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|Air Force Museum of New Zealand||[http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/collections-research/research/accessing-the-collection Reading Room]||3,500 volumes
|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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|Air Victory Museum||[http://www.airvictorymuseum.org/html/library.html Harold Watson, Raymond Sleeper and Stephen Snyder Memorial Library]||3,000 volumes
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|Alberta Aviation Museum||[http://albertaaviationmuseum.com/collection/archives/library Archives & Research Library]||5,000 volumes; 200,000 digital images
|Alberta Aviation Museum||[http://albertaaviationmuseum.com/collection/archives/library Archives & Research Library]||5,000 volumes; 200,000 digital images
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|Canada Aviation and Space Museum||[http://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/library-and-archives Library and Archives]||Unknown
|Canada Aviation and Space Museum||[http://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/library-and-archives Library and Archives]||Unknown
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|Comox Air Force Museum||[http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/library Library]||over 3,000 volumes
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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
|EAA Aviation Museum||[http://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/museum-library-and-archives Library]||11,000 books; 100,000 images
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|Flight Path Museum LAX||[http://flightpathlax.com/aviation-research-library William A. Schoneberger Research Library]||Unknown
|Flight Path Museum LAX||[http://flightpathlax.com/aviation-research-library William A. Schoneberger Research Library]||Unknown
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|Flygvapenmuseum||[http://www.flygvapenmuseum.se/besok-oss/arkiv-och-bibliotek/bibliotek Library]||20,000 books and 700 magazines
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|Frontiers of Flight Museum||[http://www.flightmuseum.com/explore/research_library Research Library]||35,000 records
|Frontiers of Flight Museum||[http://www.flightmuseum.com/explore/research_library Research Library]||35,000 records
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|March Field Air Museum||[http://www.marchfield.org/education/research-library Yeager Family Library]||7,000 volumes
|March Field Air Museum||[http://www.marchfield.org/education/research-library Yeager Family Library]||7,000 volumes
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|Massey Air Museum||[http://www.masseyaero.org/news/massey-library-program-instructions-2 Library]||[http://www.librarything.com/catalog/MasseyLibrary over 4,100 books]
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|Military Aviation Museum||[http://militaryaviationmuseum.org/library Library]||3,100 books
|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
|Millville Army Air Field Museum||[http://p47millville.org/library Henry E. Wyble Historic Research Library & Education Center]||Unknown
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|Montreal Aviation Museum||[http://www.mam.quebec/our-library-2 Patrick Campbell Library and Archives]||over 7,000 books
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|Musée Air France||[http://musee.airfrance.fr/musee/fr/pageStandard/Bibliotheque.html Library]||2,000 works
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|Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace||[http://www.museeairespace.fr/aller-plus-haut/documentation/bibliotheque Library]||30,000 works, 22,000 documentary files, 3,600 technical notices, 2,500 periodicals
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|Museo de Aeropuertos y Transporte Aéreo de Málaga||[http://www.aeromuseo.org/biblioteca Documentation Center]||Unknown
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|Museo de la Aviación Naval||[http://www.argentina.gob.ar/armada/biblioteca-del-museo-de-la-aviacion-naval Library]||4,000 volumes
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|Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica||[http://www.mna.ar/biblioteca.html Antonio Biedma Recalde Library]||Unknown
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|Museu Aeroespacial||[http://www2.fab.mil.br/musal/index.php/biblioteca Jos� Garcia de Souza Library]||22,000 items
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|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
|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
|National Air and Space Museum||[http://library.si.edu/libraries/air-and-space Library]||40,000 volumes
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|National Model Aviation Museum||[http://www.modelaircraft.org/museum/research-collections/lee-renaud-memorial-library Lee Renaud Memorial Library]||5,800 books, over 900 periodical titles
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|National Naval Aviation Museum<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson Gabriel |first1=Melissa |title=Archivist at Naval Aviation Museum is History Keeper |url=http://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2017/01/14/archivist-naval-aviation-museum-history-keeper/95346896 |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Pensacola News Journal |date=14 January 2017}}</ref>||[http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/emil-buehler-library Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library]||Unknown
|National Naval Aviation Museum<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson Gabriel |first1=Melissa |title=Archivist at Naval Aviation Museum is History Keeper |url=http://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2017/01/14/archivist-naval-aviation-museum-history-keeper/95346896 |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Pensacola News Journal |date=14 January 2017}}</ref>||[http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/emil-buehler-library Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library]||Unknown
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|Norwegian Aviation Museum||[http://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/library Library]||Unknown
|Norwegian Aviation Museum||[http://www.norwegianaviationmuseum.com/library Library]||Unknown
