The Museum of Aviation Foundation honored 5 middle school students March 17, 2016 as winners in the 2016 Skyscapes Poster Contest. The winners were: 1st Place Audrey Westray 2nd Place Ada Bergstrom 3rd Place Alyssa Bonifacia 4th Place Hunter …
We received another wonderful write up about our Night at the Museum event that we wanted to share with everyone. Thank you again to all of our volunteers and employees that made that event such a success! It was definitely …
Note from curator Mike Rowland: Ross Schumacher, who recently graduated from Veterans High School, came to the museum during the spring semester as part of the “Professional Interest Exploration” program. I asked Ross to share some thoughts about his experience at the …
This summer, I began my internship at the Museum of Aviation. Upon arriving here, I spent some time going through the museum. Last summer I was a volunteer in Hangar One (the Vietnam Hangar) but was interested to take a …
According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, a museum is “an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value.” I disagree. The Museum of Aviation is more than that. It is a …
“PIE.” Professional Interest Exploration. That’s what Northside High School seniors Wesley Paskett, Jaikel “Jay” Robinson, and Keynan Callum are doing at the museum this semester. PIE is part of their Humanities course, and these three students asked to come to …
Eight years ago STARBASE ROBINS ventured into hosting a robotics tournament. We knew very little about robotics at the time and nothing about hosting a tournament. After attending a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition …
Last Friday evening, 16 December, was the ribbon cutting for the museum’s exhibit Tuskegee Airmen: A Proud Heritage. There were about 250 people at the event, including three original Tuskegee Airmen: Edward Johnson, Ray Williams, and LeRoy Eley. It was …
I’ve had the pleasure of being the Guided Tour Coordinator for the Museum of Aviation Education Department for nine years now! I would have to say that my favorite part of the guided tours is taking groups into the C-130A …
What in the World is a STEM Lab? You might be wondering if we are testing plants in a new biology lab of some sort….. That would be cool, but no, that is not the type of STEM Lab we …