Museum Shop and Reception

The start of your visit to Montrose Air Station Museum will be at our reception area and shop. Our reviews on Tripadvisor bear witness to the warm and helpful welcome you will receive from one of our award winning volunteers.

Our entrance fee and shop sales are a vital source of income for the Museum which is a non-profit making charity. All its income goes into its upkeep and development as it is a self supporting, independent museum. There are no paid staff and it is run entirely by volunteers.

Unlike many other visitor attractions, children (15 & under) will always be free.  Our opening times and entrance prices can be found here:  Opening Times & Prices

Official Stockist for Airfix and Corgi models.  Our museum shop has many interesting  items for sale ranging from inexpensive gifts to large aircraft models and kits. Some of the items we stock include: Airfix Starter Sets, Gift Sets and Aircraft Kits. Humbrol Paints, Die Cast Scale Aircraft from small to large. Corgi Models, Toy Planes, Soft Toys. Memorabilia, Mugs, Squadron badges, Squadron Prints. Jigsaws Puzzles, Books, Keyrings and many other items.

At the rear of the building is our 1940's room, decorated and furnished as a home would have been over 70 years ago. Our younger visitors, on exploring the room, are amazed to learn that there are none of the things they find essential today. No telephone, television or game console!

The building which contains the reception, shop and 40's house dates back to around 1915 and can be seen in some of the oldest pictures of the air station. After the closure of the air station in 1952 the hut fell into a state of disrepair. In 2009 volunteers started restoring the hut and it was formally reopened on 5 May 2012. The building is a category:C(S) Listed Building. Historic Scotland Building.