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Raf Museum changes 50,000 pieces for the new Hub Collections at Midlands and launches campaign to make the collection public
The Royal Air Force Museum has started an operation to transfer more than 50,000 historical objects to the new Hub Collections, which is being built on Midlands. The change is part of a broad project of transformation of the museum, scheduled for the summer of 2027.
Currently, less than 1% of the museum’s collection is on public display. Most pieces – which includes from aircraft and ejectors to uniforms, medals and memorabilia – remains stored in an installation of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Stafford. The new hub will allow these collections to become public to the public for the first time.
According to Ewen Cameron, curator of the stored collection, the process involves more than 50,000 items and should consume about 31,000 hours of work to identify, catalog, evaluate conditions, conserve and pack each piece for transport to Midlands.
Campaign seeks public support and companies
To make the project possible, Raf Museum launched the collection campaign “The Crate Escape”. The initiative invites the public and companies to sponsor boxes used in change. Donations are divided into three categories: Bronze (£ 30), Silver (£ 100) and Gold (from £ 1,000), each offering benefits such as digital certificate, virtual wall recognition and exclusive updates on box content.
In addition to preserving objects, change will enable the creation of a new permanent exhibition on the role of 1980 to the present day, including topics such as spatial and cyber defense, as well as a learning center and green areas enlarged for visitors.
The project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Royal Air Force and the museum’s own resources.
The campaign seeks to “bring to light hidden stories of bravery, innovation and sacrifice,” says Ella Hewitt, individual collection manager. Each sponsored box represents a contribution to preserving aviation inheritance to future generations.
RAF Museum remains open daily from 10am, with free admission. Project and campaign information is available at rafmuseum.org/midlands.
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