RAF Museum Cosford News

One of our Mascots is Missing! Half Term Activity 25th October - 2nd November

One Of Our Mascots Is Missing! Half Term Activity 25th October - 2nd November

Visit the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford this October half term and take part in the hunt for our missing mascot. Percy the Penguin, an RAF airman’s flying mascot, has disappeared from his display case in search of a “cooler” home.

Percy has left some clues to help us find him but we need bright young detectives to help solve the clues and find out where he is hiding. To take part, simply collect an entry form at Admissions on arrival at the Museum.

The entire experience is completely FREE and as a reward for solving the clues there will be a small prize for every successful detective to take home as a memento of the day. All correct entries will also be entered into a draw to win a £15 voucher to spend in the Royal Air Force Museum Shop.

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Top Lots Winners enjoy V I P visit to Museum

Top Lots Winners Enjoy V I P Visit To Museum

As part of May’s Museums and Galleries Month the Royal Air Force Museum teamed up with online auction house Top Lots to offer an exclusive experience behind the scenes at the Museum’s Cosford site.
This exclusive day allowed the successful bidder to witness the ground-breaking conservation and preservation work undertaken by the staff of the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre.

Pictured during the visit are Malcolm & Dawn Rees and Roger Bridges with MBCC staff Darren Priday, John Warburton and MBCC Manager Tim Wallis.

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Museum Named One of Britain's Top 100 All Weather Attractions.

Museum Named One Of Britain's Top 100 All Weather Attractions.

The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford has been listed in Britain's Top 100 Attractions, All Weather, All Year, which has been published by Ian Allan, in direct response to one of the most disappointing summers on record in terms of weather.

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Become A Facebook Fan For A Chance Of Winning

Become A Facebook Fan For A Chance Of Winning " Dambusters - A Landmark Oral History "

In return we promise to keep our page updated on a regular basis so that you are made aware of future events once they have been confirmed and to place regularly on the page exclusive images and videos of the people and events that bring the Museum to life. To reward your loyalty we will hold regular competitions and run special offers which only members of our Facebook Fan Club will be able to take advantage of.

This month we are offering all our Facebook Fans the opportunity to win one of six copies of "Dambusters, A Landmark Oral History" donated to us by Virgin Books. All that you need to do is to sign up to our Facebook Fan page and should you be a lucky winner, we will contact you accordingly. Competition Rules are posted on our Fan Page.

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October's Navigator Highlights - 4 New Highlights for Your Enjoyment

October's Navigator Highlights - 4 New Highlights For Your Enjoyment

This month Navigator, the Museum's online collection, offers FOUR new sets of highlights on Radar Equipment, Medical Equipment, Uniform Photographs and Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.

The featured photograph is from our "Uniform Photographs" highlight and is entitled "Incorrect positions of RAF trouser bottoms over shoes" from 1955.

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Refurbishment Has School Groups Flying In!

A major refurbishment to enhance the museum’s ‘flying experience’ for schools is currently underway in the Let’s Fly classroom at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.

Due to be ‘re-launched’ in January 2009, the classroom is being transformed into a mini airport enabling children to participate in the entire holiday flight experience from checking-in through to passport control and actually boarding an aeroplane.

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Swing By for Big Tunes & Smooth Moves

Swing By For Big Tunes & Smooth Moves

Members of the public are invited to join the Aerospace Museum Society’s popular 1940’s Hangar Dance at the Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford on Saturday 4th October.

The event will be located in the Museum’s Warplanes Hangar with guests encouraged to “Get in the Mood” by donning wartime costume for the evening. Dancing will be until late with music supplied by Paul Drakeley and his All Stars Band and Singers, performing tracks from Big Band favourites such as Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. To further add to the event’s ambience the entire evening is set against a backdrop of wartime aircraft and artifacts including the world’s oldest Spitfire and the famous Lincoln Bomber.

Please note as this is going to be our biggest and best dance yet, we will be closing our Warplanes Hangar from Monday 29th September to Wednesday 8th October. We apologise for any disappointment that this may cause for our daytime visitors during this period.

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Conservation Centre Open Week Announced

The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre (MBCC) at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be opening its doors in November to visitors for one special week.

The MBCC is one of the finest aircraft conservation centres in the world. To enable greater public access and an understanding of the centre’s work, it will be opening its doors from Monday 24th to Friday 28th November 2008.

Visitors to the Museum will gain exclusive behind-the-scenes access to aircraft conservation work and have a rare opportunity to view current projects, including work being undertaken on the Handley Page Hampden Bomber, Maurice Farman Bi-plane and the Sopwith Dolphin.

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R A F Museum Awarded 10/10 for Value

R A F Museum Awarded 10/10 For Value

The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford and its award winning National Cold War Exhibition received a 10 out of 10 rating in Central TV’s News ‘Best Value Kids Attraction' as seen by viewers on 12th August.

The Museum was particularly praised for being “dynamic”. ITV Central presenter Llewela Bailey and her son Harry were “bowled over” by the National Cold War Exhibition, which is “brilliantly put together” so much so that after spending just a few hours at the Museum they felt visitors needed more than a single day at the Museum as there was so much to take in.

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Two New Awards Fly In For Aviation Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford is proud to be awarded two new accolades after already being crowned ‘Best of the West’ at the Renaissance West Midlands Awards earlier in April.

Staff and volunteers at RAF Museum Cosford are celebrating after Servicemark, the National Standard for Customer Service, granted the Museum a Silver Award.

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Latest News: 13 October 2008