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Reading Room Visit Enquiry Form

Our new opening times are Wednesday – Thursday 10am to 4pm. Please complete the online form below at least 5 working days before you’d like to visit.

Once submitted a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible to discuss the details of and to confirm your visit.

If you have any queries about booking a visit, please email readingroom@rafmuseum.org.

Name(Required) First Last

Email address or phone number(Required)

Address(Required) Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal CodeCountry

Visits to the Reading Room are available on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 4pm. Please let us know your preferred dates:(Required) DD slash MM slash YYYY Second choice DD slash MM slash YYYY

Time 10:00am – 4:00pm 10:00am – 1:00pm 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Estimated Time of Arrival? PLEASE NOTE: To ensure material is available for your visit you will need to pre-order the items you wish to see. You may pre-order up to a maximum of 10 items. No retrieval will take place 12pm-2pm. On the day retrieval may be possible outside of these times depending on the items requested and available resources. The duty team will determine whether this is possible on a daily basis. Last item orders will be at 2pm to provide readers the time to view thesePlease let us know the objectives of your research or what you would like to get out of your visit. You should include any archival reference numbers (if known) and required equipment such as a microfilm or aperture card reader. It may not be possible to view all your requested items in one visit. Please list the documents you wish to view in order of priority. You may also wish to search our Collections Inventory catalogue: https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/inventory/(Required)Please let us know about any additional needs or access requirements for your visit. If you would like to bring others with you on your visit, please let us know. We may not be able to guarantee a space if you do not due to limited capacity. If you request copies of documents or make your own copies with a camera, you will be asked to complete a copyright declaration. If you wish to publish images of material held in our collection, you must contact the Museum to discuss the necessary permissions and reproduction fees that are applicable. Please tick the box below to confirm you have understood the above.

Please tick the box below to confirm you have understood the above.(Required) Yes, I have

Can we keep you informed of our programme of events and research lectures?(Required) Yes No

Information submitted on this form will be used for the purposes of processing your booking, to enable us to compile statistics of our users for registration, geographical distribution, purpose of visit, and to ensure the security of the often unique and irreplaceable materials we hold. If you have agreed to receive information about the research programme, your details will also be used for this purpose.