Director Jim Bert | Visitors 12,000 / year Function Museum | |
Established 1988; 29 years ago (1988) Location 2000 W 2nd StreetLiberal, KSUnited States Similar Dorothy's House & Land of Oz, Empire State Aeroscie, Oregon Air and Space Museum, Combat Air Museum, Kansas Aviation Museum | ||
Mid america air museum in liberal kansas
The Mid-America Air Museum is an aerospace and aircraft museum located in Liberal, Kansas, at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport.
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- Mid america air museum in liberal kansas
- Mid america air museum at liberal kansas
- History
- Location Hours Accommodations
- Collection
- References
The Mid-American Air Museum is the largest aircraft museum in Kansas, and the fifth-largest in the United States. The museum has on display over 100 aircraft (both within the museum's primary building and on the adjacent tarmac), a gift store, and several displays of photographs and ephemera relating to the history of aviation in the region.
Mid america air museum at liberal kansas
History
The Museum is on Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport, originally known as Liberal Army Air Field that served as a B-24 Liberator training base during the Second World War.
The Museum is located within a hangar that formerly belonged to Beech Aircraft (where Beech produced Beech Musketeer, Beechcraft Baron, and Beechcraft Duchess light airplanes, in the 1960s and 1970s.)
The museum started with the donation, by the late Colonel Tom Thomas, Jr., of his personal collection: over 50 aircraft (valued at over $3 Million) to the City of Liberal.
Location, Hours & Accommodations
The Mid-America Air Museum is in southwest Kansas, in Liberal, Kansas, at the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport, near U.S. Highway 54.
The museum is open Monday-Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm, Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm, Sunday: 1:00pm–5:00pm
The museum is open regular hours every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Independent visitors to the museum take self-guided tours.
However, guided tours are available for school, church, corporate and other tour groups. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. Tours must be booked in advance.
Two electric carts are available at no charge for use by elderly, disabled, or injured visitors.
Collection
The Mid-America Air Museum's collection includes: