sideways Theatre Company offered schools from the West Midlands the opportunity to experience at ‘first hand’ some of the most significant events of the Cold War era in a series of interactive workshops on 10th and 11th April.
In an action packed day, held at the National Cold War Exhibition, re-enactors portrayed some the period’s most charismatic and influential people in the aptly named ‘Coming in from the Cold’.
Image: Members of the Sideways Theatre Group
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We're Simply The Best - National Cold War Exhibition Receives 2 New Awards.
We're proud to announce that the National Cold War Exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford won ‘Best Exhibition’ and ‘Best of the West’ at the prestigious Renaissance West Midlands Awards which celebrate achievement and innovation amongst the region’s museums and galleries,on 2nd April.
The National Cold War Exhibition beat off heavy competition from over 40 organisations across the West Midlands to win “Best of the West” at Renaissance West Midlands’ inaugural awards ceremony held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Image reading from left to right: Paul Kaynes, West Midlands Creative Programmer for the Cultural Olympiad with Michelle Worthington and Karen Crick of the Royal Air Force Museum.
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The exhibitions at Cosford contain only a fraction of the overall holdings of the RAF Museum. In London, at Hendon, the Royal Air Force Museum London displays an equally large and important part of our collection.
