Museums & Galleries · County Durham
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
📍 SR5 3HE
Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
The North East Land, Sea and Air Museums (NELSAM), formerly the North East Aircraft Museum, is a volunteer-run aviation museum situated on the site of the former RAF Usworth/Sunderland Airport, between Washington and Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. The museum has the largest aviation collection between Yorkshire and Scotland and houses over 30 aircraft and a wide collection of aero engines. The museum also has a small collection of other items such as weaponry, vehicle... — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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