smaller displays. These include: A section devoted to the Battle of Taranto, the Fleet Air Arm's most celebrated exploit in World War II. The display includes a Fairey Swordfish, which can also be seen from the link between halls 1 and 2. The "Merlin Experience", which explains modern anti-submarine techniques. Reserve Collection The museum's collection includes a number of aircraft which are currently being restored and are not on display, although public access is allowed at least once a year. These are housed in Cobham Hall, a climate controlled building across the road from the museum. Aircraft include: Engines on display The museum possesses a number of aero engines located throughout the halls. Alvis Leonides Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Bristol Centaurus Bristol Mercury Bristol Siddeley BS100 Clerget 9B Bristol Siddeley Pegasus de Havilland Gipsy Major de Havilland Gipsy Queen Rolls-Royce Avon Rolls-Royce Nene Rolls-Royce Merlin Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Sunbeam Gurkha Wright R-1820 Other activities Restoration The museum also carries out various restoration projects. the last project was a Corsair KD 431 which in the summer of 2006 was unveiled as it would have appeared in 1944. Presently the projects underway are for a Fairey Barracuda and a Gloster Sea Gladiator. Visitors can see into (but not enter) the restoration workshop between Hall 3 and Hall 4. Archives The Fleet Air Arm Museum is the home to an archive of material related to naval aviation. Visitor facilities The museum's shop has the most extensive selection of naval merchandise in the area, including various themed books and documentaries such as Sailor. There is an outside adventure playground for children in the museum's grounds and two cafés. See also Naval aviation museums Aeronauticum, German naval aviation museum, Nordholz Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia), Australian museum of naval aviation, Nowra, New South Wales National Naval Aviation Museum, United States museum of naval aviation, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida Naval Aviation Museum (India), Indian naval aviation museum, Goa, India Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, United States museum of naval aviation RDT&E, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Lexington Park, Maryland Shearwater Aviation Museum, Canadian naval aviation museum, Sheerwater, Nova Scotia. Other List of aerospace museums List of museums in Somerset References Citations Bibliography External links Aerospace museums in England Military aviation museums in England Naval museums in England Museums in Somerset Fleet Air Arm