A family view the DH98 Mosquito collection at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
- Credit: Garry Lakin
Bigger and better than ever is the promise from the country’s oldest aviation museum after it was awarded a £90,000 grant to help it reopen its doors in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown.
The award has been made to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum by the Arts Council England from the government s Culture Recovery Fund.
The museum plans to reopen to visitors on May 18.
Announcing the award at its site at Salisbury Hall, London Colney, museum chairman Alan Brackley said: “Being closed for most of last year under the pandemic regulations has had a major impact on the finances of the museum.
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The DH 110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.
- Credit: Garry Lakin 2017
Is it lift-off yet for our aviation museum celebrating the heritage of the de Havilland company?
There’s quite a bit of activity going on at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum, where hopes are that it could be welcoming visitors back in time for Easter.
A museum spokesman said: It would be wonderful to see visitors once more checking out some of the most important and remarkable aeroplanes – all of them local – which created lots of records.
The museum is situated in the grounds of Tudor mansion Salisbury Hall at London Colney.
The DH 110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.
- Credit: Garry Lakin 2017
Is it lift-off yet for our aviation museum celebrating the heritage of the de Havilland company?
There’s quite a bit of activity going on at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum, where hopes are that it could be welcoming visitors back in time for Easter.
A museum spokesman said: It would be wonderful to see visitors once more checking out some of the most important and remarkable aeroplanes – all of them local – which created lots of records.
The museum is situated in the grounds of Tudor mansion Salisbury Hall at London Colney.
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