Finnish Aviation Museum

Finnish Aviation Museum

Suomen Ilmailumuseo Finlands flygmuseum
Main building of the Finnish Aviation Museum
Location within Finland
Established	4 December 1969
Location	Aviapolis Veromies, Vantaa, Finland
Coordinates	60°18.253′N 024°57.652′E / 60.304217°N 24.960867°E / 60.304217; 24.960867
Type	Aviation museum
Collection size	9,600 objects 16,000 books 78,000 photographs
Owner	Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation
Public transit access	Airport trains I & P Local and regional bus routes
Website	ilmailumuseo.fi/en/

The Finnish Aviation Museum (Finnish: Suomen ilmailumuseo, Swedish: Finlands flygmuseum) is a museum specialising in aircraft, located near Helsinki Airport in Veromies, Vantaa, Finland.

The Aviation Museum Society (Finnish: Ilmailumuseoyhdistys ry) was founded on 4 December 1969. Opened in 1972, the museum was initially located in the basement of the Helsinki Airport terminal but received its own facilities in 1981.^[1] The museum has constantly expanded and today has an office wing, research rooms, aviation library, archive, and an auditorium for 200 people.

Currently the museum is owned by the Finnish Aviation Museum Foundation (Finnish: Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö), founded in 1996.^[1]

The museum displays some 9,600 items, and the library has over 16,000 books^[2] and 160,000 aviation-related magazines. Furthermore, the museum has a large collection of flight instruction and service books. There are also some 78,000 photographs, negatives, and slides. The archive spans some 1,800 shelf metres.^[3]

The whole collection comprises some 80 aircraft, of which 22 are gliders. The following is a list of some of the more noteworthy aircraft:

A complete list can be found at the museum's web page.

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