What to see in Municipality Arrecife

Location: municipality Arrecife »
Latitude: 28.95598640
Longtitude: -13.60997920

Museo Aeronáutico (Airport Museum) is situated next to the Arrecife Airport in Lanzarote. The museum was open in 2002. It is actually the old terminal building (Guacimeta terminal) which was used from 1946 until 1970.

The museum provides a very comprehensive and detailed insight into the history of aviation on the Island of Lanzarote. The museum has different rooms with information about:
- History of the first flights in the Canaries
- The first flights to Lanzarote
- The first passenger terminal 1946 – 1970
- General history of aviation
- Tourism, transport activity at the airport
- Control tower and weather station

The museum offers also number of audio visual presentations and guided tours if there is sufficient interest.

In the main museum entrance are exhibited two paintings - one is by the Belgium painter Jean P Hock (it is without title and was made in 1959) and other - a reproduction of the work "Lanzarote" completed by César Manrique in 1953.