Exhibition "The collections of plans of the Air and Space Museum": engines and aircraft

Name: Exposition "Les collections de plans du musée de l'Air et de l'Espace" : moteurs et aéronefs
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Exceptionally, discover some of the treasures in the Air and Space Museum’s documentary holdings: historical planes and engines that combine aesthetic techniques.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

The mission of the Research and Documentation Department of the Air and Space Museum is to preserve aeronautical and space memory through its collections of books, photos and archival documents. On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, you will exceptionally discover some of its treasures: historical plans of aircraft and engines that combine aesthetic techniques.

À propos du lieu

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget 93350 Le Bourget

Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France

Inaugurated at Le Bourget in 1975, the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace de Paris-Le Bourget is one of the world’s first aeronautical museums because of its age and the wealth of its collections. These collections are exhibited in the terminal, designed by architect Georges Labro, inaugurated in 1937 and listed in the Inventory of Historic Monuments. This emblematic building of the airport architecture of the 1930s is located on a place full of history: 1915: Creation of the airfield of Bourget 1919: 1st commercial flight Paris-London 1927: Departure of Nungesser and Coli aboard the Oiseau Blanc/ Arrival of Lindbergh from New-York 1930: Departure of Costes and Bellonte for New-York aboard the Question Mark 1933: Foundation of Air France And every two years since 1953: Air Show