Kansas Aviation Museum

Since 1991, when we moved into the cleaned but much-altered and sadly neglected building, we’ve made significant progress. Perhaps our biggest accomplishment is a complete exterior renovation, completed in 2005 at a cost of $900,000. We’ve done a considerable amount of renovation on the interior, as well, but much work remains. Our vision is to restore the grand sense of adventure from the early days of aviation, when legends walked these halls. When Kansas and Wichita were earning the title “Air Capital of the World.”

Our exhibits and archive, meanwhile, are already world-class. We have restored or are restoring a number of aircraft that played key roles in the development of aviation. We have collected and continue to collect a wide variety of aircraft from every era and of nearly every conceivable type. We have thousands of documents, blueprints, photographs, books, periodicals and more – a treasury of history and a boon to aviation research.

As we work to continue interior restoration and improve exhibit presentation, our next major challenge is to raise funds for a hangar and aircraft restoration workshop. Our most significant aircraft must be protected, and an indoor space also will allow for better, more educational presentation. A proper workshop will permit more efficient restoration and will free up space in our main building for a more complete museum experience.

While we acknowledge that we have much work to do to achieve our full vision, we are confident that we have the momentum, the expertise and the will. In the meantime, we have in place the core elements for a truly enlightening view into the fascinating, stunningly rapid development of powered flight over the past century. Please pay us a visit. We think you’ll agree.