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NEW Aviation Exhibition: First to the Fastest opens at Brooklands Museum
5th Apr 2019
Alcock and Brown’s non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in a Brooklands-built Vickers Vimy in June 1919 was a significant moment in aviation history. Just sixteen years earlier the first ever powered flight was made by the Wright Brothers in 1903, followed by the flight trials of A.V. Roe at Brooklands in 1907. Fifty years later, in 1969, Atlantic flights had become routine but to celebrate that great endeavour and spirit of Alcock and Brown’s ground-breaking crossing, a new air race was staged. It showcased how far and fast aviation had changed with innovation at the heart of the race.
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Hawker Siddeley Hawk Mk 50 G-HAWk Arrives at Brooklands Museum
24th Jan 2019
We are delighted to announce the arrival of the Hawker Siddeley Hawk G-HAWK/ZA101 which is being gifted by BAE Systems plc. Delivered by road from Samlesbury, Lancashire, on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, it will go on permanent display at the Museum after reassembly in the next few weeks.
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Brooklands Museum Wins Coveted Museums + Heritage Award
18th May 2018
We are thrilled to announce that we have won the prestigious Museums and Heritage Award for Permanent Exhibition, seeing off stiff competition from some major national institutions such as the Science Museum Group and Natural History Museum. The award was announced at a gala awards ceremony in London on 16th May and presented by the Reverend Richard Coles.
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Brooklands in the race for top award!
1st May 2018
We are honoured and thrilled at being announced as a finalist for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018, the biggest museum prize in the world.
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Brooklands Museum Shortlisted for National Award
15th Mar 2018
We are thrilled to announce that the Museum has been shortlisted to win a national award alongside some of London’s most famous Museums.
