Thursday 30 November 2017

Royal Air Force Museum - London's December 2017

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Little Swifts: 15 December
Our popular Little Swifts sessions are designed for pre-schoolers. The final session of the year will be taking place on Thursday 15 December at 10.30am.

Come and join our fun and lively sessions which include arts, crafts, games and songs that help bring our wonderful collections to life. Sessions take place in our gallery for children. Tickets cost £3 per child, pre-booking is required.

Little Swifts will be flying in again in 2018.
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This December take a ride in Santa's sleigh
Christmas Grotto: 16 and 17 December
Father Christmas will be popping into the Museum for on the weekend of 16 and 17 December while checking out his flight route with our Archives Team.

He has agreed, while visiting us, to meet any girls and boys who want to tell him their Christmas wishes between 10.30am and 3.30pm on each day in a specially created grotto, located in our First World War in the Air's Nissen Hut.

Each session will last approximately 10 minutes and each child will receive a special gift from Father Christmas. Tickets cost £5 per child and may be purchased here.
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This December take a ride in Santa's sleigh
Ride in Santa's Sleigh! 
From 1 December, London's 4D Theatre will be showing a very specialseasonal film that all the family will love.

“Sleigh Ride 4D” takes you to Christmas Eve where Santa is making last
minute preparations for the big night. But when disaster hits, it only leaves a
stuffy reindeer and a clumsy but brave elf to take the reins. Will this unlikely
duo be able to save Christmas by putting their differences aside?

Find out by taking a making a magical journey across a starry Christmas sky.

Tickets for this experience may be purchased from the Museum's Main
Entrance, Shop and 4D Theatre and retail at £5 per person or £16 for a family ticket of four people.

You may watch a preview of the film here.
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Martin Kemp sitting in our Mk16 Spitfire
Make your seasonal visit special - Sit in a Spit
Make you visit even more special this December by sitting in a Mk16 Spitfire.

Our Spitfire Experience now runs daily from 10.15am to 3.30pm.

Better yet, there is no need to book in advance. Just make your way to our
Mk16 Spitfire in Historic Hangars and select the slot that you would like for your tour. Nothing could be easier.

Prices for each tour are £10 per person, and include a 15 minute talk about
our Mk16 Spitfire where you will be guided through its control panel from one of our experts, whilst you sit in the cockpit. Photography is encouraged! Go on spoil yourself, you're worth it!
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Just some of the items you can buy from our Xmas Shop.
Last Postal Dates for Christmas Gifts
Don't miss out on ordering one of the fantastic gifts in our Christmas onlineshop. Guaranteed Christmas delivery to family and friends in the U.K and
abroad are as follows:
  • Rest of the World - 7 December
  • Europe - 13 December
  • United Kingdom - 20 December
Don't forget that for a small additional charge of £2 per item we can gift wrapyour present with a personalised seasonal message.

All you have to do is choose from our brilliant selection of Christmas Gifts.
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Colindale Underground Station is just 10mins walk from the site
Our Festive Opening Hours
If you're dreading the impending reality of distant relatives descending for the
Holidays and are looking for ways to keep them affordably entertained, don't
despair, we are here for you.

We will be open daily from 10.00am 27 Dec - 5.00pm New Year's Eve. We are closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. We will be closed on New Year's Day before re-opening on 2 January at 10:00am.

We look forward to welcoming you.
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