De Havilland Aircraft Museum

de Havilland Aircraft Museum
De Havilland Aircraft Museum is located in Hertfordshire
De Havilland Aircraft Museum
Location within Hertfordshire
Former name
  • Mosquito Aircraft Museum
  • de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
Established1959 (1959)
LocationLondon Colney, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°42′39″N 0°16′16″W / 51.710833°N 0.271111°W / 51.710833; -0.271111
TypeAviation museum
Websitedehavillandmuseum.co.uk

The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, formerly the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, UK.[1]

The Museum's mission is to preserve and communicate the de Havilland Heritage to ensure that current and future generations of all ages will understand de Havilland’s contribution to innovative British Aviation technology.[2]

The collection was originally built around the definitive prototype and restoration shops for the de Havilland Mosquito and now also includes several examples of the de Havilland Vampire – the third operational jet aircraft in the world. The museum is the largest such museum devoted to one manufacturer in the country.

  1. ^ Ellis 2004, p.79.
  2. ^ "de Havilland Aircraft Museum".