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American Air Museum

American Air Museum is a museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire. This one is within Heathfield’s built-up area. Its status is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: American Air Museum, Christopher Kern - User: (WT-shared) Albion at wts wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Heathfield

inside the built-up area

Run by

Imperial War Museums

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Heathfield

Inside Heathfield

American Air Museum is inside Heathfield’s built-up area, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Heathfield has 35 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Heathfield

In Heathfield the warm season is May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°46 mm

Feb8° / 1°36 mm

Mar11° / 3°32 mm

Apr14° / 4°39 mm

May18° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°49 mm

Aug23° / 12°57 mm

Sep20° / 10°46 mm

Oct15° / 7°58 mm

Nov11° / 4°56 mm

Dec8° / 2°47 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Heathfield, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Heathfield. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Heathfield’s full climate →

About

American Air Museum

It is managed by Imperial War Museums. Within 15 km there are 62 more places to visit, starting with IWM Duxford (300 m).

Heathfield’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: Imperial War Museums
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Town: in Heathfield
Official site: iwm.org.uk/events/american-air-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

American Air Museum on the map

Orange shows American Air Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Largest of the 8 is Sawston, home to 7,270. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Heathfield

668 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km west of it

Thriplow

462 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km east of it

Duxford

2,216 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 2 km northeast of it

Whittlesford

1,608 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where American Air Museum is	People	Places to visit
Heathfield	It’s in town	668	18
Thriplow	1.7 km west of it	462	18
Duxford	1.8 km east of it	2,216	18
Whittlesford	2 km northeast of it	1,608	18
Fowlmere	3 km west of it	1,295	17
Sawston	3.5 km northeast of it	7,270	18
Hinxton	3.6 km east of it	330	18
Newton	3.7 km northwest of it	365	19

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house are among the 62 within 15 km.

MuseumIWM Duxford300 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum12 km away · 364K visitors a year 3

Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House10 km away 4

MuseumMuseum of Zoology12 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5

GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden11 km away 6

MuseumAirborne Assault900 m away 7

CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away 8

CastleCambridge Castle13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about American Air Museum

Where is American Air Museum?

American Air Museum is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is American Air Museum?

Museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

Who runs American Air Museum?

Imperial War Museums.

When is the best time to visit American Air Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Heathfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is American Air Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near American Air Museum?

Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (300 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (12 km), Audley End House (10 km) and Museum of Zoology (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

American Air Museum: Christopher Kern - User: (WT-shared) Albion at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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