RAF Manston History Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Ramsgate, Kent
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
Educational
What’s there
- Café on site
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A volunteer-run museum on the site of the former RAF Manston airfield, telling the story of the base from the First World War through the Battle of Britain and the Cold War to modern search and rescue. Visitors can see large aircraft such as a Handley Page Victor and an English Electric Canberra, a Vulcan, and a range of cockpit sections, models and engine components. There are military vehicles on display, including WWI trucks used in a well-known film, and a NAAFI cafe on site. The museum runs themed family weekends, model and vehicle shows and a Santa event in December, and it welcomes school and group visits. Children's and family tickets are available, and under-fives are admitted free, so it suits a rainy-day outing for older children who enjoy planes, engines and history.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Bum bag
- Spare batteries
- Zip-lock bagsThe shell collection, the wet swimming costume, the half-eaten sandwich.
- Pocket money purseGift shop answered in advance, in numbers.
- Refillable coffee cupA lot of cafés knock money off.
- Safety pinsStraps break.
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