TAM Museum
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | TAM Museum |
| logo | Logo TAM Museum.jpg |
| image | Museu Asas de um Sonho 2.jpg |
| caption | Entrance |
| map_type | Brazil |
| coordinates | |
| established | |
| dissolved | |
| location | São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil |
| type | Aviation museum |
| website | |
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| name = TAM Museum | logo = Logo TAM Museum.jpg | image = Museu Asas de um Sonho 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Entrance | map_type = Brazil | coordinates = | former_name = | established = | dissolved = | location = São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil | type = Aviation museum | founder = | director = | president = | curator = | website =
The TAM Museum (), also known as the Museu Asas de um Sonho (Wings of a Dream Museum), is an aviation museum located 15 km from central city São Carlos, and 250 km from São Paulo City within the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
The museum was the creation of Rolim Adolfo Amaro, founder and president of TAM Airlines, and his brother João Francisco Amaro. The building is adjacent to the TAM Airlines Technology Center at São Carlos Airport, in the district of in São Carlos.
History
In 1996, after finishing the restoration work on a Cessna 195, brothers Rolim Adolfo Amaro and João Francisco Amaro decided to buy some classic aircraft, and keep them near São Paulo, in order to make them available for flights on weekends with friends. However, once purchased, it was realised that the small collection could become a museum representative of the memory of aviation and the world. The brothers then decided to create the "Museu Asas de um Sonho" (Wings of a Dream Museum), that was maintained by the Education Service and Culture, a non-profit association founded by TAM on 23 December 1991, to administer the social programs of the company.
In 2006, the museum opened with 32 aircraft and was intended to have more than 80 aircraft. The opening was part of the celebrations of 150 years of the city of São Carlos.
In July 2008, the museum was closed to visitors in order to allow a complete reorganization of its installations, which included an expansion of the covered space from 9.5 thousand square metres to over 20 thousand square metres. The grand re-opening occurred in June 2010 and among the collection of 90 airplanes, held the sole surviving S.55 seaplane christened "Jahú", a F4U Corsair, a Bf 109, a Dassault Mirage III, a Brazilian aircraft Neiva Regente.
On January 29, 2016, TAM announced that the museum would be ceasing operations due to budget concerns. Closure actually happened on February 2, 2016, and on May 18, 2018, it was announced that it would be relocated close to the Brazilian Aerospace Memorial at São José dos Campos Airport, near the Embraer plant, but this never happened.
On December 16, 2019, the president of the Brazilian Aviation Institute (IBA), Francisco Lyra, announced to an audience at the opening of the São Paulo Catarina business aviation airport that his next project would be to preserve the "Asas de um Sonho" aviation museum. It was intended by the follower Latam Airlines Group to postpone the acerve to Campo de Marte Airport, which also never happened.
In March 2022, it was mistakenly reported that the museum pieces had been acquired by Helisul, an air taxi company, and would be displayed at the Foz do Iguaçu Convention Center. However, the company denied the purchase, although it did not rule out the possibility of a future partnership.
Finally, in May 2023, the museum was reopened on the original location in São Carlos. However, it soon closed again.
Then, in 2024, it was revealed that Marcos Amaro, owner of Museum, was planning to transfer its pieces to Itú.
In 2025, it was announced that 80 aircraft will be transferred to a proposed Museu Aeroespacial Paulista, located in the Parque de Material Aeronáutico area at Campo de Marte Airport in São Paulo. The new museum will be a joint venture between the Brazilian Air Force and the Museu Asas de um Sonho and will cost R$350 million. The first three aircraft were ceremonially transferred to the Brazilian Air Force in June.
Collection
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:Source: Ogden The museum has more than 35 aircraft in a historical building measuring 450 metres long by 130 metres wide and 11 metres high. The exhibits planned to be accessible to visitors in 2010 were as follows:
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References
References
- "Visitação e Localição".
- "Museu da TAM encerra as atividades".
- (15 May 2018). "Museu Asas de um Sonho será instalado em São José dos Campos (SP)".
- (18 December 2019). "Brazil’s First Greenfield Bizav Airport Opens Amid Fanfare".
- (10 March 2022). "Acervo do ‘Museu da TAM’ poderá ser exposto em Foz do Iguaçu".
- (14 March 2022). "Helisul diz não ter comprado o acervo do Museu da TAM, mas que considera futura parceria".
- (2 March 2023). "Museu Asas de um Sonho da TAM será reaberto em São Carlos".
- (20 April 2024). "Após anos sem um rumo certo, Museu TAM finalmente deve mudar de cidade ao ser assumido por Marcos Amaro".
- (20 March 2025). "New museum in São Paulo will start receiving around 80 aircraft".
- (23 July 2025). "Revival in Motion: Brazil’s TAM Museum Takes Major Steps Toward Rebirth".
- (2008). "Aviation Museums and Collections of the Rest of the World". Air-Britain.
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