A New Aviation Museum?

It can be fascinating to see how museums are represented in various media. Towards the end of the second season of the BBC TV series Detectorists, Russell and Hugh, two members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club, are digging up a crashed aircraft …

Russell watches as Hugh digs up the aircraft: "Where are you going to put it all?" Hugh, standing in the excavation pit: "Open a museum, eventually" Hugh, standing in the excavation pit: "If I can find the right venue. And funding." Russell, looking down at Hugh, who holds a broken piece of aircraft: "The museum of sharp twisted metal?" Hugh: "Aviation archaeology museum". Russell: "Right".

We’ll have to wait and see what happens to Hugh’s plans, but the idea that museums are full of old junk is still alive and well.