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Volandia Park and Flight Museum is the largest Italian aeronautical museum, as well as one of the largest in Europe. Volandia displays over 100 aircraft. The museum covers an area of ca. 60,000 m2 (645,000 sq ft) of which 20,000 m2 (215,000 sq ft) are indoors. It opened in 2010, after a 10-year preparation phase.

Wikidata facts

Country
Italy
Located in
Somma Lombardo
Area
60000
Employees
4
Main subject
aeronautics
Official website
www.volandia.it
Image
Museo Volandia, ingresso (Somma Lombardo).jpg
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Commons category
Volandia
inception
2010-00-00
street address
Via Per Tornavento 15, 21019 Somma Lombardo
postal code
21019
visitors per year
100403
Wi-Fi access
gratis
number of volunteers
180
collection or exhibition size
90
has facility
bookstore
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Collections
  • Aircraft heritage
  • Bertone Collection
  • Bertoni Museum
  • Piazzai Collection
  • Pavilions
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Volandia Park and Flight Museum is the largest Italian aeronautical museum, as well as one of the largest in Europe. Volandia displays over 100 aircraft. The museum covers an area of ca. 60,000 m2 (645,000 sq ft) of which 20,000 m2 (215,000 sq ft) are indoors. It opened in 2010, after a 10-year preparation phase.

The museum is located immediately adjacent to Milan-Malpensa Airport within the historic buildings of the Caproni Vizzola plant, dating from 1913.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volandia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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