Coordinates: 42°24′50″N 96°22′27″W / 42.4139°N 96.3742°W / 42.4139; -96.3742

Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation

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Not to be confused with Mid-America Air Museum or Mid America Flight Museum.
Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation
Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation is located in Iowa
Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation
Location within Iowa
Former name
  • World's Biggest Mini Air Museum
  • Mid America Air Museum
  • Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation
Established1990 (1990)
LocationSioux City, Iowa
Coordinates42°24′50″N 96°22′27″W / 42.4139°N 96.3742°W / 42.4139; -96.3742
TypeAviation museum
FounderMaurice Topf
Websitewww.midamericaairmuseum.org

The Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation is an aviation museum located at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa.

History

Establishment

The Siouxland Historical Aviation Association was formed in Spring 1990 with the goal of establishing an aviation museum.[1][a] The group received approval from the airport to build a museum on 20 acres (0.081 km2) of property at the northwest corner of the airport in 1993.[3][4] In 1996, it began lobbying the city to allow the organization to restore a former terminal building that was planned for demolition.[5] The World's Biggest Mini Air Museum opened 1 June 1996 in a complex of six former Air National Guard buildings.[6][7] However, in January 2002, the then Mid America Air Museum was informed that the buildings it occupied would have to be demolished for a ramp expansion to accommodate aerial refueling aircraft for the 185th Air Refueling Wing.[8] It then moved to a temporary location in downtown Sioux City.[9]

New building

The museum launched a capital campaign for a new 62,500 sq ft (5,810 m2) building in May 2002 and changed its name to Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation.[9][10] Just under two years later, it had raised half of the necessary funding.[11] The museum changed its name to the Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation after receiving a donation from Jim Warner of the Warner Group in 2007 that made up the difference.[12] It broke ground on a new 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) building at the Sioux Gateway Airport in April 2009.[13][14] Shortly thereafter, the museum received a Boeing 727 from FedEx.[15] The museum opened to the public on 5 March 2010.[16] By the end of September, it had changed its name back to Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation.[17]

Construction on a new memorial to United Airlines Flight 232 began in May 2014.[18] Two months later, the museum held a three day event on the 25th anniversary of the crash.[19][20] Three years later, the museum acquired a twelfth scale model of a DC-10 for its Flight 232 exhibit.[21]

In 2022, the museum received a grant to turn the interior of its Boeing 727 into a STEM learning center.[22]

Exhibits

An exhibit about United Airlines Flight 232 includes a model of a DC-10, the damaged pilot's seat and a map of the aircraft's flight path.[23] Outside there is a memorial to the flight at the initial impact site.[24]

Collection

Programs

The museum holds STEM programs for children.[29]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ The association was the result of the combination of two groups: one from a local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter led by Maurice Topf and the other a members of the 185th Tactical Fighter Group.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Schossow, Rebecca (24 March 1991). "Aviation History Saved". Sioux City Journal. p. F15. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ Turner, Jerry L. (18 August 1992). "Sioux City Aircraft Museum Almost Ready for Take-Off". Sioux City Journal. p. A3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ Zahren, Bill (30 January 1993). "Sioux Gateway Finds Site for Air Museum". Sioux City Journal. p. A3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ Zahren, Bill (14 March 1993). "Aviation Group Opens Throttle on Air Museum". Sioux City Journal. pp. E20, E22. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ Dreeszen, Dave (12 May 1996). "Flight Plan". Sioux City Journal. p. 1. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Air Museum Takes Off". Sioux City Journal. 11 July 1996. p. A3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ Turner, Terry (21 March 1999). "Siouxland Air Museum Filled with Flying History". Sioux City Journal. p. H4. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ Turner, Terry (6 January 2002). "Mid America Air Museum Packs Up Displays, Artifacts". Sioux City Journal. pp. A4–A5. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Air Museum Launches Fund Drive for New Structure". Sioux City Journal. 17 May 2002. p. A4. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ Zerschling, Lynn (23 March 2003). "Air Museum Launches $2.2 Million Fundraising Campaign". Sioux City Journal. p. G9. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ Hytrek, Nick (21 March 2004). "Mid America Transportation and Aviation Museum Halfway Toward Fund Goal". Sioux City Journal. p. G7. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ^ Quinlan, John (29 September 2007). "Warner Helps Build Dream for Aviation Museum". Sioux City Journal. pp. A1, A3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  13. ^ Sexton, Meagan (12 April 2009). "Museum to Get a New Home". Sioux City Journal. p. A3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  14. ^ Butz, Dolly (31 May 2013). "Air Museum Tells Siouxland's Story of Flight". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  15. ^ "FedEx Plane Due at Museum Next Week". Sioux City Journal. 6 May 2009. p. A8. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Taking Flight". Sioux City Journal. 6 March 2010. p. A1. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Model A Cars to Come to Museum Saturday". Sioux City Journal. 16 September 2010. p. A4. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  18. ^ Hayworth, Bret (8 May 2014). "New Flight 232 Exhibit to Showcase Siouxland Response". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  19. ^ Swanson, Conrad (13 July 2014). "3 Days of Remembering Flight 232". Sioux City Journal. p. I4. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Flight 232 - 25th". Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  21. ^ Gottburg, Woody (25 March 2017). "Mid American Air Museum Adds Model of Flight 232 Plane". KSCJ. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  22. ^ Yamada, Caitlin (4 May 2022). "Sioux City Air Museum Created a STEM Learning Space in Plane Exhibit". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  23. ^ Horlyk, Earl (4 January 2018). "Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation Preserves 'Moving' History". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  24. ^ Giddings, Aaron (13 December 2017). "The Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation – SUX It Does Not". Airline Reporter. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  25. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy E.1, s/n XR143 RAF, c/n 6798, c/r G-BFVT". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Boeing 727-277, c/n 22068, c/r N246FE". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Chase C-123K Provider, s/n 54-0695 USAF, c/n 20144, c/r N8190B". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  28. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Grumman EA-6A Intruder, s/n 156984 USN". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  29. ^ Butz, Dolly A. (12 June 2022). "Like a Real Airplane". Sioux City Journal. p. D1. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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