International Museums Weekend

List of registered Museums
The list of Museums which have so far registered for 2012
Please Note: If you have a Web link to your own club or museum, we can include it within the list on this page, if you fill in either or both of the Web link entries in your registration form.
For those
with the free application called
Google Earth -
to download a
file which shows where the actual museums are located on the Google Earth map. You can
zoom all the way in to see the actual site's aerial photographs.
The data for this file was
kindly compiled by Kenneth (M1DZT) - file to updated weekly as from
03rd June 2011
You can Copy and Paste this list to your favourite word processor to permit it to be printed.
Please check your entry in this list, and report any discrepancies via the 'Update' registration form.
| Entry # | Callsign | Museum | Dates | Town | Lat | Long | Freq/Modes | Operators |
| 5012 | GB2MC | Radio Museum Muckleburgh Collection | 1+2, 3+4 | Sheringham, N. Norfolk | 52.94370N | 001.13125E | HF CW | N. Norfolk ARG |
| 5013 | GB0YAM | Yorkshire Air Museum | 3, 4 | York | 53.55.33N | 000.59.59W | HF CW | G4KCF |
| 5024 | GB2CPM | Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre | 1+2, 3+4 | Arundel, Sussex | 50.54.33N | 000.31.18W | HF VHF CW | Museums ARC |
| 5051 | GB2HAM | Harrington Air Museum | 1+2, 3+4 | Rothwell, Northhamptonshire | 52.24.10N | 000.51.80W | HF VHF CW PSK SSTV | KADARS |
| 5101 | GB2RAF | RAF Air Def. Radar Museum | 1 | Stalham, Norfolk | 52.42.46N | 001.28.18E | HF CW | RAFARS Cosford |
| 5134 | GB0APS | Abbey Pumping Station Museum | 3+4 | Leicester | 52.39.17N | 001.07.51W | HF VHF SSTV | Leicester RS |
| 5135 | GB2TC | Tamworth Castle | 1+2 | Tamworth | 52.632N | 001.696W | HF VHF | Tamworth ARC |
| 5175 | WA2HOM | Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | 1, 3 | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 42.16.55.46N | 083.44.47.88W | HF CW PSK E | Hands-On Museum ARC. |
| 5176 | GB2PLF | WWII Bedford QLR Comms Truck/M | 1+2, 3+4 | Luton/ Hitchen | 51.52.37.26N | 000.18.50.66W | HF VHF | G4PLW |
| 5211 | GB1HA | Headcorn Aerodrome | 1+2, 3+4 | Headcorn, Kent | 51.0900N | 000.3500E | HF VHF CW PSK | Kent Weald RC |
| 5236 | GB2RFM | Redoubt Fortress Museum | 1+2 | Eastbourne | 50.46.27N | 000.16.53E | HF VHF PSK E | Southdown ARS |
| 5244 | GB50RSARS | Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker | 1+2, 3+4 | Nantwich | 53.028805N | 002.53302W | HF VHF CW | Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society (NW) |
| 5245 | OK8GB | Zdice Army Museum | 1+2, 3+4 | Zdice CZ Republic | 49.54.27.933N | 013.58.59.119E | HF VHF CW E | OK8GB |
| 5246 | MX0WGS | Wing Museum | 1+2, 3+4 | Handcross | 51..03.36.80N | 010.06.07W | HF VHF CW | Wings Museum ARS |
| 1 = 16th | E=EchoLink; I=IRLP | R&E C = Radio & Electronics Club | ||||||
| 2 = 17th | UI=UIview; D*=DSTAR | VSC = Veteran Signals Club | ||||||
| 3 = 23th | RC = Radio Club | |||||||
| 4 = 24th | ARC = Amateur Radio Club | |||||||
| DARC = District Amateur Radio Club | ||||||||
| ARS = Amateur Radio Society | ||||||||
| ARG = Amateur Radio Group | ||||||||
| Entry # | Callsign | Museum | Dates | Town | Lat | Long | Freq/Modes | Operators |
More museums will be added to the list, as soon they complete registration.
The list on this page only contains this years registrations. Registration gives both you and the stations you make contact with, several advantages. Other stations taking part will also know exactly where in the world both you and your museum are located from your callsign. The list of those who took part in earlier years can be found on the next page.
A reminder for those in the UK:-
You may wish to apply for special event GB-prefix callsigns, for
your museum stations. This is now done in the UK via OFCOM and a link is provided below to
download and print out a PDF form for your application.
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