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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.
The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Star’s Daniel Desrochers contributed to reporting.
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."
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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]
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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 ...