The Helicopter Museum — Attraction in Weston-super-Mare

I was very keen to visit a museum which I wouldn't really think to visit 🤔 I've driven by it for many years. Aesthetically, it doesn't draw you in, it somewhat looks a bit abandoned and run down.

There was plenty of parking & disabled 🅿️ wheelchair friendly entrance and building(s). The museum itself is quite small inside but size doesn't always matter and neither does a cover to a book.

So, entry was easy, no queuing and it was quiet 🤫 we got there for 10 am opening time. £14 PP entry fee.

The layout to the museum felt a bit backwards in my head as you walk through the shop and pass the café before getting to the helicopter section 🚁 there was plenty of written information ℹ️ about the helicopter(s) but it could be improved upon by potentially adding a more interactive aspect for the visitor(s) especially children. The layout of the helicopters meant you had to walk back on yourself to take a decent look at all because of the minimal space available with the large pieces.

There, was a small outside seating area off from the café which didn't have too much to it. Then a separate outside building which was a looking tower with no access, the other part of this building allowed you to see a select few interactive components such as morse code, simulator flight on a PC and video in a small screening room.

The park area didn't have many apparatus for children and wasn't appealing in all means and this area didn't offer any seating for parents to either sit/watch in a safe distance.

The staff at the museum were friendly and polite and some even allowed you some in depth knowledge about two helicopters you were able to see/touch and sit inside.

Overall, it was a different experience but I doubt I would visit again but it was a nice small and quick outing for a bit of close ups on helicopters. Enthusiasts of course would love the experience overall (I guess)

I do thank the staff for all their attitude, efforts and support for keeping the history of helicopters intact...

Have been meaning to call in here for years and years, so was pleased to finally manage to pop in on the way down to Cornwall (from Yorkshire) the other week, along with my five year old son who I thought would like it (nope ...) and my wife who I thought wouldn't like it but would put up with it for an hour or so (yep ...). I thought it rather well done, with a lot mostly nicely presented and cleverly crammed in. Funny to see a helicopter there, inside the building, that I last saw a few years ago at Manchester Science Museum (before whatever management actually exists there decided they'd shut over half the place down in favour of, I gather, conference and entertainment venue hire !?!?!?) ... however did the Helicopter Museum get it or any of the others physically into the building without taking the roof off?!!.

Somewhat annoying to be expected to fiddle with the gimmick of QR codes to read text on your phone that ought to be displayed on a good old fashioned board .. I didn't bother, not least on principle ... and I think they'd do well to expand if possible on displays about the mechanical workings of helicopters and their rotor mechanisms if they can get some working models for people to interact with, rather than I fear falling into a possible trap of having more and more helicopters, of which they've probably got enough now to show a good spread of ages and sizes and types. I liked it, but doubt will be back for some years, partly because its not local and partly because I feel I've now done it. Also, as someone with sensitivity to glaring LED lights I found their ceiling lights somewhat needlessly harsh and glaring, principally in the first half of the building with reception. cafe etc., though thankfully they were not of the extreme bluey-white high colour temperature types that can so easily be inadvertently encountered (such as the York Railway Museum) and which leave me feeling hot, disorientated and generally 'sensory...

Today we decided to visit the helicopter museum in weston super mare! Since our last visit in September we could see more helicopters had arrived and more things had been added to the displays. This time of year is a good time to visit to see the helicopters and look at the displays without the crowds! We had a great time looking at them all in detail today.

Throughout the year there are different events held which are always good.

We have previously visited on the world at war weekend where there is a lot going on including military displays, veteran parades and lots of military vehicles to look at. I have always enjoyed this event. The next one is planned for the 2nd and 3rd of April 2022.

On another visit, we came to see the vintage buses and displays which I found to be a great day out! Numerous old buses and some new buses arrive at the helicopter museum. Throughout the day, the buses take people on mini tours around weston. Some of which stop on the Seafront so you can hop off, have a bit of a jolly and an icecream then hop on another to travel back to the helicopter museum.

We visited another time and the owls and birds of prey had come along for the day! We enjoyed this day out because you could visit the helicopters plus see the birds up close. A fascinating day out we thought!

Throughout the year, there are numerous days in which you can take helicopter rides from the museum which I believe travel across weston and along the Seafront. Hopefully in the future, this will be a fun adventure for us on a sunny day.

All in all, if you like looking at helicopters and getting an idea of their uses or even how and why they are built then you would enjoy the helicopter museum. Or if you wanted to have a look at them and visit on one of their themed days then you would also enjoy...