A specialized documentation center on seaplanes 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.

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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:

 

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.

 

 

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The Museum's Collections