Highland Air Museum Dalcross Governess

It is sad, but … it always comes down to money. Someone has to pay to house the exhibits, do routine upkeep and the like. Most of us don’t have the deep pockets of the few gazillionaires who have aviation as a hobby/tax writeoff.

Thanks for the confirmation, RadarArchive. That is sad news.

I can confirm that Highland Aviation Museum has permanently closed, this happening, I believe, in October 2019 (I found out the following month). Items on loan were returned and the remainder of the collection was offered for sale.

Thankyou for the responses. 

Sad times. Gosh, if Highland has closed that’s a 20% reduction in aviation museums in Scotland. Now that’s depressing! 

Wise words Howard.

Quite – I wouldn’t be surprised if this type of thing became quite common!  

That doesn’t sound good then. There weren’t that many left after the 2018 departures.

Several aircraft from here were put up for sale before lockdown.

Hi Brandisi,

The Highland Aviation Museum at Inverness was still open towards the end of last year. Whether that is still the case I am not sure. They had down-sized a fair bit during 2018  – parting with several exhibits including the Valiant cockpit to the Morayvia collection. We visited a few years ago and found it a very interesting museum with informative and enthusiastic staff – it would be a real pity if it is closed.