Aviation Museum Libraries and Archives

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Material is taken from a Warbird Information Exchange thread.

Introduction

This list has been divided into three sections: libraries, archives, and a third category of "honorable mentions" which don't quite fit the criteria for inclusion below, but are worth noting.

For an institution to meet the criteria for inclusion of this list, it must have a dedicated library or archives page on its website and it must be a museum. The former requirement was selected to demonstrate a museum's dedication to it's library collection. (Some combine them with their collections or donations page.)

The most common bit of information on museum library pages is an approximate count of their holdings. Since size is often the only quantifiable and available form of comparison, it has been included here as a potential comparison of significance. A few caveats regarding these numbers: 1) they may be rounded, 2) they may only reflect cataloged items and not the entire collection, and 3) different organizations use different terms for their materials, so comparison may be somewhat apples to oranges.

Finally, the line between libraries and archives or archives and collections can be blurry and some museums do not make a distinction between the two.

Libraries

Institution Name of Collection Size
Air Force Museum of New Zealand Reading Room 3,500 volumes
Alberta Aviation Museum Archives & Research Library 5,000 volumes; 200,000 digital images
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center Library and Archives 18,000 items
Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum W.J. "Ernie" Schorr Memorial Library 1,000 books; 220 videos
British Columbia Aviation Museum Library 7,700 books; 670 videos; 30,000 digital images
Canada Aviation and Space Museum Library and Archives Unknown
EAA Aviation Museum Library 11,000 books; 100,000 images
Empire State Aerosciences Museum Janz Vander Veer Research Center/Library 2,100 photographs
Finnish Aviation Museum Library and Archives 16,000 monographs
Flight Path Museum LAX William A. Schoneberger Research Library Unknown
Frontiers of Flight Museum Research Library 35,000 records
Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Library 1,700 books
Hill Aerospace Museum[a] Major General Rex A. Hadley Research Library and Archives Unknown
Hiller Aviation Museum Michael King Smith Research Library Unknown
Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Library Unknown
MAPS Air Museum Louise Timken Library & Research Center 7,900 items
March Field Air Museum Yeager Family Library 7,000 volumes
Military Aviation Museum Library 3,100 books
Millville Army Air Field Museum Henry E. Wyble Historic Research Library & Education Center Unknown
Museum of Flight Harl V. Brackin Library 36,000 books; 60,000 journal issues; 18,000 manuals; 6,850 technical reports
National Air and Space Museum Library 40,000 volumes
National Naval Aviation Museum[1] Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library Unknown
Newark Air Museum Museum Archive 5,100 books; 40,000 photographs
Norwegian Aviation Museum Library Unknown
Planes of Fame Air Museum Research Library 10,000 volumes
Polish Aviation Museum Library Unknown
Royal Air Force Museum Archive & Library Unknown
San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives 38,000 items
Shearwater Aviation Museum Library & Archives 13,000 items
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Peter Wright Memorial Library 4,000 books/periodicals
Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum[2] Library Archives 3,000 books
United States Army Aviation Museum Research Library 3,000 books
USS Midway Museum[3] Library 6,400 volumes; 1,400 cruise books; 1,500 technical manuals; 750 videos; 5,500 magazine issues
Western Museum of Flight Dr. Ira E. Chart Research Library Unknown
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum Research Library 15,000 books; 800 periodicals; 1,000 digitized images

Archives

Institution Name of Collection Size
Delta Flight Museum Archives Unknown
Fleet Air Arm Museum Centre for Naval Aviation Records & Research Unknown
Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum Archival Collection 200,000 photographs
Kansas Aviation Museum[4] Research Archives 10,000 books; 75,000 journals; 25,000 photographs
Museum of Flight Archives 5,000 cubic feet of items
Piper Aviation Museum Archives Unknown
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Collections & Archives 60,000 images

Honorable Mentions

Institution Name of Collection Size
Cradle of Aviation Museum New York Heritage Digital Collections Unknown
Oregon Aviation Historical Society Hedberg Aviation Resource Library 230 books, 160 VHS tapes, 23 DVDs
SFO Museum Aviation Museum and Library 8,600 volumes

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Closed to Public

Notes

  1. ↑ Nelson Gabriel, Melissa (14 January 2017). "Archivist at Naval Aviation Museum is History Keeper". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Travis AFB Aviation Museum Education". Travis AFB Aviation Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Zingheim, Karl (27 April 2018). "The Best Naval Aviation Library Afloat". USS Midway Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ↑ McMillin, Molly (25 June 2014). "Kansas Aviation Museum to Dedicate New Archive Room". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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