The Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum in an aviation museum located in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones.
Museo Aeronáutico Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli | |
Location within Uruguay | |
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Established | 8 August 1954 |
Location | Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones |
Coordinates | 34°50′23″S 56°00′59″W / 34.839681°S 56.016266°W |
Type | Aviation museum |
Founder | Colonel (Av.) Jaime Meregalli |
Website | fau |
Originating from an exhibition at Capitan Boiso Lanza Air Base, the museum was founded on 8 August 1954 by Colonel (Av.) Jaime Meregalli. The museum was moved a number of times in its early years, first to Air Base No. 1 in Carrasco and shortly thereafter to the Cilindro Municipal in downtown Montevideo.[1] It became the Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum on 17 March 1993.[2] On 4 December 1997, the museum suffered a fire which damaged a number of aircraft in the collection.[3] Eventually, in 2013, it was moved to Carrasco International Airport.[2]