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The museum is centered around the restored Muriel-- a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra (identical to the plane Earhart flew on her final flight). The museum also features 14 interactive exhibits, including a virtual reality experience. [12] [13] A bronze statue of Amelia Earhart is also on display outside the museum. [14]
The state-of-the-art museum features the world’s last known Lockheed Electra 10-E aircraft, the same kind of plane that Amelia Earhart piloted on her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world.
74.48 Washington, D.C. 74.49 ... This is a list of aviation museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits ... Amelia Earhart Hangar ...
Panelists, along with employees of the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, pose for a picture in front of Muriel, the museum’s Lockheed Electra 10-E. ... Atchison is host to a number of exhibits and ...
Atchison's Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum was announced Friday as having finished fourth in an online vote to identify the nation's "Best New Museum."
1042 Muriel – Electra 10E on static display at the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum at Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison, Kansas. Delivered to Atchison in August 2016, it was previously owned by Grace McGuire, who had planned on using it to recreate Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight. [20] [21] [22]
Amelia Earhart is photographed with her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the aircraft she used in her attempted flight around the world. Earhart and the plane went missing on July 2, 1937.
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, as the daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia "Amy" (née Otis; 1869–1962). [9] Amelia was born in the home of her maternal grandfather Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), who was a former judge in Kansas, the president of Atchison Savings Bank, and ...