The Bristol Aero Collection Museum at Kemble Airfield is now closed, and the collection of artefacts, ranging from aircraft, aero engines, missiles, spacecraft, and transport vehicles, through to model aircraft, is in temporary storage undergoing renovation work, to prepare it for display in a new museum being planned at Filton, where most of the items originated.  This will help future generations appreciate how the Bristol Aeroplane Company developed through their pioneering work with new designs, processes and products.

Bristol Aerospace Centre

It is hoped this will open in 2016 or 2017, on part of the Filton Airfield site, with newly refurbished WW1 hangars to house the main collection of artefacts, with a restoration centre in another hangar.  Concorde 216 will be housed in an attractive new building, together with educational and corporate events rooms.  

Find out about the new Filton museum, its exhibits, and the Bristol Aero Collection Trust at bristolaero.com (opens in new window)

At present, we cannot offer any visits to the Collection for schools or youth groups, though the new Aerospace Centre will be including that in their programmes when open. 

Meanwhile, it is hoped to offer an outreach programme involving visits, talks and activities to your school or youth group.   If you would be interested in that, please contact the Schools liaison contact below.

Resources for Schools:

We have a range of loan resources for schools, including support materials for studying World War II, large Airbus models, activity packs for Science and Technology, MP3 recorders for living history projects, and some other items.

If a talk and/or activity session at school would be of interest, we have a number of aviation-related talks and design/technology activities which we can offer.

Resources for Schools