History and heritage
Celebrating 90 years of flying with prideWelcome to the British Airways Heritage Collection.British
Airways celebrated its 90th anniversary on 25 August 2009. To mark the
occasion, the British Airways Heritage website was launched on ba.com.
Heritage CollectionThe
British Airways Heritage Collection has existed since the formation of
British Airways. It was formed to preserve the records and artefacts of
British Airways' predecessor companies BOAC, BEA, BSAA and the pre-war
Imperial Airways Limited as well as British Airways Ltd.
The collection comprises an extensive document archive recording the
formation, development and operations of these companies and British
Airways as well as memorabilia and artefacts.
Over 400 uniforms from the 1930s to the present day are preserved, as well as a large collection of aircraft models.
A historically important library of thousands of photographs is also
available as well as probably the most complete set of aviation posters
in the UK.
Many of the photographs and posters from the collection are now
available to view in our website galleries. Copies of these photographs
and posters are also available to purchase.
Heritage CentreThe
British Airways Heritage Centre situated within British Airways
Waterside Corporate Headquarters is manned by volunteers whose
dedication, together with the generosity of donations of artefacts from
many staff and former colleagues, has built the collection to what it is
today.
The Heritage Centre is open for visitors and we look forward to
welcoming you to see our collection. We welcome information, guidance
and advice on the collection, particularly first-hand experiences from
those who have played some part in our history.
For more information:http://experience.britishairways.com/travel/wherewefly/public/en_gb
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