RepTár Aviation Museum, Aviation and military museum in Szolnok, Hungary.
RepTár is an aircraft and military museum in Szolnok with a large outdoor airfield and an indoor exhibition hall filled with planes and helicopters from various periods. It displays reconnaissance aircraft from wartime, transport machines, and modern unmanned drones built in Hungary.
Construction of the museum on the grounds of the old Szolnok engine house began in 2015, funded entirely by the European Union with 2.63 billion forints, and it opened on 1 September 2016. Most of the aircraft came from the Szandaszőlős aviation museum, which closed on 31 October 2015. Because the earlier site was entirely open-air, it could only be visited from spring to autumn; the RepTár is open all year.
The museum occupies the site of the former Szolnok indóház, a railway depot, and opened on 1 September 2016. Its collection was assembled with help from specialists of the Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum (Institute and Museum of Military History). Most aircraft came from the Szandaszőlősi aircraft museum, which closed on 31 October 2015; because that site was entirely open-air, it could only be visited from spring to autumn, while RepTár is open all year. A concert by Kiefer Sutherland was held here on 8 July 2023.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday, and visitors should allow time to see both the outdoor aircraft and the indoor exhibition. Food options and rest areas are available on site, along with a playground if traveling with children.
Most of the aircraft came from the Szandaszőlős aviation museum, which closed on 31 October 2015. Several large planes stayed behind there and can no longer be visited, among them an An-26, an Il-18, a Tu-134 and two fighters, a Saab 37 Viggen and a Hawker Hunter.
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