South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum

We were surprised at at just how much there was to see and do here. It's in a tucked away location and although we have lived in the area for years, we didn't know it was there! It's a fab place and the grandchildren loved it. We will certainly be visiting again.

Why didn't I know about this until recently :-( Visited today on an Open Cockpit" day and it was awesome

Fantastic place to go....yes the museum is small but they do the very best to show off the aircraft and helicopters in the space they have got... and don't forget your reading glasses too...

If you like air museums the SYAM is well worth a visit. It's easy enough to find in Doncaster and there is ample car parking. It's an intriguing collection housing only few complete aircraft, but they have a great assortment of aircraft cockpits, and if you time your visit to an open cockpit day" like today

Well I wasn't expecting that.Much much bigger than I thought. Lots of old aircraft both indoor and outdoors, so good place to visit what ever the weather. If you like war, local or aviation history you could spend hours here. Excellent well thought through layout. All the aircraft are fully explained with their history. Displays covering numerous topics from WW1 and 2 the Falklands etc. Excellent display on how the blitz effected Doncaster and Sheffield and local areas. Model planes, uniforms guns, aircraft engines the list goes on.Very impressed and will probably go back as we took the grandkids so no time to read the that's boring grandad" stuff that I was interested in.Go you won't regret it."

This is a cracking museum that we visited whilst in the area to stay at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. It was very reasonably priced to enter, and the lady in the shop was extremely friendly and welcoming. There's a little cafe just off the side of the gift shop, though we didn't eat here.The museum itself has a number of different areas. Firstly, there's an outdoor area with helicopters, cockpits, and aircraft that spans the museum. Then there's a number of different out buildings, each housing different themed exhibits. There's also a main hanger with a big variety of aircraft, vehicles, and other items such as flight simulators. We were informed upon entering that there are always 4 open cockpits every day that you can climb into. We also saw advertisements for open cockpit weekends, which I think would be well worth a return visit.We only gave ourselves 2.5 hours to visit here, which was probably just about right as we had a 3 year old with us. However, if you don't have a small child in tow and you were interested in reading the detail on all the exhibits, then you really could spend a full day here, if not longer. The whole family loved it here and our kids were particularly amazed at the fact they could be hands on with real aircraft (some exhibits are OK to touch/sit in, whilst others request you not to).Our only feedback was that on some of the items (particularly the row of cockpits in the outside area), we'd have liked to have been able to have some information about that general model of plane and some of the features of it, rather than just about the history of where that cockpit was sourced from. But that really was just a minor thing, and it really is amazing to think that this place has been put together by enthusiasts and volunteers.

Absolutely amazing day with the kids ANDits dog friendly!! Obviously there not allowed in the cockpits and under the planes but they are allowed in all the buildings there is two floors main hanger and multiple other building to view it’s great thanks#Doncaster #Doncasterairmuseum #dogfriendly #Donny #fundayout #fantastic

Excellent smaller aviation museum packed full of interesting and varied exhibitsReally enjoyed it and highly recommendedWell sign-posted and adequate free parking

Disclaimer. One of my big interests is aviation history, especially the RAF and Navy. So my opinion may be slightly biased.This Museum is absolutely full of exhibits and displays that will delight anyone with an interest in aviation. I didn't give it nearly enough time as there is so much to see. There are loads of different aircraft in the hangar and outside too, with so much interesting history to explore and discover. There's a little shop with models you can buy, and a cafe too. I can't recommend this place highly enough.

A spectacular collection of stuff. Feels like someone's informal but very well organised private collection at times. Runs from small bits of seemingly innocuous junk (that then have a story attached) to some chunky complete machines and some important historical pieces. If you have an aircraft / military stuff-obsessed child this place is just perfect. Just don't give them your phone or they may try to take pictures of every single thing until your battery runs out and you have to ask the nice lady in the shop for the loan of a charger...