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Bolivian Air Force Museum

military aviation museum in El Alto, La Paz

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ110536068 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Bolivian Air Force Museum is an aviation museum located at El Alto International Airport in El Alto, La Paz.

History

In 1958, Amalia Villa de la Tapia began acquiring artifacts related to the history of aviation in Bolivia and these formed the genesis of the Bolivian Air Force's Historical Collection. The historian Ramiro Molina Alanes took over her role as curator of the collection in 1985. Starting in 2001 it was housed in the air force headquarters.

However, the museum was moved to a new location at El Alto International Airport in 2015.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bolivian Air Force Museum” as military aviation museum in El Alto, La Paz. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1958, 1985, 2001, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Bolivian, Force and Museum can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as military aviation museum in El Alto, La Paz. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q110536068. Authority coordinates are -16.502, -68.175. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1958, 1985, 2001 and 2015.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bolivian Air Force Museum”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bolivian Air Force Museum primary sources, Bolivian Air Force Museum archive and Bolivian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bolivian Air Force Museum”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bolivian Air Force Museum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.