RAF Cosford and the Royal Air Force Museum

The Hundred House Hotel is close to RAF Cosford, where the Royal Air Force Museum aim's to preserve an important part of Britain's national aviation heritage and to display it for future generations. At Cosford they have collections of artefacts unique in the world.

The War Plane Collection includes British, German, American, Japanese and Argentinian aircraft, all with an important place in the development of military aviation.

Cosford's Missile Collection includes unique, early German experimental missiles. The collection charts the history of this type of weapon from early concrete and wooden examples to today's state-of-the-art technology.

The Transport & Training Aircraft Collection is home to Royal Air Force transport aircraft, which relate the fascinating story of passenger and freight-carrying by air.

The jewel in the Museum's inventory is undoubtedly the Research & Development Aircraft Collection featuring some of the World's most exotic aircraft.

The recently opened National Cold War Exhibition tells the story of the 40 plus years, following the 2nd World War, during which the East and West stood either side of an ideological divide separated by the awesome prospect of nuclear holocaust; this was "The Cold War".

For more details visit the RAF Cosford Museum web site at: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/