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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.
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) ==
== Libraries ==
* Air Force Museum of New Zealand [http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/collections-research/research/accessing-the-collection Reading Room] 3,500 volumes
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* Alberta Aviation Museum [http://albertaaviationmuseum.com/collection/archives/library Archives & Research Library] 5,000 volumes; 200,000 digital images
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* American Helicopter Museum & Education Center [http://americanhelicopter.museum/library-and-archives Library and Archives] 18,000 items
! Institution
* Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum [http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/library.html W.J. "Ernie" Schorr Memorial Library] 1,000 books; 220 videos
! Name of Collection
* British Columbia Aviation Museum [http://www.bcam.net/library Library] 7,700 books; 670 videos; 30,000 digital images
! Size
* Canada Aviation and Space Museum [http://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/library-and-archives Library and Archives] Unknown
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* EAA Aviation Museum [http://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/museum-library-and-archives Library] 11,000 books; 100,000 images
|Air Force Museum of New Zealand||[http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/collections-research/research/accessing-the-collection Reading Room]||3,500 volumes
* Empire State Aerosciences Museum [http://www.esam.org/research-library Janz Vander Veer Research Center/Library] 2,100 photographs
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* Finnish Aviation Museum [http://ilmailumuseo.fi/en/kirjasto-arkisto Library and Archives] 16,000 monographs
|Alberta Aviation Museum||[http://albertaaviationmuseum.com/collection/archives/library Archives & Research Library]||5,000 volumes; 200,000 digital images
* Flight Path Museum LAX [http://flightpathlax.com/aviation-research-library William A. Schoneberger Research Library] Unknown
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* Frontiers of Flight Museum [http://www.flightmuseum.com/explore/research_library Research Library] 35,000 records
|American Helicopter Museum & Education Center||[http://americanhelicopter.museum/library-and-archives Library and Archives]||18,000 items
* Greenwood Military Aviation Museum [http://www.gmam.ca/library2.html Library] 1,700 books
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* Hill Aerospace Museum [https://web.archive.org/web/20110603115114/http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5634 Major General Rex A. Hadley Research Library and Archives] Unknown (Closed to Public)
|Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum||[http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/library.html W.J. "Ernie" Schorr Memorial Library]||1,000 books; 220 videos
* Hiller Aviation Museum [http://www.hiller.org/museum/library Michael King Smith Research Library] Unknown
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* Historic Aviation Memorial Museum [http://tylerhamm.org/library Library] Unknown
|British Columbia Aviation Museum||[http://www.bcam.net/library Library]||7,700 books; 670 videos; 30,000 digital images
* MAPS Air Museum [http://mapsairmuseum.org/louise-timken-library Louise Timken Library & Research Center] 7,900 items
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* March Field Air Museum [http://www.marchfield.org/education/research-library Yeager Family Library] 7,000 volumes
|Canada Aviation and Space Museum||[http://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/library-and-archives Library and Archives]||Unknown
* Military Aviation Museum [http://militaryaviationmuseum.org/library Library] 3,100 books
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* Millville Army Air Field Museum [http://p47millville.org/library Henry E. Wyble Historic Research Library & Education Center] Unknown
|EAA Aviation Museum||[http://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/museum-library-and-archives Library]||11,000 books; 100,000 images
* Museum of Flight [http://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Library Harl V. Brackin Library] 36,000 books; 60,000 journal issues; 18,000 manuals; 6,850 technical reports
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* National Air and Space Museum [http://library.si.edu/libraries/air-and-space Library] 40,000 volumes
|Empire State Aerosciences Museum||[http://www.esam.org/research-library Janz Vander Veer Research Center/Library]||2,100 photographs
* National Naval Aviation Museum [http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/emil-buehler-library Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library] Unknown ([http://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2017/01/14/archivist-naval-aviation-museum-history-keeper/95346896 Reference])
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* Newark Air Museum [http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Archive Museum Archive] 5,100 books; 40,000 photographs
|Finnish Aviation Museum||[http://ilmailumuseo.fi/en/kirjasto-arkisto Library and Archives]||16,000 monographs
* Norwegian Aviation Museum [http://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/library Library] Unknown
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* Planes of Fame Air Museum [http://planesoffame.org/education-2/research-library Research Library] 10,000 volumes
|Flight Path Museum LAX||[http://flightpathlax.com/aviation-research-library William A. Schoneberger Research Library]||Unknown
