An aviation museum , air museum , or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation . In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft , exhibits can include photographs , maps , models , dioramas , clothing and equipment used by aviators .
4-509: Flugwerft Schleissheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich , it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on 18 September 1992. Many aerospace exhibits are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and aircraft engines . The main display hangar
8-863: Is a restored glazed building, visitors are able to view exhibits undergoing restoration. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. List from Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. 48°14′47″N 11°33′28″E / 48.24639°N 11.55778°E / 48.24639; 11.55778 Aviation museum Aviation museums vary in size from housing just one or two aircraft to hundreds. They may be owned by national, regional or local governments or be privately owned. Some museums address
12-645: The ground or fly some of them. Museums that do not fly their aircraft may have decided not to do so either because the aircraft are not in condition to fly or because they are considered too rare or valuable. Museums may fly their aircraft in air shows or other aviation related events, accepting the risk that flying them entails. Some museums have sets of periodicals, technical manuals, photographs and personal archives. These are often made available to aviation researchers for use in writing articles or books or to aircraft restoration specialists working on restoring an aircraft. This aerospace museum–related article
16-513: The history and artifacts of space exploration as well, illustrating the close association between aeronautics and astronautics . Many aviation museums concentrate on military or civil aviation, or on aviation history of a particular era, such as pioneer aviation or the succeeding "golden age" between the World Wars, aircraft of World War II or a specific type of aviation, such as gliding . Aviation museums may display their aircraft only on
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