Five kits, including a World Engines Robin Hood and a Motor Plane TK-1 were donated in memory of William Jackson (Bill) Rivers. Thank you for helping to grow the collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org/museum
Continue readingNational Model Aviation Museum joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live!
National Model Aviation Museum joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! MUNCIE, IN—On Saturday, September 24, the National Model Aviation Museum will open its doors free of charge for up to two people per household as part of the 12th annual Museum Day Live! Along with more than 1,400 […]
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New Addition: Stratolark
Flying the Stratolark, Francis Heeb won the Mulvihill contest for the 3rd time in 1965. The Stratolark, which combined two of Frank’s previous Wakefield designs, boasts a 56″ fuselage, 300 square inch wing area and a hand-carved 24-28 prop. With a wing loading of 2.85 ozs. per 100 square inches […]
Continue reading#Patch Tuesday: Club Patches, pt. 8
Are you enjoying #ClubTuesday! Let the museum staff know in the comments and we’ll keep it going – we’ve hundreds more to share! Interested in having your club’s items in the museum collection? Contact Maria at mariav@modelaircraft.org, or 1-800-435-9262, ext. 508. The museum is also interested in your club’s story. […]
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Remembering AMA team member Robert “Bob” Abernathy
For more than 25 years Bob Abernathy shared his love for of aviation with adults and children who visited the National Model Aviation Museum. Bob served as a tour guide for the museum, and loved to share his knowledge about the artifacts in the museum with whoever walked through the […]
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Adventures in Digital Engagement
The National Model Aviation Museum has made its debut in the digital landscape with a humble live broadcast. At almost 3,000 views, #AskClaire was easily the most successful and ambitious attempt at digital engagement the Museum has ever made. Taking inspiration from other museums, the staff took just four things […]
Continue reading#PatchTuesday: Club Patches, pt. 7
Interested in having your club’s items in the museum collection? Contact Maria at mariav@modelaircraft.org, or 1-800-435-9262, ext. 508. The museum is also interested in your club’s story. Share it as part of the History Project! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and […]
Continue reading#PatchTuesday: Club Patches, pt. 6
The museum has hundreds of patches, stickers, and decals from clubs across the country in its collection. Here’s just 3 and there will be more shared in the weeks ahead. Interested in having your club’s items in the museum collection? Contact Maria at mariav@modelaircraft.org, or 1-800-435-9262, ext. 508. The museum […]
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Coming Soon: Artifact Photos That Spin
The National Model Aviation Museum has recently acquired a new piece of equipment that allows us to take high-resolution 360 degree spherical photographs of objects. With the rig, we have the ability to not only take spherical 360 photographs of an object, but also hemi-spherical (180 degrees), single angle 360 […]
Continue reading#PatchTuesday: Club Patches, pt. 5
Yet more Club Patches! Interested in having your club’s items in the museum collection? Contact Maria at mariav@modelaircraft.org, or 1-800-435-9262, ext. 508. The museum is also interested in your club’s story. Share it as part of the History Project! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including […]
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