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Construction work on the Aeronautical Museum at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, which has been closed to the public for several years, is set to begin shortly. The Serbian Ministry for Defence plans to move some existing aircraft and other exhibits to military barracks in Bubanj potok, on the outskirts of the city. Parts of a missile system and a helicopter, as well as various individual and loose movable assets, including a section of an Il-76 tail, the tail of an ATR72 and part of a Boeing 727 aircraft will all be moved.
The UK-based Cultural Innovations (CI) has been tasked with developing the museum’s future exhibition content. Over the past twenty years, the company has worked with cultural institutions, governments, development authorities and partners to create immersive cultural experiences at venues across Europe, the Middle East, North America and Asia.
Commenting on the project, Cultural Innovations said, “Working closely with A3 architects, CI developed a holistic masterplan that defines the strategic vision and future opportunities for the whole site and supports the restoration and reopening of the iconic Ivan Strauss building”, the company said. It added, “Our work began with a site assessment and review of the Museum’s world-class collections, including identifying key stories. The team worked closely with aviation experts to advise on conservation and best practice when moving aircraft collections. This work together with a benchmarking exercise informed the unique proposition for the museum. Opportunities for activations and visitor programming across the site were explored as well as the potential for expanding the museum’s commercial activities. Exploring both the operational and visitor experience requirements, CI developed a masterplan for achieving and delivering against recommendations and ensuring that the first phase of the new visitor offer is ready in time for Expo 2027“.
Formerly known as the Yugoslav Aviation Museum, the Aeronautical Museum’s 6.000 square metres of existing space will be overhauled, while new facilities within the museum complex, including multipurpose hangars, will be built. The project is set to be completed by mid-May of next year.
Visuals by A3 Architects
The visualisations are very nice. Fingers crossed the final result is similar.
ReplyDeleteHope so, but remembering how airport looked on visuals and today in reality, not so optimistic
DeleteTbh the airport never looked appealing on those renders. Vinci went for the cheapest option.
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DeleteWhy do they need a UK-based company for that?
DeleteThe UK has a very record on museum curation and achival work so why not?
DeleteAh, they have a great record at stealing other people's artifacts and placing them in their museums, right.
DeleteOh, and btw, should we expect all the inscriptions in the museum to be in Latin now?
DeleteIn Serbian and in English hopefully. Latin is not a script in Serbia, only Cyrillic, and is a remnant of a past time
DeleteOnly in Serbia you have morons ashamed that they know to write and read two scripts lol.
DeleteAny day now.
ReplyDeleteJust make it open and not rotting, that is 99% of success.
ReplyDeleteI am really curious to find out who decided to cut that 737 to garbage and that couldn't wait for few months to be moved, like with other stuff they are announcing now. Hope other planes will survive that moving
ReplyDeleteThere should be a public inquiry into that.
DeleteIs the B727 the one that used to belong to JU which is parked next to Jat Tehnika? Hopefully they move some of the B733 there as well since the idiots sold YU-AND... a gem of European aviation.
ReplyDeleteYU-AND is unfortunately scrapped. There are no 733 left. Not sure about that AGX 732
DeleteI think I saw an Aviolet tail there in the back. Maybe YU-ANJ or YU-ANI?
DeleteANI is sold to China and ANJ scrapped few years ago. Don't worry guys in Air Serbia were settled about everything
Delete@14:06 Nose section of YU-AND was not destroyed. It was put on a flatbed truck and hauled away. It is not publicly revealed where it was taken and who is the owner.
DeleteNice. Btw, does anyone know what is the old control tower going to become?
ReplyDeleteIt has not been published, but it should be renovated and converted into observation desk accessible from terminal (A concourse).
DeleteThree questions for CI and/or approvers of this plan:
ReplyDeleteTail of ATR and parts of 727 will be moved to military facilities, but it's not clear if they will be brought back and displayed in the Museum once the construction is complete? What will be their fate if they are not planned to be preserved in the Museum?
Scope of the phase one, planned to complete by EXPO opening, is not disclosed. What will be in the first phase, what in the second phase and when will second phase open?
JAT Caravelle is depicted in this render outdoors, in exactly the same place as it is now. Is this depiction accurate and if so, why was this gem of jet aviation not included in preservation inside Museum buildings and covered spaces?
Caravelle cannot fit inside the building.
DeleteThe 737 and 727 were a must. How come they are gone?!!!
Delete@16:34 When requirements were sent to planners and architects, those who compiled the list could have earmarked Caravelle as "Crown jewel" of the civil aviation collection and requested space for it within "multipurpose hangars". If that aircraft does not deserve to be fully preserved indoors, what jet age civil aircraft in Serbia does?
Delete^ jesus christ, you are concluding the location of planes based on a render for the building. Seriously. Take a deep breath before you start complaining.
DeleteThank you. You could have answered original question "Is this depiction accurate?" with a simple No. Do you have answers to the other two questions?
DeleteWill there be new planes/helicopters? Old MUP helicopters would be nice. What is happening with the Convair stuck at the airport?
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