100 Years of Transport History
The North East Land Sea & Air Museum - NELSAM - sits on the former RAF Usworth and Sunderland airport site, next to the Sunderland Nissan factory, and comprises of the former Aircraft museum (NEAM), military vehicles collection, and the North East Electric Traction Trust (NEETT) is also based on the site. Amongst our varied and unique exhibit is a cold war Avro Vulcan B2 Bomber, which flew into the former airport to become the first Vulcan to go into private collection. Visit our Displays and Exhibits page to see what we have in our collection and browse our history.
Old Washington Road, Sunderland ,Tyne and Wear, SR5 3HZ. Getting Here
Opening HoursTuesday - Sunday: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission ChargesThe museum is only accepting credit and debit cards for payments; no cash.
Adults: £6.50Under 5s & carers: £0.50
Well behaved dogs on leads welcome
School and group visits can be arranged, please see 'Group visits' for further details.
Dates for your Diary!
All events standard admission prices unless stated otherwise
Aircraft Museum 50th
12th May
Celebrating 50 years of collecting Aeroplanes!
Spring Classic Car show
19th May
Classic Cars on display at NELSAM
40 Years as a Charity
28th June
Celebrating 40 years of being a Charity Aircraft Museum
Scooter Club Rally
12th-14th July
Local Scooter Club Rally weekend at NELSAM
Summer Classic Cars
28th July
Second Classic Car day of 2024 at NELSAM
Model Show & RAF Day
18th August
Model show with the Tornado SIG and IPMS, plus an RAF day supported by RAf Leeming and Air Cadets
Heritage Open Days
7th-8th September
Museum open days as part of Heritage weekend
Saab Cars
15th September
Saab cars on display at NELSAM
Important site news and developments
Royal Honour for Museum Volunteers...
November 2024NELSAM recognised in King's Honours...
Model Show
August 2024Model Show at NELSAM ...
New Exhibit
13th May 2024New Exhibit, Hawk T1, arrives at NELSAM...
Photography day at the museum
March 2024The Museum hosts a day of photography...
Exhibit swap
January 2023The museum's Austin K2 fire engine swapped for a de Havilland Moth...
Remembrance Day 2022
November 2022NELSAM holds a small remembrance ceremony...
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