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The museum is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to Wittman Regional Airport, home of the museum's sponsoring organization, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and the organization's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event (the world's biggest fly-in and airshow) that takes place in late July/early August.
The airport has serviced aircraft as large as the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Airbus A380, Concorde and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. [10] The airport has been served by commercial airlines in the past. Until 1980, Wittman boarded more passengers than nearby Appleton International Airport, and was the commercial air hub of the Fox Cities.
F-86 Sabre (top), A-10 Thunderbolt II (mid), and P-51D Mustang (bottom) performing at Oshkosh in 2009. EAA was founded in Hales Corners, Wisconsin in 1953 by aircraft designer and military aviator veteran Paul Poberezny, who originally started the organization in the basement of his home for builders and restorers of recreational aircraft. [7]
The Oshkosh Public Museum will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a year-long series of exhibits, events and programs dubbed 'OPM 100.' Oshkosh Public Museum is turning 100 with a year of events ...
Oshkosh's airport, Wittman Field or Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), opened in 1927 as Oshkosh Airport Inc. The airport had commercial traffic starting in 1928 when Northwest Airways delivered mail to Oshkosh and the Fox Cities. In 1972, the airport was renamed after race pilot Steve Wittman, who was the airport manager for 38 years.
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A cluster of six stately Neoclassical-styled buildings: the 1900 Oshkosh Public Library, [141] the 1914 Fraternal Reserve Association, [142] the 1924 Goettman Printing Company, [143] the 1925 Oshkosh Masonic Temple, [144] the 1929 U.S. Post Office, [145] and the 1925 Wisconsin National Life Insurance Building. [146] [147] 86: Washington Street ...