* Polish Aviation Museum [http://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/muzeum/pl/biblioteka Library] Unknown
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* Royal Air Force Museum [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/library-collection Archive & Library] Unknown
|Frontiers of Flight Museum||[http://www.flightmuseum.com/explore/research_library Research Library]||35,000 records
* San Diego Air & Space Museum [http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/research-overview Library & Archives] 38,000 items
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* Shearwater Aviation Museum [http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/library Library & Archives] 13,000 items
|Greenwood Military Aviation Museum||[http://www.gmam.ca/library2.html Library]||1,700 books
* Tangmere Military Aviation Museum [http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/the-library Peter Wright Memorial Library] 4,000 books/periodicals
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* Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207102609/http://www.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org/html/library.html Library Archives] 3,000 books ([http://www.travisafbaviationmuseum.org/education Reference])
|Hill Aerospace Museum||[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603115114/http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5634 Major General Rex A. Hadley Research Library and Archives]||Unknown (Closed to Public)
* United States Army Aviation Museum [http://www.armyaviationmuseum.org/research/research Research Library] 3,000 books
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* USS Midway Museum [http://www.midway.org/education/education-resources/uss-midway-research-library Library] 6,400 volumes; 1,400 cruise books; 1,500 technical manuals; 750 videos; 5,500 magazine issues ([http://www.midway.org/blog/the-best-naval-aviation-library-afloat Reference])
|Hiller Aviation Museum||[http://www.hiller.org/museum/library Michael King Smith Research Library]||Unknown
* Western Museum of Flight [http://www.wmof.com/library.htm Dr. Ira E. Chart Research Library] Unknown
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* Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum [http://wingsmuseum.org/about/history/researchlibrary Research Library] 15,000 books; 800 periodicals; 1,000 digitized images
|Historic Aviation Memorial Museum||[http://tylerhamm.org/library Library]||Unknown
|-
|MAPS Air Museum||[http://mapsairmuseum.org/louise-timken-library Louise Timken Library & Research Center]||7,900 items
|-
|March Field Air Museum||[http://www.marchfield.org/education/research-library Yeager Family Library]||7,000 volumes
|-
|Military Aviation Museum||[http://militaryaviationmuseum.org/library Library]||3,100 books
|-
|Millville Army Air Field Museum||[http://p47millville.org/library Henry E. Wyble Historic Research Library & Education Center]||Unknown
|-
|Museum of Flight||[http://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Library Harl V. Brackin Library]||36,000 books; 60,000 journal issues; 18,000 manuals; 6,850 technical reports
|-
|National Air and Space Museum||[http://library.si.edu/libraries/air-and-space Library]||40,000 volumes
|-
|National Naval Aviation Museum||[http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/emil-buehler-library Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library]||Unknown ([http://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2017/01/14/archivist-naval-aviation-museum-history-keeper/95346896 Reference])
|-
|Newark Air Museum||[http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Archive Museum Archive]||5,100 books; 40,000 photographs
|-
|Norwegian Aviation Museum||[http://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/library Library]||Unknown
|-
|Planes of Fame Air Museum||[http://planesoffame.org/education-2/research-library Research Library]||10,000 volumes
|-
|Polish Aviation Museum||[http://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/muzeum/pl/biblioteka Library]||Unknown
|-
|Royal Air Force Museum||[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/library-collection Archive & Library]||Unknown
|-
|San Diego Air & Space Museum||[http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/research-overview Library & Archives]||38,000 items
|-
|Shearwater Aviation Museum||[http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/library Library & Archives]||13,000 items
|-
|Tangmere Military Aviation Museum||[http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/the-library Peter Wright Memorial Library]||4,000 books/periodicals
|-
|Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum||[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207102609/http://www.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org/html/library.html Library Archives]||3,000 books ([http://www.travisafbaviationmuseum.org/education Reference])
|-
|United States Army Aviation Museum||[http://www.armyaviationmuseum.org/research/research Research Library]||3,000 books
|-
|USS Midway Museum||[http://www.midway.org/education/education-resources/uss-midway-research-library Library]||6,400 volumes; 1,400 cruise books; 1,500 technical manuals; 750 videos; 5,500 magazine issues ([http://www.midway.org/blog/the-best-naval-aviation-library-afloat Reference])
|-
|Western Museum of Flight||[http://www.wmof.com/library.htm Dr. Ira E. Chart Research Library]||Unknown
|-
|Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum||[http://wingsmuseum.org/about/history/researchlibrary Research Library]||15,000 books; 800 periodicals; 1,000 digitized images
|}


== Archives (Institution – Name of Collection – Size) ==
== Archives (Institution – Name of Collection – Size) ==