RAF Museum to open First World in the Air permanent exhibition in December 2014

One of the most significant new museum exhibitions marking the Centenary of the First World War, the RAF Museum’s The First World War in the Air, came closer to fruition today. 

 

A confirmed grant of £898,558 from the Heritage Lottery Fund will see the project begin at the museum’s Cosford and London homes, together with an ambitious programme of education programmes, volunteering, apprenticeships, public events and online resources.

 

The project will explore the earliest days of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. At the London site in Hendon, a brand new permanent exhibition will open in December 2014 in the museum’s historic Grahame-White Factory, the Grade II-listed building which was an active aircraft factory during the First World War. 

 

Unused spaces, including a “drawing office” equipped with sketching tools, open drawers filled with facsimiles of original technical drawings and aviation-related publications, will give visitors a “balcony view” of the aircraft and hangar, which will become the new home for the Museum’s unparalleled collection of First World War aircraft. 

 

The museum is also promising to incorporate the experiences of pilots, ground crews and factory workers as well as the local North London community. 

 

Read more: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art475678-RAF-Museum-to-open-First-World-in-the-Air-permanent-exhibition-in-December-2014