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  Location within Dorset | |
Former name | Jet Heritage Museum |
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| Established | May 1998 |
| Location | Merritown Lane,Hurn,Dorset |
| Coordinates | 50°46′33″N1°50′33″W / 50.7757°N 1.8426°W /50.7757; -1.8426 |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Website | www |
TheBournemouth Aviation Museum is anaviation museum located next toBournemouth International Airport, near the village ofHurn inChristchurch, England. It houses a number ofaircraft,aero engines, cockpits, and a limited number of ground vehicles.
The museum was founded in May 1998 as theJet Heritage Museum and was located on the property ofBournemouth Airport. However, the following year it was renamedBournemouth Aviation Museum. Then, due to expansion of the airport, in 2008 the museum was forced to move to a site near theAdventure Wonderland theme park on the south side of the B3073 road.[1]
In 2013, the museum acquired a Boeing 737-200 named"The Spirit of Peter Bath" and has created an exhibition about Sir Peter Bath and his company Bath Travel inside the fuselage.[2][failed verification]
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