The Aviation Heritage Museum has an extensive collection of books, journals and
documentary material, as well as photographs and, of course, the artefacts on display.
They are all available for research to members of the public.
LIBRARY
The Museum library has been built up since the 1960s and currently contains about 10
000 items. The collection includes an extensive range of books, many of them out of print
and rare, aviation magazines going back to the 1920s and a large number of training,
airframe, engine and handling manuals. In addition the library has an large collection of
miscellaneous material organised by subject for ready access. The collection is catalogued
on computer to aid location and research. Many of the library workers have extensive
personal knowledge of aviation history and can answer many requests for information
easily. They can also guide people who are doing their own research.
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS
The Museum's photographic collection has been
built up over the years and now includes around 30 000 images. Many have been donated by
people from their own collections and some date back to the earliest days of aviation. A
great deal of the photographic material concentrates on military and Western Australian
aviation. The collection is catalogued on computer and museum staff are available to
assist researchers.
MUSEUM ARTEFACTS
Most of the Museum's collection is on display and available for viewing
by members of the public and researchers. Museum guides are happy to assist visitors with
any enquiries they may have regarding the material on display and can guide them to
further resources if required.
COST OF SERVICES
In general the Museum provides answers to simple
requests free of charge. If researchers visit the Museum personally they pay the entrance
fee and are then also free to visit the rest of the Museum. Most research done by Museum
staff which takes less than 30 minutes is done free of charge but for longer research
there is a fee starting at $4 for each half hour (including the first half hour) which may
cost more depending upon the complexity of what is required. There is also a charge for
photocopying starting at 50¢ for one copy and going to 20¢ per copy for four or more
copies. The cost of photographic prints averages from $5 to $8 per print depending on size
and proposed use. Please let us know in advance of any personal research you would like to
carryout at our Museum.