# WIGHT AVIATION MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175948
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [10784045](https://opencompanies.uk/company/10784045)
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1175948


## Contact

- **Address:** Sandown Airport, Scotchells Brook Lane, Lake, Isle of Wight
- **Postcode:** PO36 0JP
- **Phone:** 07949 704052
- **Email:** wightaviationmuseum@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.wightaviationmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A WORKING MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC AND CLASSIC AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS AND MEMORABILIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.(3) TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME INCLUDING RESEARCH FACILITIES, AND TO EMBRACE HISTORICAL AVIATION HERITAGE, LINKED TO THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.

**Activities:** To establish &amp; maintain a working museum for the exhibition and preservation of historic aircraft and associated artefacts and memorabilia on the Isle of Wight at Sandown Airport for the benefit of the public.To advance the education of the public &amp; schoolchildren in the history of aviation through the provision of educational activities both in the museum and within schools.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Isle Of Wight





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Porter |  | Dec. 12, 2024 |
| Brian Roy Curtis |  | Nov. 20, 2018 |
| Colin Robert Kurek |  | Nov. 20, 2018 |
| David Anthony Gledhill |  | Feb. 5, 2020 |
| Donald Hughes |  | Dec. 12, 2024 |
| Helen Blake |  | May 23, 2017 |
| Jonathan Lamb |  | Dec. 12, 2024 |
| RICHARD CURTIS |  | May 23, 2017 |
| William Cooper |  | May 23, 2017 |




