From my own personal point of view I can say this.
I travel frequently for work purposes and the hub that I most often use is Schipol. When the Aviodrome was situated at the airport it was easy to access and I would imagine ( although havent got any figures or information re admission numbers to back it up) attracted passing trade with time to spare between flights, or from people staying at the myriad of hotels located there. I know that this is what I used to do.
Since the collection moved to Lelystad, I have only visited twice, and both times only because I was driving from Schipol up to Emmen for meetings etc and it was more or less on the route.
I can only wonder then, if re-locating ( while undoubtably giving the museum a chance to expand and display their collection in much better surroundings) imacted the amount of visitor numbers due to the nature of the location. Passing trade counts for a lot in ‘niche markets’. If you lose that then business will inevitably suffer.
A great shame though, I did enjoy the collection on my visits whether it was at Schipol or Lelystad. Hope something can be done.
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