Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum — Attraction in Atchison

Fairly new museum (2023) by a foundation with apparently good backing. A lot more to see here than you might imagine for the size of the museum. The Electra airplane is in amazing restored condition. Some really good science related hands on exhibits plus details about Amelia Earhart's life and experiences. Modern technology exhibits in this museum are of high quality likely helped by major (but tasteful and unobtrusive) sponsorships by relevant large companies and are pretty good. The airplane engines and navigation exhibits are particularly informative and seem to cover a variety of ages (including adults). The guide on this day was quite knowledgeable and provided extra perspective on answers to questions. Keep in mind not open all weekdays - check the schedule. Opportunity for improvement: the AI intro by Amelia in the lobby seems overdone and a bit off script- a few excerpts from an actual recorded interview with Amelia Earhart that happen to be recorded from record disks that you can listen to inside the museum were more interesting and could be a better source/script for the lobby and likely would seem more realistic and positive. Small detail: The white arrows for the shear stress on rivets illustration are somewhat misleading or hard to interpret and could be improved. The white arrows point to where the shear stress exists rather than showing how the stress acts on the rivet material. Overall really nice place to visit with well organized presentation, adults with enough interest could easily spend several engaging hours...

"Adventure is worth while in itself."- Amelia Earhart

Just as the above quote states, so is the visit to the Amelia Earhart Hanger Museum. This wonderful daytrip to learn the history of one Americas most fascinating women was an experience worth repeating. From the moment, you step inside the beautiful hanger and hear the computer generated imagery modern-day actress greet you, with "Hello there!" You can not help but to be swept up in to what lies behind the doors to Amelia's world. You'll meet Muriel, the last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E aircraft in the world, named in honor of Amelia's sister and identical to the airplane Amelia flew on her final flight around the world. You'll learn of her childhood, people that influenced her as well as her career paths. You can see and hear the roar of engines and so much more. Don't forget to look up to see the planes displayed above, or to discover other trailblazing female aviators. Try your hand at radio waves, a sextant or how to make quick calculations to navigate the night sky. The visit to this museum offers so much for the mind, heart and soul that stirs the imagination, not for just the moment, but for...

Exhibits were very good, staff not so much. I cannot recommend taking children to this museum. We took the children in our church group which range from ages 8 to 16. When we got there, a couple of the boys were intentionally squeaking their tennis shoes on the lobby floor. Sterling, the young gentleman who appeared to be running the show that day, yelled at them in a loud voice to stop. I asked him what they were doing so that I could prevent it from happening again. He said, squeaking their shoes on the floor which is annoying.... to me. Okaaaaay, we move forward. The entire time we were in the exhibit room Sterling continually circled the exhibit floor while reading a book in order to oversee our group. He reminded me of a prison warden. Very odd and unusual behavior in my opinion. A young lady who worked there sat in the exhibit room also. She chastised one of the girls for hanging on the miniature cockpit exhibit which appears to be designed for children 8 and under. It seemed apparent to me that while many of the exhibits are geared towards younger people, they really would prefer they...