National Museum of Flight

National Museum of Flight
The entrance to the Concorde exhibition.
National Museum of Flight is located in Scotland
National Museum of Flight
Location within Scotland
EstablishedJuly 1975 (1975-07)
LocationEast Fortune, Scotland, UK
Coordinates55°59′42″N 2°43′23″W / 55.995°N 2.723°W / 55.995; -2.723
TypeAviation museum
Visitors74,696 (2019)[1]
Websitewww.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight

The National Museum of Flight is Scotland's national aviation museum, at East Fortune Airfield, just south of the village of East Fortune, Scotland. It is one of the museums within National Museums Scotland.

The museum is housed in the original wartime buildings of RAF East Fortune which is a well preserved World War II airfield. As a result of this the entire site is a scheduled monument with no permanent structures added by the museum. The hangars, control tower and stores were designated as Category B listed buildings by Historic Scotland, but this designation was removed in 2013 as they were already covered by the stricter scheduling.

  1. ^ "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". www.alva.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.