Aerospace Bristol wins 'Best Museum Visit’ at the School Travel Awards

Aerospace Bristol has gained national recognition as winner of Best Museum Visit at the School Travel Awards. The museum was awarded the prestigious title after coming top of a list of finalists that included Bletchley Park, V&A London, and the Science & Industry Museum, Manchester. 

The annual School Travel Awards celebrates learning outside the classroom and winners are selected by readers of School Travel Organiser magazine. The awards recognise inspiring people and the very best companies, venues and attractions providing school trips. 

Amy Seadon, Learning & Community Engagement Manager, Aerospace Bristol, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have been chosen as Best Museum Visit by the readers of School Travel Organiser magazine - especially considering the high calibre of museums from around the country that made the list of finalists. To have won the award is a huge boost to the museum and comes at the ideal time as we reopen our doors to visitors. In the short time since announcing our reopening, Aerospace Bristol has already received lots of school enquiries and bookings. Hopefully this award will encourage even more teachers to bring their class to Aerospace Bristol for an inspiring day out of the classroom.”

Aerospace Bristol is situated to the north of Bristol on the historic Filton Airfield, an area with a history of aerospace achievements that spans more than a century, where every British Concorde made its maiden flight and where Concorde Alpha Foxtrot – the last Concorde ever to fly, now on display at Aerospace Bristol – landed for the final time in November 2003.

By telling Bristol’s aerospace story and through its inspiring and practical Learning Programme, the museum aims to inspire the engineers of the future. Pupils of all ages are given the opportunity to explore local history, develop skills in science, technology, engineering & maths, and discover the exciting possibilities of a career in engineering.

Popular workshops include Blast Off Rockets where pupils develop and launch their own rockets, Mission to Mars: Cracking Coding, which involves programming a ‘Mars Rover’ to explore the surface of the red planet, and Concorde Killed My Fish!, where students explore the history of Concorde and the controversy around the aircraft’s sonic boom.

Aerospace Bristol reopened on Wednesday 19 May, following a six-month closure due to covid-19 restrictions. If you’re a school visit organiser interested in taking your class on this year’s best museum visit, you can go to aerospacebristol.org or contact learning@aerospacebristol.org to find out more.