A specialized documentation center on seaplanes in Biscarrosse

Documentation Center

A specialized documentation center in Biscarrosse

Our Documentation Center was naturally created along with the Musée de l’Hydraviation and quickly started to focus on searching for, collecting and preserving ancient and contemporary documents.

Over the years, the assortment of documents was expanded and diversified, thanks to donations, loans, and bequests of family archives inherited from pioneers and other big names in seaplane aviation.

Document collections that can be used by anyone

The center has developed relationships with booksellers that specialize in aeronautics, that it can now tap into, in order to bring in rare documentation that has been forgotten but that is essential to the conservation of our aeronautical heritage.

 

These collections and the work done by our documentation staff allow anyone – researchers, students, historians and other specialists – to conduct both historical and technical research. The resources available for examination include:

 

Documentation Center of the Musée de l'Hydraviation
  • Technical manuals,
  • Flight logs,
  • Plans,
  • Manufacturer documentation with photos,
  • Old to recent, French and foreign presse coverage,
  • ect. 

In addition, a very targeted library of biographies, monographs, periodicals, dissertations, speeches, memoirs, and children’s and young adult literature, make our Documentation Center a reference in the field of seaplanes. 

The collections can be viewed on site, by appointment only.

Research requests must simply be submitted in writing, so don’t hesitate to contact the museum.

 

 

Musée de l’Hydraviation
Musée de l’Hydraviation

Contact us

Seaplane Museum
332, rue Louis Breguet
40600 Biscarrosse
05 58 78 00 65
Opening HoursJanuary : closed all month
September - June : Tuesday to Sunday
from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | closed Mondays
July - August: 7 days a week
from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Public holidays: contact us
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  • Ville de Biscarrosse
  • Association des Amis du Musée
  • Département des Landes
  • Bisca Grands Lacs
  • Qualité Tourisme
  • Nouvelle Aquitaine
  • MGEN
  • Un comité pour moi
  • Ministère de la Culture
  • Musée de France
  • CEZAM
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