{"id":4822,"date":"2021-05-17T17:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:37:34","slug":"national-model-aviation-museum-opening-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2021\/05\/17\/national-model-aviation-museum-opening-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"National Model Aviation Museum is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/05\/gallery-enlargement-demo-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are happy to announce that the museum is now open for the 2021 flying season. It will remain open through Sept 17, 2021. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to  4 p.m., Monday \u2013 Saturday. There are a few additional Saturdays on which it will be closed, as well as Monday, July 5, so please check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\">museum\u2019s homepag<\/a>e before you visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the contributions of Museum Patrons, visitors will be able to enjoy the museum\u2019s first gallery expansion since 2012 featuring our Miniature Aircraft at Work collection. This includes aircraft such as Maynard Hill\u2019s Atlantic Ocean-crossing TAM 5, Reginald Denny\u2019s OQ-2A WWII target drone, NASA\u2019s Mothership and X-33, and the large Yamaha RMAX remotely piloted agricultural helicopter. The new, larger space will make it easier for visitors to view the aircraft plus allow us to display more aircraft, such as the Yamaha and a solar-powered Sig Riser-100SW flown by Purdue University\u2019s Team SunWing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those unable to visit in person, the museum\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/National Model Aviation Museum 2021 We are happy to announce that the museum will be reopening for the 2021 flying season June 1st through Sept 17th  from 10am \u2013 4pm, Monday \u2013 Saturday. There are a few additional Saturdays we will be closed, as well as Monday July 5th, so please check the museum\u2019s homepage  www.modelaircraft.org\/museum before you visit.   Thanks to the contributions of Museum Patrons, visitors will be able to enjoy the museum\u2019s first gallery expansion since 2012 featuring our Miniature Aircraft at Work collection. This includes aircraft such as Maynard Hill\u2019s Atlantic Ocean crossing TAM 5, Reginald Denny\u2019s OQ-2A WWII target drone, NASA\u2019s Mothership and X-33, and the Yamaha RMAX remotely-piloted agricultural helicopter. The new larger space will make it easier for visitors to view the aircraft plus allow us to display more aircraft, such as the Yamaha RMAX and the solar powered Sig Riser-100SW flown by Purdue University\u2019s Team SunWing.  For those unable to visit in person, the museum\u2019s virtual tour https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\/visit\/museum-virtual-experience offers a \u201cwalkaround\u201d of the museum. On May 23rd, Museum Director Michael Smith appeared on Model Aviation LIVE with Model Aviation magazine Editor-in-Chief Jay Smith and discussed the virtual tour, the museum\u2019s online Digital Collections and History Project. That program can be viewed by going to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7yUrslB104\">virtual tour<\/a> offers a \u201cwalkaround\u201d of the museum. On May 23, Museum Director Michael Smith appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7yUrslB104\">Model Aviation LIVE! <\/a><\/em>with <em>Model Av<\/em>iation Executive Editor Jay Smith and discussed the virtual tour, the museum\u2019s online<a href=\"https:\/\/modelaircraft.pastperfectonline.com\/\"> Digital Collections<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\/history-recognition\/ama-history-project\"> History Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>\u2014by <a href=\"michaels@modelaircraft.org\">Michael Smith<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that the museum is now open for the 2021 flying season. It will remain open through Sept 17, 2021. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday \u2013 Saturday. 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