What do you want to see in a museum?

[Tom H]

Really appreciate the input

We will be incorporating as much of it as possible in our winter upgrades.

The idea of the booklet is one I really want to pursue, just have to find a way we can afford to do it.

Thanks again

Tom H

[tinbender2]

Personally, I don't mind if the data pamphlet/booklet is just something printed off a home computer. I'm not looking for high quality photos, that's what my camera is for.

[Tom H]

Just to let everyone know input from threads like this does get put to good use...

Based on input from the forum we revised the layout of the new mini theaters going into our museum.

- The theaters have been moved to areas behind the aircraft
- Every aircraft has a minimum of 1 clear camera shot
- Select exhibits are being ehteir moved or removed from the floor to
allow easier access to get right up to the aircraft. (but please don't touch)
- We are in the process of creating a guide book of the museum
- Lighting is being upgraded in selected areas.

Good information always gets put to work around our museum.

www.albertaaviationmuseum.com

Thanks Tom H

[Bill Kistler]

This past weekend I was at the New England Air Museum, I will say this museum is a good example of how not to display planes. There was so much clutter around each plane you have to look to find the plane. Almost all the WWI and WWII planes are so bunched up it was not even worth taking a shot. Even most of the outdoor displays have their backs up against the trees and a rope line along their fronts. Good for front on or maybe a quarter angle. (I am aware the museum had a tornado years ago.) I wrote an email to the two top people there, didn't even warrant a response.

Also visited the Quonset Air Museum. while very dark inside the large hanger, the planes are all but a few very easy to photograph. No clutter, they could do to move the signage off the plane and get a proper stand however. The planes outside are in pretty bad shape, but sometimes a plane junkyard is pretty neat. I'll post a separate thread for this museum.

Bill.

[proped up]

What to see in a museum? Aircraft opened up so people can see what makes them tick or humm as the case may be, Restored aircraft, technical info, history, personal stories, the more the merrier, but keep it neat and clean and room to move and take great photos. As for the notion the static restored aircraft are second rate aircraft, there are too many smoking holes in the ground already, so maybe statics's don't buzz around at air shows, but short of a natural disaster there is a good chance that they are here for all of us to enjoy forever.

[chico]

or sit in the cockpit section of a B-52 that survived a SAM hit over Hanoi (are any of these B-52s left?).

Not to threadjack, But YAM's B-52D, Serial No. 55-677, is a Vietnam Vet. The story goes that she came home from a mission with a SAM stuck in the wing, but I haven't seen any independent "proof" of that story, outside of just hearing it repeated around the hangar a few dozen times and seeing it in Yankee literature.

This thread has reaffirmed my belief that people may be interested in an aircraft's history outside of just military service. We're in the process of getting information for all of our aircraft, static & flyable, out on our website (LONG overdue). These comments have given me a bit more ammunition, and a couple slightly bigger sticks to hit people with.