Wartime puzzle room at National Museum of Flight this summer

Supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, families will be transported back in time with new activities, tours and a wartime-themed puzzle room.

It was essential that people working in the RAF during the Second World War had the ability to solve problems.

The East Fortune museum’s new wartime puzzle room puts visitors to the test with puzzling and code-breaking.

Free-to-borrow summer activity packs will also be available for adults and families.

Adults will be challenged to become part of the Special Operations Executive – a secret organisation of agents who spied and sabotaged during the conflict.

Meanwhile, the family satchels will explore what life was like for young people to join the RAF.

Visitors will learn everything from marching to navigating.

Steve McLean, general manager at the museum, said: “We have a range of exciting new tours and activities to get visitors involved this summer, thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

“Visitors will be able to discover military and civil aviation, from the first use of air-to-air weapons in 1914 and drone warfare in the 21st century, to flying for fun and connecting distant communities.

“There is something for everyone at the National Museum of Flight.”

Next month, the museum is also hosting a new event.

360 Fest, which takes place on August 31, is dedicated to all things circular.

Cycle team The Clan will be on site with stunts as well as an array of circus displays and hands-on activities, from a hoolahoop workshop and plate spinning to learning about the science of spheres.

The museum is also home to an extensive collection of aircraft, from a Supermarine Spitfire to Scotland’s only Concorde.

The attraction houses the family-friendly Fantastic Flight gallery with interactive exhibits where visitors can explore the science of aviation and discover how planes fly, as well as its Fortunes of War exhibition.

For more information, go to nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight