Well!
Springbok opened this thread with a tome mainly beratting the UK’s national museums – bringing up a lot of good points and laying what I should have thought was foundations for a good debate on the topic of “British Aviation Heritage”.
Of the 13 subsequent postings very little was said on the topic, instead, attacks on the record of some European countries in acft presvtn and yet more discussion about Concordes.
The national museums (or at least RAFM & IWM who seem to have been conducting an “arms race”) have been grabbing the biggest pieces of the pie from the Heritage lottery Fund leaving but a few crumbs for the other (mainly volunteer) museums.
The national museums, I suppose, cannot be blamed for fighting their own corners but look at the results:
RAFM denying access to part of it’s collection because of the closure (temporary?) of the Graham White building.
IWM “AirSpace” and RAFM “Milestones of Flight” both trying to be the National Aeronautical Collection whilst Science Museum appears to have given up.
RAFM “Cold War” exhibition – the cold war did involve the other armed services. This exhibition should have been taken on by the IWM and incorporated the RN, Army, etc.
Royal Scottish Museum displacing a lot of it’s established collection to install Concorde in it’s own hangar (ok I know I’ve brought up Concorde as well!).
So come on folks let’s debate the topic……..
Roger Smith.
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