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|Oakland Aviation Museum{{efn|Status unclear}}||[https://web.archive.org/web/20070630082129/http://www.westernaerospacemuseum.org/museum/library.html Library]||5,000 volumes
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|Otto Lilienthal Museum||[http://www.lilienthal-museum.de/olma/ebibli.htm Library]||Unknown
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|Planes of Fame Air Museum||[http://planesoffame.org/education-2/research-library Research Library]||10,000 volumes
|Planes of Fame Air Museum||[http://planesoffame.org/education-2/research-library Research Library]||10,000 volumes
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|Polish Aviation Museum||[http://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/muzeum/pl/biblioteka 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
|Royal Air Force Museum||[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/library-collection Archive & Library]||[http://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/inventory/?q2=%2A&inventory_type5D=Library 64,000+ objects]
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|San Diego Air & Space Museum||[http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/research-overview Library & Archives]||38,000 items
|San Diego Air & Space Museum||[http://sandiegoairandspace.org/research/research-overview Library & Archives]||38,000 items
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|Santa Maria Museum of Flight{{efn|Closed}}||[https://web.archive.org/web/20200220171055/http://www.smmof.org/library.aspx Edward J. Horkey Memorial Research Library]||Unknown
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|Shearwater Aviation Museum||[http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/library Library & Archives]||13,000 items
|Shearwater Aviation Museum||[http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/library Library & Archives]||13,000 items
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|South Australian Aviation Museum||[http://www.saam.org.au/library.html Library]||3,500 books, 120,000 photographs, 1,000 technical handbooks, 63 periodicals, 700 videos
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|Tangmere Military Aviation Museum||[http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/the-library Peter Wright Memorial Library]||4,000 books/periodicals
|Tangmere Military Aviation Museum||[http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/the-library Peter Wright Memorial Library]||4,000 books/periodicals
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|USS Midway Museum<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zingheim |first1=Karl |title=The Best Naval Aviation Library Afloat |url=http://www.midway.org/blog/the-best-naval-aviation-library-afloat |website=USS Midway Museum |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=27 April 2018}}</ref>||[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
|USS Midway Museum<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zingheim |first1=Karl |title=The Best Naval Aviation Library Afloat |url=http://www.midway.org/blog/the-best-naval-aviation-library-afloat |website=USS Midway Museum |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=27 April 2018}}</ref>||[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
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|Vintage Flying Museum||[http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/vintage-flying-museum-library Library]||3,000 records (estimated)
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|Western Museum of Flight||[http://www.wmof.com/library.htm Dr. Ira E. Chart Research Library]||Unknown
|Western Museum of Flight||[http://www.wmof.com/library.htm Dr. Ira E. Chart Research Library]||Unknown
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|Aeronauticum||[http://www.aeronauticum.de/sammlung Archives]||11,000 printed materials
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|Aerospace Bristol||[http://www.aerospacebristol.org/archives Archives]||Unknown
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|Delta Flight Museum||[http://www.deltamuseum.org/about-us/archives Archives]||Unknown
|Delta Flight Museum||[http://www.deltamuseum.org/about-us/archives Archives]||Unknown
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|Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum||[http://www.mdairmuseum.org/archival-collection Archival Collection]||200,000 photographs
|Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum||[http://www.mdairmuseum.org/archival-collection Archival Collection]||200,000 photographs
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|Kansas Aviation Museum||[http://kansasaviationmuseum.org/education/research-archives Research Archives]||10,000 books; 75,000 journals; 25,000 photographs ([http://www.kansas.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/article1087622.html Reference])
|Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg||[http://www.hubschraubermuseum.de/index.php/en/archive Archives]||3,500 books
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|Kansas Aviation Museum<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMillin |first1=Molly |title=Kansas Aviation Museum to Dedicate New Archive Room |url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/article1087622.html |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Wichita Eagle |date=25 June 2014}}</ref>||[http://kansasaviationmuseum.org/education/research-archives Research Archives]||10,000 books; 75,000 journals; 25,000 photographs
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|Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre||[http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/about/archives Archives]||Unknown
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|Musee Hydraviation||[http://www.hydravions-biscarrosse.com/documentation.php Centre de Documentation]||Unknown
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|Museu Aeroespacial||[http://www2.fab.mil.br/musal/index.php/arquivo-historico Historical Archive]||Unknown
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|Museum of Flight||[http://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Archives Archives]||5,000 cubic feet of items
|Museum of Flight||[http://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Archives Archives]||5,000 cubic feet of items
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|American Library||[http://www.2ndair.org.uk/article/1932/Our-books Library]||4,000 books
