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 […]
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Models 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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Library Special Collections
If you’ve been to the Lee Renaud Library at the Museum before, the next time you visit it is going to look a bit bare. Recently, we’ve been going through the library collection and pulling books that were printed before 1945 from the public shelves. Although the books are valuable […]
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New Museum Hours
Winter hours November 1 – March 31 Monday – Saturday: 10am to 4pm Summer hours: April 1 – October 31 Monday – Friday: 8am to 4:30pm Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10am to 4pm The museum is closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. During Nats the museum […]
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