☀️ Our Carer's Café Social is still on this summer! Join us this Friday (7 Aug), 10.30am–12pm, at RAF Museum Midlands for a relaxed chat with fellow carers. ☕ 🍪 No booking, free parking & a warm welcome await. 💙 Email: carers.cafe@rafmuseum.org Or visit: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/wha...

✈️🍿 Tickets are on sale for Propellers and Popcorn! Join us at our London site on 22 & 23 August for outdoor screenings of Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. Upgrade to VIP for a Cold War tour, Buccaneer access & guaranteed seating. Charges apply. Book now before they fly away! bit.ly/4hHum8T #TopGun

📬✨ Save the date! Join us at RAF Museum London on 10 August for the From Barnet with Love: Postcard Party. Enjoy a FREE family craft activity inspired by Barnet's airmail heritage and create your own postcard. ❤️✈️ More: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats... #RAFMuseum #Barnet #CraftActivity #Art

Had a pleasant visit to the @rafmuseum.bsky.social at Colindale, yesterday.

Fancy taking up a new challenge over the summer? Choose your distance and complete it by walking, running, cycling or swimming between 1 August and 3 October. Take part wherever you choose and support the RAF Museum’s work. Sign up: the-red-arrows-challenge.raiselysite.com #RedArrowsChallenge

✈️ Go behind the scenes at RAF Museum Midlands! 📅 3–6 August 👀 Explore the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre and step aboard the VC10 & Nimrod FREE*. 🕥 10.30am–3.30pm Find out more: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/wha... *Subject to availability. #RAFMuseum #Conservation #BehindTheScenes

📢 Call for Speakers! ✈️ We're inviting postgraduate students, early-career and established researchers to share new research on Air Power, aviation history and of air forces for our 2027–28 Research Lecture Programme. 🗓️ Deadline: 22 Jan 2027 📧 ResearchNews@rafmuseum.org 👉 tinyurl.com/27665jmp

LDN: 🔥 Visit Papa Ji Food at the Barnet Food Festival, 12–13 Sept at the Royal Air Force Museum London! 🌶️🍔 Enjoy award-winning Indian street food, from wraps and burgers to samosas and famous chicken dishes. 😋 rafmuseum.org.uk/campaign/bar... #StreetFood #IndianFood #FoodFestival #RAFMuseum

Visitors arriving by train can now enjoy a much-improved journey to the RAF Museum Midlands, thanks to the opening of a new footpath linking Cosford railway station with the Museum that has transformed the walk between the station and the Museum. Visit tinyurl.com/3ahzd8sd to find out more.

Step onboard two iconic RAF aircraft for FREE! ✈️ Explore the legendary Nimrod, the impressive VC10 and enjoy a sneak peek inside our Conservation Centre. Open 10.30am–3.30pm, with the final opening this Friday. More summer dates coming soon! ☀️ shorturl.at/v03MG #RAFMuseum #AircraftAccess

☀️ Looking for an unforgettable family day out this summer? ✈️ Make the RAF Museum London your next destination! With FREE entry, six incredible hangars and a packed programme of summer events, there's something for everyone. 🎉 Book your free tickets today! 💙 Learn more at : bit.ly/3TGdchT

🎉 You asked, we listened! By popular request, the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at our Midlands site reopens 20–24 July, 10.30am - 3.30pm. Explore behind the scenes, see fascinating aircraft and artefacts. On the same dates step aboard the VC10 and Nimrod. FREE entry! shorturl.at/UZY9s

🚁 Every Thursday during the summer holidays, climb aboard our legendary Sea King Search & Rescue helicopter at the Royal Air Force Museum London! ✈️ 🎟️ £10 per session (admits up to 2 people) 📅 First sessions start 23 July 👧 Ages 8+ Book now 👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats... #SeaKing #London

🚨 Now on YouTube! 🎥✈️ Take a closer look at one of the Second World War's most overlooked air campaigns. Jane Lowes explores Bomber Command's vital minelaying operations and the crews behind them in this fascinating archived RAF Museum lecture. ▶️ youtu.be/dd4anJ0vsuM?... #BomberCommand #RAFMuseum

Why just stand beneath the mighty Avro Vulcan, when you can get inside it? ✈️🔍 On 28 July, 12 August and 25 August, aviation enthusiasts can enjoy the Vulcan and Cold War Experience at RAF Museum London, including the rare opportunity to tour our Vulcan's cockpit. 🛩️ Charges apply. shorturl.at/hc45J

💙 Carers deserve a little time for themselves too. Join us this Friday, 10:30am–12:00pm, for our award-winning Carer's Café at RAF Museum Midlands. Enjoy a free cuppa, biscuits, activities and great company. No booking needed and free parking. Supported by Home Instead. ✈️ carers.cafe@rafmuseum.org

📺✈️ We're on Bargain Hunt today! 🎉 Don't miss RAF Museum London on BBC One's Bargain Hunt today at 12:15pm in Bargain Hunt Takes Flight! 👀 If you can't catch it live, you'll be able to watch the episode on BBC iPlayer over the next 12 months. 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC One - Bargain Hunt, Series 74, Bargain Hunt Takes Flight

Prepare for take-off in this high-flying episode with Christina Trevanion.

