Ballooning > Organizations > Museums

• Andréemuseet - Balloon museum on the Andree expedition of 1897 to the north pole. In Swedish.
  
   
• The Balloon Museum - The Chateau de Balleroy in Normandy, France was the world's first ballooning museum. Malcolm Forbes collected paintings, miniatures, artifacts and documents related to the history of ballooning from the time of the Montgolfiers to the present.
  
   
• National Balloon Museum - The National Balloon Museum chronicles more than 200 years of ballooning history. The Museum collection is on permanent loan from the Balloon Federation of America. Also home to the United States Ballooning Hall of Fame. Located in Indianola,Iowa (near Des Moines).
  
   
• Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum - New Mexico museum features one of the finest collections of ballooning equipment and memorabilia in the world. Special emphasis on the first transatlantic balloon flight. Located adjacent to Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque.
  
   
• Balloon Preservation Group - Preserving the history of modern lighter than air flight covering the last 50 years. Known as museum with a difference because it aims to keep as many of the balloons in the collection flying as possible.
  
   
• Balloons Rest In Peace - A collection of old hot-air-balloons that are not in use anymore. They are kept in good condition by inflating and putting them up at least once a year. If you have a balloon that's out of use, get more info on donating it to the collection. Based in the Netherlands, site in English, Dutch, and French.
  
   
• British Balloon Museum & Library - Official museum of the British Balloon and Airship Club. Preserves the many different items associated with, and used in hot air and gas ballooning.
  
   
• Corn Palace Balloon Club - A non-profit dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the special shaped hot air balloons formerly with the Soukup & Thomas Museum in South Dakota. Also fly the Toshiba balloon.
  
   
• The Balloon Preservation Group - Newer version of the BPG's website. They preserve and restore retired balloon envelopes, baskets and equipment to form an 'active' museum of balloons that otherwise face a very uncertain future.
  
   
• The Hertfordshire Balloon Collection - The Private balloon collection of Martin Freeston and Sandra Mitchell. Preserving balloons for the future.