Museums where you can actually sit and touch things

[steamy]

Hi all,

The eldest is at an age where they want to see things up close (planes, helo's, anything that moves) ... we ruined them a bit by bringing them to the likes of Bournemouth Aviation museum a few times, where you can pretty much sit in and touch everything, so the likes of Middle Wallaop's museum (which is fantastic IMO) just doesn't do it for them (more looking, less things to sit in and play with)...

What is available around the UK, that they can sit in and pretend and play?

[Freeman Lowell]

Steamy,
The Boscombe Down Collection just down the road from MW at Old Sarum, Salisbury is just such a museum. C.30 aircraft cockpits to sit in...
http://boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk/Index.htm
Freeman

[StuBie]

I visited Portland D-Day museum several years ago, very interactive exhibits (at least it was back then anyway).

https://ddaycentre.com/

Cheers,

Stu

[Freeman Lowell]

I visited Portland D-Day museum several years ago, very interactive exhibits (at least it was back then anyway).

https://ddaycentre.com/

Cheers,

Stu

Good call. This one is great for kids of all ages. Thoroughly recommend it. Might not be open for the season just yet...
Freeman

[StuBie]

I visited Portland D-Day museum several years ago, very interactive exhibits (at least it was back then anyway).

https://ddaycentre.com/

Cheers,

Stu

Good call. This one is great for kids of all ages. Thoroughly recommend it. Might not be open for the season just yet...
Freeman

Not just kids, I had great fun playing around on a 40mm Bofors gun

[Pune]

Coventry Aircraft Museum is/was quite hands on, haven't been for a few years though..

[cat1]

Coventry Aircraft Museum is/was quite hands on, haven't been for a few years though..

Yeovilton wasn't bad till recent times.
middle wallop was (and still is, luckily) good too.

unfortunately one of the best for hands on in my option, Newquay (Jag Cockpits the lot) got closed by a council who will undoubtedly sell off the land to some business who will use it as storage...

[Nighthawke]

Back on topic and trying to provide something of use to you, Aeroventure at Doncaster has a few you can sit in.

[Condor68]

Bit of a trek but the Dumfries and Galloway Air Museum lets you into quite a few of the exhibits

[NAM Updater]

Supervised cockpit access available on a regular basis at NAM; as described in here: http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/NAM_open_cockpits

With the school half-term holidays approaching the next couple of weeks should be quite busy thanks to the efforts of our open-cockpit volunteers.

[steamy]

thank you all for the brilliant suggestions :-)

[Unknown74]

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