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🍴📅 Save the Date! Just 2 months to go until the Barnet Food Festival arrives at the RAF Museum London on 12 September! 🎉✈️ Kids go FREE, and tickets are just £10 for everyone aged 16 and over, making it a great-value day out for the whole family. 🎟️ Learn more 👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/campaign/bar...

✈️ Some moments are made for the big screen. This is one of them. 🎬 🎬 On Saturday 22 Aug at 7.30pm, lock in for Top Gun, then punch the throttle 24 hours later for Top Gun: Maverick on Sunday 23. 🌅🎥 The first 150 tickets for each screening are just £10. No second chances bit.ly/4ydaGjd #TopGun

LDN: 🧱✈️ Looking for a fantastic FREE family adventure this summer? Join us for Brick Journeys – Created for Little Explorers! 🌍🚀 From 20 July explore 19 incredible brick-built models inspired by history, science, engineering & adventure as you follow our FREE trail through our site. bit.ly/4vWrgSV

✈️ Just 1 week to go! Join us on 11 July for our Hunter! One Day Conference, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Hawker Hunter's first flight. For £25 you'll enjoy: 🎙️ Expert speakers ❓Q&A sessions ☕ Tea & coffee 🥪 Lunch included Book today! www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/wha...

🇬🇧🇺🇸 This American Independence Day, we remember Billy Fiske – an extraordinary American whose courage helped defend Britain's skies. Mortally wounded during the Battle of Britain, he became one of the first American volunteers to give his life in Britain's defence. Lest we forget. bit.ly/4eYZGNo

✈️ Looking for a fun family activity this weekend? 🧩 Join us tomorrow at the RAF Museum London for July's Airfix Model Club, themed to commemorate American Independence Weekend. 🇺🇸 We will be building Curtiss Warhawks 🛩️. Each Airfix kit costs just £5. More info👉 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats...

Step onboard the VC10 aircraft at the RAF Museum Midlands for free until 10 July.✈️😁 We are opening the VC10 daily between 10.30am and 3.30pm for visitors to get a closer look inside! 👀💙 Plus, the Nimrod and Conservation Centre will be open at the same time too! 🙌 Entry is free and to the Museum.

MIDS: The Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre is now open to visitors daily from 10.30am - 3.30pm until 10 July. 🎉✈️🫶 Enjoy a sneak peek behind the scenes while you can. Entry to the Museum and access to the Conservation Centre is free! 😁 Our Nimrod and VC10 are also open at the same time! 🙌✈️

🛠️ Behind every museum object is an incredible conservation story... Discover how our volunteers helped conserve a Wellington's "Wimpy" Nose Art" and are preparing it for display this August at RAF Museum Midlands. ✈️🧵👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/engagin... #VolunteerLife #Conservation #RAFMuseum

🎨✨ Ascendance: Calling Young People Aged 16–25 ✨🎬 📢 Barnet residents aged 16–25 are being invited to give up an hour of their time to take part in Ascendance, an ambitious public art project commissioned by Barnet Council. Contact Leila via WhatsApp on 077 0621 4815 or email leila@upprojects.com.

Fancy a look around a spy plane? 🔍👀✈️ Visitors at the RAF Museum Midlands can now step inside the Nimrod, an aircraft that played a major intelligence gathering role with the RAF. 🤫 Open daily until 10 July from 10.30am - 3.30pm, entry onboard the Nimrod and to the Museum is free!

🕯️✨ Experience the music of Coldplay by Candlelight beneath our iconic Lancaster S for Sugar this Saturday evening at the RAF Museum London. As a special thank you to our RAF community, enjoy 20% off Gold Seated tickets using the exclusive code RAF1 at checkout. 🎶 🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/4vHuDgj

🚨 BBMF Flypast on Sunday 🚨 ✈️ Don’t miss a special sight in the skies above the RAF Museum Midlands on Sunday 28 June. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota is scheduled to carry out a flypast over the Museum at approximately 1.20 pm. 🌤️ Flypast is subject to operational & weather conditions.