The Cloud 9’s (the newsletter for Museum Patrons) are hot off the press. Museum staff are busy folding them, taping them closed, and attaching the address labels for mailing. We send the Cloud 9’s bulk mail to save costs, so if you are a Museum Patron look to receive your […]
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1/40-scale Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Orbiter
Donated to the National Model Aviation Museum by long time modeler and AMA Member John Kiker During the development of the Space Shuttle program, NASA decided to transport the shuttles on a Boeing 747—but it was unclear if the 747 could also successfully make an airborne launch of the shuttles. […]
Continue readingTake Flight Makes the News
The Take Flight! exhibit, the new traveling exhibit on loan from ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum, opened at the National Model Aviation Museum last Monday. Last Friday, it made the paper. You can read the story at The Star Press. Hope you get a chance to visit and have some fun! The […]
Continue readingTake Flight: Now Flying!
The Museum’s first traveling hands-on exhibit is now open for business! Take Flight!, on loan from the ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Oregon, is located in the brand new hands-on gallery and ready for kids of all ages to have a blast. The exhibit encourages creativity and learning. Visitors can fold […]
Continue readingHours Change!
Just a reminder, on April 1st the museum switches to its summer hours. Monday – Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm Saturday and Sunday: 10:00am to 4:00pm We will be on holiday hours for Good Friday on April 6th: 10:00am to 4:00pm We will be CLOSED on Easter, April 8th.
Continue readingModels and Music, part 2
Music filled the entire museum building on Saturday as fifty plus people visited to listen to the music of Alec Wilder played by the Muncie Symphony Orchestra. After the concert, a large group stayed to wander the gallery and speak with staff, as well as enjoy hors d’oeuvres, drinks and […]
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New gallery
For the first time in many years, the National Model Aviation Museum is adding gallery space. The new gallery is 1,100 square feet and is located in what used to be the Plans area. (Plans isn’t going away, though – the office has just moved into another area of the […]
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Inside the Cover
Museum staff has been having fun pulling books for the Special Collection. It is fun because we keep coming across interesting inscriptions written inside the books.
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Models and Music
Muncie Symphony Orchestra “Into the Wilder Blue Yonder” Concert Poster 3/17/2012 The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will be presenting a concert on March 17, 2012 in the museum gallery. The concert starts at 7:30pm, but the reception starts at 6pm. Listening to classical music while sitting below model airplanes should be […]
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Quick Fix
Broken dowel rod in the Buhl Pup I could write at length about all of the thought and philosophy of repairing, restoring and conserving artifacts in museum settings. It is a question that the staff at the National Model Aviation Museum discuss and debate on a regular basis. While we have […]
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