Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum — Attraction in Schulenburg

This museum is well designed but it does not have many model airplanes.

The museum is essentially the Story of the Stenzel Family - a bit like the Biff Tannen Museum of Back to the Future 2. Apparently two Stenzel brothers made a bunch of model airplanes in the 30's, and they developed ways to fly them through the 50's and 60's.

The main museum has a bunch of the Stenzel models from the 50's and 60's. I think the entire museum night have 50 models or so. I'm sure these are very rare aircraft, so if you are a fan of Stenzel models this may be your place.

For me, however - I was hoping they'd have displays of a few thousand model aircraft. Sure the Stenzel ones but maybe some of those jets you see on Youtube or gliders or even paper airplanes. Or any other different varieties. They didn't really have this.

The museum actually has three sections - the aircraft part, then a factory section, and then a house with 1880 - era furniture. The latter two were interesting enough, but not the rows of model aircraft I was hoping to see.

Admission was $4 in 2019 - pretty reasonable. I hope the Stenzel Foundation can find more model aircraft or have...

InWe decided we would take a drive and found this gem of a museum by looking at Google maps. This is truly a fascinating place. We were greeted by two lovely ladies who gave us a quick history and started a short video about the history of the Stanzel brothers. Then we got to walk around a small museum area that highlights the engineering and ingenuity of the model airplanes the Stanzel brother created. The stop was of the actual factory where the model planes were made and this is where it got really interesting. One of the lovely ladies gave us an educational tour through the factory, explaining and highlighting some of the interesting equipment the brothers used in the development of their model planes. The final stop was of the original house their grandparents owned. It was a beautifully restored farm house that helped you see how life was during the early years. I would absolutely take the time and stop by. Our 3yr old enjoyed the factory and the restored farm house. Overall, we really enjoyed...

This museum is free and the Stanzel family is personally involved in overseeing its operations. The folks here were so welcoming and kind and offered personal tours.

The museum is free and we were given fun little extras like small paper planes and pins along the tour. The museum itself is more extensive than one would realize and it's comprised of 2 buildings and the Stanzel family home. There is also a wonderful informational video that you're able to watch for background. We saw a number of model planes, marketing materials from back in the day and got to try a pretty neat flight simulator.

If you're passing through, I'd highly recommend dropping by this...