Admission
Please note that your admission ticket allows you entrance and access to the museum between 10am and 4pm.
Admission to the museum is ticketless – all you need to do is arrive at the museum after you have made your booking, provide your name at the museum entrance and that will be checked against the bookings made for that day.
Admission does not incur any postage costs as they are virtual and confirmed by email.
Admission tickets do NOT include access to the Restoration Hangar tours – they must be booked in person in our shop.
After ordering admission tickets you will be sent an order confirmation email for your records – please check your Junk or Spam email folders to ensure it doesn’t get filed away in there! You will also be sent a reminder of your booking several days before your planned visit by email.
Live Night 2025 Admission
Admission to the BCWM Live Night event on Saturday 22nd March 2025
This event will have a standard cost of £10 for all visitors.
Travel back in time to the 1980’s and experience the sights and sounds of a combat alert at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War in a unique night at the Bentwaters Cold War Museum.
Join our uniformed re-enactors for a ‘Live’ Night in the Command Post Operations Room, and watch from the gallery as they re-enact a scenario depicting real combat operations. It’s an opportunity to see what really happened in the Cold War and the perfect opportunity to take some very unique photos!
Your ticket allows access to the museum for the evening from 5.30pm until 9.00pm to view the museums exhibition rooms, outside exhibits under floodlight conditions, and our American diner themed snack bar will open for refreshments all evening.
Your ticket will also allow access to one of the ”combat alert” re-enactments that take place in the museum operations room and “Battle Cab” This is repeated three times during the evening (6pm, 7pm, 8pm) with each session limited to just 30 people, however whichever time slot you book you are welcome to join us for the whole evening to look around the other museum exhibition rooms & enjoy refreshments in our diner.
Our Diner and shop will be open throughout the evening from 5.30pm until 9pm when the event finishes.
The event is great value at just £10 per person, so make sure you book a ticket for the sessions at 6pm, 7pm, or 8pm online at www.bcwm.org.uk
Restoration Hangar Tour
Bus trip to the BAS & BCWM Restoration Hangar
PLEASE NOTE BOOKINGS FOR THE TOUR MUST NOW BE MADE IN PERSON AT THE MUSEUM – this is as of April 5th 2023. Apologies for any inconvenience.
See behind the scenes in the BCWM restoration hangar where we are currently working on the restoration of our Sepecat Jaguar, Lockheed T-33, BAC Lightning, Gloster Meteor and several ground units used to support the airframes.
During your 1 hour visit to the HAS you will be briefed on the current restoration progress and plans for each of the airframes by members of the restoration teams, and will have the opportunity to ask questions and take photos.
You will be required to follow the Health & Safety guidance provided by the BCWM staff to ensure your personal safety whilst in the HAS at all times.
- Adults – £5
- Concession/Military Personnel (with Armed Forces ID) – £4.00
- BAS Members – £4.50 (BAS Membership number must be provided)
- Please note that no postage is required for this booking as confirmation will be sent by email.
- Please note that children under 14 are not permitted for Health & Safety reasons.
- Please note that each bus tour is limited to a maximum of 16 people, and is subject to staff availability on the day.