Imperial War Museum Duxford |
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Duxford is a world-renowned heritage complex which has exhibits covering aviation, historic aircraft, dramatic land warfare displays, air shows and special events, modern history, conservation, education and maritime exhibits. Over fifty working historic aircraft are based at Duxford and regularly take to the sky over the museum. There are five hangars which house aircraft, including Concorde, Lancaster and Vulcan and aircraft related exhibitions. There is a Land Warfare Hall and an American Air Museum. There are opportunities for visitors to take to
the air over Duxford in an elegant 1930's biplane airliner, no booking required. Duxford is one of the largest centres for aircraft restoration in the world, visitors can watch this important and skilled work in progress close up.The American Air Museum stands as a memorial to the 30,000 Americans who died flying from the UK in the Second World War. This outstanding example of contemporary British architecture, designed by Lord Foster, houses Duxford's unique collection of historic American aircraft including the 
B-17 Flying Fortress, B52 Stratofortress, an excellent collection of Cold War aircraft, the SR-17 Blackbird and the B-24 Liberator. Also on view are fascinating artefacts including part of the Berlin Wall, a cruise missile and part of the infamous Iraqi 'supergun'. Uniforms and smaller personal items are also on show.
Although Duxford is best known for its aircraft, the museum's Land Warfare collection is one of the finest in the country. Nearly 100 tanks, military vehicles and artillery pieces are presented 
in a series of authentic battlefield scenes. The displays include tanks still very much in front line use including the British Challenger and the Soviet T72. There are also special exhibitions including the Normandy Experience, Monty and the evocative Forgotten War.
General Information:
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Opening Times
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(2008 times)
Summer 15th March to 25th October:Daily 10.00am - 6.00pm. Winter: Daily 10.00am - 4.00pm. Closed 24, 25 & 26 December. |
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Admission Charges
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(2008 prices)
Adult £16.00; Senior Citizen £12.80; Concession £9.60; Child under 15yrs Free (child under 12yrs must be accompanied by an adult).Separate admission rates on air show days. Please telephone of see web site for details. |
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Directions
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South of Cambridge at junction 10 on the M11. Easily accessible from the A14, A1, M1 and the North. Trains to Cambridge from London's Liverpool St and King's Cross stations. C7 bus from Cambridge Monday to Saturday |
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Imperial War Museum Duxford Postcode for SatNav: CB2 4QR |
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