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Ashburton Aviation Museum

Te rohe - Location
Ashburton Airfield, Seafield Road, Ashburton

Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
Wed. & Sat. 9:30am-4pm
Other days 1pm-3pm
or by arrangement - phone 64-03-308 6408

Te utu - Admission
$10.00

Situated on Ashburton Airfield, Seafield Road this museum has two display hangars, workshop building and clubrooms.

"Home of the Harrier" - ex RAF GR3 with a Falkland's connection.
Base for the Southern DC3 trust's AMY

Also A4 Skyhawk, MB339 Aermacchi, DH Devon, Harvard, Yeoman Cropmaster, DH Vampires - FB5 & T11, DH Tiger Moth, Porterfield, Vintage gliders, and various aero engines.
An extensive model shows the airfield as it was in World War II as a training base with associated displays describing the local airmen who served there.
Climb into a Canberra cockpit.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Military

Social history

Technology

Ngā wāhi -
Facilities

  • Reference library

  • Guided tours

  • Membership club

  • Wheelchair access

  • Function space

  • Toilets

  • Parking

  • Shop

Whakapā mai -
Contact

Kei te mahere -
On the map