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|Cradle of Aviation Museum||[http://nyheritage.org/organizations/cradle-aviation-museum New York Heritage Digital Collections]||Unknown
|Cradle of Aviation Museum||[http://nyheritage.org/organizations/cradle-aviation-museum New York Heritage Digital Collections]||Unknown
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|Finnish Aviation Museum||[http://www.ilmailumuseo.fi/en/kirjasto-arkisto Library and Archives]||over 10,000 monographs
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|Hickory Aviation Museum||[http://www.hickoryaviationmuseum.org/historical-exhibits Museum Research Library]||Unknown
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|Kelch Aviation Museum||[http://www.kelchmuseum.org/collection Archive & Library]||over 10,000 books
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|Oregon Aviation Historical Society||[http://oregonaviation.org/the-hedberg-resource-library Hedberg Aviation Resource Library]||230 books, 160 VHS tapes, 23 DVDs
|Oregon Aviation Historical Society||[http://oregonaviation.org/the-hedberg-resource-library Hedberg Aviation Resource Library]||230 books, 160 VHS tapes, 23 DVDs
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|Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum<ref>{{citation |title=Opening Soon: The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Library and Archive |url=http://www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Summer2019NOTAMv2.pdf |periodical=NOTAM |issue=37 |page=5 |accessdate=19 August 2025 |date=Summer 2019}}</ref>||Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Library and Archive||23,000 books, periodicals, pulp magazines, photographs, art, and archival documents<ref>{{cite web |title=See Inside Our Library and Archive |url=http://www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org/news/blog-home/inside-library |website=Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum |access-date=19 August 2025 |date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
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|SFO Museum||[http://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/collections/1511214217 Aviation Museum and Library]||8,600 volumes
|SFO Museum||[http://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/collections/1511214217 Aviation Museum and Library]||8,600 volumes
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|Wight Aviation Museum||[http://www.wightaviationmuseum.org.uk/collections Aviation Library]||Unknown
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== References ==
=== Footnotes ===
{{Notelist}}
=== Notes ===
{{Reflist}}

Latest revision as of 02:54, 19 August 2025

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
Air Victory Museum Harold Watson, Raymond Sleeper and Stephen Snyder Memorial Library 3,000 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
Comox Air Force Museum Library over 3,000 volumes
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
Flygvapenmuseum Library 20,000 books and 700 magazines
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
Massey Air Museum Library over 4,100 books
Military Aviation Museum Library 3,100 books
Millville Army Air Field Museum Henry E. Wyble Historic Research Library & Education Center Unknown
Montreal Aviation Museum Patrick Campbell Library and Archives over 7,000 books
Musée Air France Library 2,000 works
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace Library 30,000 works, 22,000 documentary files, 3,600 technical notices, 2,500 periodicals
Museo de Aeropuertos y Transporte Aéreo de Málaga Documentation Center Unknown
Museo de la Aviación Naval Library 4,000 volumes
Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Antonio Biedma Recalde Library Unknown
Museu Aeroespacial Jos� Garcia de Souza Library 22,000 items
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 Model Aviation Museum Lee Renaud Memorial Library 5,800 books, over 900 periodical titles
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
Oakland Aviation Museum[b] Library 5,000 volumes
Otto Lilienthal Museum Library Unknown
Planes of Fame Air Museum Research Library 10,000 volumes
Polish Aviation Museum Library Unknown
Royal Air Force Museum Archive & Library 64,000+ objects
San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives 38,000 items
Santa Maria Museum of Flight[c] Edward J. Horkey Memorial Research Library Unknown
Shearwater Aviation Museum Library & Archives 13,000 items
South Australian Aviation Museum Library 3,500 books, 120,000 photographs, 1,000 technical handbooks, 63 periodicals, 700 videos
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
Vintage Flying Museum Library 3,000 records (estimated)
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
Aeronauticum Archives 11,000 printed materials
Aerospace Bristol Archives Unknown
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
Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg Archives 3,500 books
Kansas Aviation Museum[4] Research Archives 10,000 books; 75,000 journals; 25,000 photographs
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Archives Unknown
Musee Hydraviation Centre de Documentation Unknown
Museu Aeroespacial Historical Archive Unknown
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
American Library Library 4,000 books
Cradle of Aviation Museum New York Heritage Digital Collections Unknown
Finnish Aviation Museum Library and Archives over 10,000 monographs
Hickory Aviation Museum Museum Research Library Unknown
Kelch Aviation Museum Archive & Library over 10,000 books
Oregon Aviation Historical Society Hedberg Aviation Resource Library 230 books, 160 VHS tapes, 23 DVDs
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum[5] Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Library and Archive 23,000 books, periodicals, pulp magazines, photographs, art, and archival documents[6]
SFO Museum Aviation Museum and Library 8,600 volumes
Wight Aviation Museum Aviation Library Unknown

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Closed to Public
  2. ↑ Status unclear
  3. ↑ Closed

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.
  5. ↑ "Opening Soon: The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Library and Archive" (PDF), NOTAM, no. 37, p. 5, Summer 2019, retrieved 19 August 2025
  6. ↑ "See Inside Our Library and Archive". Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
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