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Illinois
Bloomington
Prairie Aviation Museum
Central Illinois Regional Airport
2929 East Empire Street
Bloomington IL
Phone 309 663-7632
Web Site http://www.prairieaviationmuseum.org/
Description aviation history with models, photos, Ozark Airlines memorabilia, several airplanes,
helicopters & military ground vehicles
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Aviation
Collection G-M Models
New or Updated: 04/12/2003
IL
Rantoul
Chanute
Aerospace Museum
1011
Pacesetter Drive
Rantoul
IL
61866
Phone
217 893-1613
Web Site
www.aeromuseum.org
Toll Free
877-
RANTOUL
Description
30 aircraft on display, life at Chanute base,
ground equipment, more
Type of
Resource
Specialty
Museum
Primary
Focus
Aviation
New or
Updated:
8/12/2007
Illinois
Sugar Grove
Air Classics Museum of Aviation
Aurora Municipal Airport
43W77 Route 30
Sugar Grove IL 60554
Phone 630 466-0888
Web Site
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Description military and training planes, uniforms, memorabilia
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Aviation |
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Indiana
Hagerstown
Wilbur Wright Birthplace
1525 North 750 E
Hagerstown IN 47346
Phone 765 332-2495
Web Site http://www.wilburwrightbirthplace.com/
E-mail mailto:wilbur@nltc.net
Description birthplace of one of the Wright brothers features full scale replica of 1903 Wright Flyer, family items, period exhibits in several buildings
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Famous People
New or Updated: 04/21/2003
Indiana
Huntington
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum
Huntington Municipal Airport
1365 Warren Road
Huntington IN 46750
Phone 219 356-1945
Web Site http://members.aol.com/scatvii/page/
Alt Web http://www.visithuntington.org/wings.htm
Description mostly WW II aircraft & memorabilia
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Aviation
IN
Muncie
Academy of
Model Aeronautics
5161
E Memorial Dr
5151 East
Memorial Drive
Muncie
IN
47302
Phone
765 287-1256
Web Site
http://www.modelaircraft.org/
Description
museum just for model aircraft -- 1000 acre
flying site
Type of
Resource
Specialty
Museum
Primary
Focus
Aviation
Nature of
Group or Site
Association
Collection
G-M
Models
New or
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9/2/2007 |
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Indiana
Peru
Grissom Air Museum
1000 W Hoosier Blvd
Peru
IN
46970
Phone
765 688-2654
Web Site
http://www.grissomairmuseum.com/
Alt Web
http://www.in.gov/ism/HistoricSites/GrissomAirMuseum/Historic.asp
Description
more than 15 planes outside, indoor exhibits,
including Phantom jet cockpit
you can sit
in, tower outside you can climb
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Aviation
Era
WWII - present
New or Updated:
07/08/2003 |
 
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Indiana
Seymour
Freeman Airfield Museum
Freeman Field Airport
Seymour IN
Phone 812 522-2031
Toll Free 888 524-1914
Web Site BROKENhttp://www.shelbynet.net/~military
Alt Web http://www.southernin.com/Pages/archives/october_00/aviation_auction.html
Description base existed as WWII training center, preserves that era
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Aviation
Era WW II
Indiana
Valparaiso
Indiana Aviation Museum Inc
4601 Murvihill Road
Porter County Airport
Valparaiso IN 46383
Phone
Web Site http://www.in-am.org/about/
Description centered on collection of 8 aircraft of WWII and later vintage
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Aviation
Last changed: 03/05/2003 |
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Kansas
Liberal
Mid-America Air Museum
2000 West 2nd
PO Box 2585
Liberal KS 67905
Phone 316 624-5263
Web Site http://www.airnav.com/airport/LBL/MAAM
Alt Web http://www.swaviator.com/html/issueON99/liberal.html
Description 96 aircraft, hands-on aviation science exhibits, located in former Beechcraft assembly building at airport which housed flight training for B-24 pilots in WW II
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Aviation
Kansas
Topeka
Combat Air Museum, Inc
J St Hanger #602
Topeka KS 66619
Phone 785 862-3303
Web Site http://www.combatairmuseum.org/
Description 30 military aircraft & missiles, military & aviation memorabilia, military vehicles, field kitchen, POW barracks, dioramas, military aviation art
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Aviation
Collection N-Z Vehicles
New or Updated: 07/01/2003
KS
Wichita
Kansas
Aviation Museum
3350 George Washington Boulevard
Wichita
KS
67210
Phone
316 683-9242
Web Site
http://www.kansasaviationmuseum.org/
Description
housed in the original 3 story terminal of
1930s-50s' airport, 1940s
tower,
aircraft from B-52 to homebuilts, flying and aircraft building
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Aviation
Research
Library
New or
Updated:
6/26/2006
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Kentucky
Lexington
Aviation Museum of Kentucky
4316 Hangar Dr Blue Grass Airport
mail: PO Box 4118, Lexington 40544
Lexington KY 40510
Phone 859 231-1219
Web Site
http://www.aviationky.org/
E-mail mailto:museum@aviationky.org
Description located at Blue Grass airport, restoration workshop, small collection of aircraft, library, Kentucky aviation Hall of Fame, summer aviation camp
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Aviation
Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame
Research /Reading Library
New or Updated: 06/27/2003
KY
Middlesboro
Lost
Squadron
Airport Road
PO Box 776
Middlesboro
KY
40965
Phone
606 248-1149
Web Site
http://thelostsquadron.com/museum.html
Alt Web
http://www.p38.com/glaciergirl/default.html
Description
restoration of WWII P38 nicknamed Glacier Girl,
recovered in Greenland in 1992
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Aviation
New or
Updated:
5/7/2005
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Louisiana
Barksdale AFB
Eighth Air
Force Museum
88 Shreveport
Road
Barksdale AFB LA
71110
Phone
318 456-5553
Alt Phone
318 456-3065
Web Site
http://www.8afmuseum.net/
Description
displays indoor & out with uniforms, dioramas & 17 aircraft, daily film
screenings in replica WWII briefing room
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Aviation
Industry
/Profession Air
Force
New or Updated:
05/09/2003
LA
Patterson
Wedell-Williams Aviation Museum
394 Airport Circle Road
Patterson
LA
70392
Phone
504 396-7067
Web Site
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/wedellex.htm
Description
official state aviation museum, memorabilia of
early aviators, 3 aircraft,
model
airplanes
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Aviation
Collection G-M
Models
Owner/Operator:
Louisiana State Museum
New or Updated:
07/13/2003 |
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01/12/2008 |
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