Museum - North East Land, Sea and Air Museums in City of Sunderland

It was another moving day today but instead of an aeroplane being moved we moved a portacabin , yes you read that correctly , a portacabin ! What was the under ...used crew room outside of the workshop is now to become the tool-store inside of the workshop were it will fitted out and made into the museum 'maintenance hub' complete with work benches and a heavy duty bench outside for the bigger jobs and for putting your cups of tea or coffee and sandwiches on . Only joking Chairman ! Given tonight's announcement from the Prime Minister this could well be our last move of the year too but time will tell ? Stay sane . With thanks to ; Dave , David , Dominic , Ian , Luke , Richard and as ever , Billy manning the shop . See more

Every wondered what the inside of our Hawker Hunter E-419 looks like? Here you go! (These images were taken pre Covid. The Hunter now sits further down the hangar next to our EE Lightning)

The museum trustees have taken the decision to move to a cashless operation during the current restrictions. All payments will need to be made by debit card to reduce the handling risk from cash.

NELSAM is now on Instagram! We look forward to sharing some photos and videos from the museum and keeping you up to date! https://instagram.com/nelsamofficial

A few of the Spitfire over Sunderland this afternoon

Not been to see us since the new layout in Hangar 1 yet? Here's a quick fly through with what you'll find if you visit us.

As of today the Government guidelines do not allow groups of more than 6 people to gather, indoors or otherwise, and this includes the museum. If you're planning to visit us, you must follow these guidelines and not travel or gather in a group of more than 6. Please also check our other COVID guidelines before visiting at https://nelsam.org.uk/COVID

Now that school holidays are over, after today we will go back to our regular opening of Tuesday to Sunday only, closed on Mondays.

A bit of a special post today, the Bedford Green Goddess which used to serve as the crash tender for Sunderland Airport in the 1970s visited its old stomping ground for the first time in 30+ years. Built in 1953, bedford rlhz was Supplied new to the army fire service and saw action in Antwerp with the ordinance clearance Regiment. It was Sold off in the 70s to Sunderland airport as a fire tender where it served until the airport closed, it is Currently in the operation fresco... colour scheme as the previous owner bought it when the auxiliary fire service cabs were still in service with the British Army and weren’t being sold at the time, It will be restored it back into the bright red Sunderland airport colour scheme soon. Many thanks to Adam and Chris Todd for bringing her home for trip down memory lane and great photo opportunity, good luck for the restoration chaps.

As a reminder, we will no longer be accepting vouchers from Groupon after tomorrow, Groupon should be giving refunds for any unused vouchers issued.

Groupon Vouchers Please note that the museum has terminated its agreement with Groupon and no groupon vouchers will be accepted after Sunday the 30th of August.... Groupon decided not to pay the museum for over 400 vouchers. Groupon have chosen to keep the full amounts as they say there is no proof of the customer visiting. The value of the unpaid vouchers is in excess of 1,200. If you have purchased a voucher and did not redeem it the museum does not receive any of your payment. Groupon have been requested to notify all remaining voucher holders and refund the payments taken. A full list of vouchers have been supplied to Groupon See more

We're proud to announce we've been awarded a 2020 Travellers' Choice award by TripAdvisor (the new name for Certificate of Excellence) This means we're in the top 10% of attractions, based on the consistently great feedback left by visitors, for yet another year. Thanks to all our visitors for their great feedback and reviews, and to all the volunteers who've worked hard and given up their time over the last year!

Arriving today from the Brooklands museum is another local exhibit that has been donated. Operated from Thornaby and one of a very small number still around

A great day with lots of medals and memories on display , the Mayor and Lord Lieutenant too . It was nice to see several family members of former 607 pilots not... only attend but bring along family memorabilia too . Sadly the weather wasn't as it was on this day in 1940 but it didn't stop the socially distanced chat and more importantly , it didn't rain ! Thanks to all of the museum volunteers who helped out on the day and those who helped to organise things behind the scenes . See more

Starting this week, we will be opening the museum on Mondays for the next few weeks - so that's 7-days per week from now up to and including our last planned Monday opening on the 7th September.