About Air Raid Tours

Explore our newly refurbished air raid and blast shelters with our costumed guide.

Before it was home to the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield was one of the UK's key military bases during the First and Second World Wars.

New for 2024, you can now explore our recently restored Second World War air raid shelter and one of our blast shelters. Our costumed guide will lead you around these two wartime buildings to discover what they were for, how people used them, and what people's experiences of them were like. 

The tours will run from Wednesday to Friday, with two time slots to choose from: 

  • 11:00 - 11:20
  • 13:00 - 13:20

The tour meeting point is the museum shop. 

Accessibility and facilities

We want everyone who comes to our museums to enjoy their time with us and make the most of their visit. 

Wheelchair access

Airfield

The site is wheelchair accessible and wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge. The hangars have ramped access, however, due to the historic nature of our collection, Concorde is not accessible to everyone.  

Loan a wheelchair

Wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge from the information desk in the museum shop. Please note that wheelchairs cannot be booked in advance. 

Boarding aircraft

Due to the historic nature of our collection, Concorde, Comet and BAC 1-11 can only be boarded by using stairs.

Toilets

There are toilets around the site, which include accessible toilets and baby changing facilities.

They are located in the:

  • Museum Shop
  • Aviator Café
  • Concorde Experience/Jet Age
  • Fantastic Flight gallery.

There is no Changing Places toilet on site.

Check the museum map or ask a member of staff for the nearest toilets. 

Assistance dogs

Guide dogs, hearing dogs and other recognised assistance dogs are admitted. 

Visit our accessibility page for full access information for the National Museum of Flight. 

Museum admission information

Ticketing terms and conditions

National Museums Scotland have a non-refundable and non-transferable ticketing policy. 

Please refer to our full Ticketing Terms and Conditions